American Leather Holdings, a portfolio company of Capital Partners Private Equity Income Fund II, LP and Capital Partners Private Equity Income Fund Inst, LP (together CP II), has taken over Brookline Furniture on December 1, 2017. Since 1999, Brookline Furniture has manufactured upholstered furniture for the hospitality market in Archdale, North Carolina.
American Leather was acquired by CP II in July 2012 and American Leather acquired LEE Industries (Conover, NC) in October 2016.American Leather Holdings, a portfolio company of Capital Partners Private Equity Income Fund II, LP and Capital Partners Private Equity Income Fund Inst, LP (together CP II), has taken over Brookline Furniture on December 1, 2017. Since 1999, Brookline Furniture has manufactured upholstered furniture for the hospitality market in Archdale, North Carolina.#
“Joining forces with Brookline enables us to offer our hospitality customers an even broader product line with more price points to fit our customers’ needs” said American Leather CEO Bruce Birnbach. “Brookline’s well-run operations and focus on superb customer service lines up well with American Leather and LEE Industries philosophies.”
As with its other investments, Capital Partners structured the initial American Leather transaction and the Brookline transaction primarily with equity and only a moderate level of debt financing in order to provide a strong balance sheet from which to implement its growth plan. (SV)
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