Project Service is a joint venture of Doctor's Associates, the parent company of the Subway sandwich shop chain, and The Carlyle Group, a global private-equity fund. Under the agreement, Project Service and its tenants will invest approximately $178 million to complete upgrades and improvements to the [image-nocss] facilities.
In total, the State of Connecticut expects to receive approximately $500 million of economic benefit over the life of the agreement, including a commitment from Project Service to invest to upgrade and refresh the plazas again just prior to the contract's expiration.
The redevelopment project will result in additional and improved retail offerings at the facilities, all of which will include Subway restaurants after the completion of the upgrades. In addition, certain plazas will include Dunkin' Donuts, McDonald's and other restaurants and shops and all of the facilities will have fuel islands and convenience stores operated by Alliance Energy LLC.
Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell summarized the agreement as "an unprecedented commitment to economic development, jobs and meeting the needs of the traveling public."
Richmond, Va.-based Matrix Capital Markets Group Inc. provided financial advisory services to the State of Connecticut including analyzing the economics and potential returns for state and other financial and nonfinancial aspects of the transaction, including environmental matters, the structure of the agreement and financial covenants to include in the agreement.
The engagement was managed by Tom Kelso, managing director, Cedric Fortemps, vice president, and Vance Saunders, associate.
Matrix's Energy & Multi-Site Retail Group is a leader in providing transactional advisory services to companies in the downstream energy and multi-site retail sectors including c-store chains, petroleum marketers, fuels distributors, retail propane distributors, heating oil distributors, lubes retailers and distributors, terminal operators, fuels transportation companies, hospitality companies and other specialty retail chains. Team members are dedicated to these sectors and draw upon complementary experiences to provide advisory services to complete sophisticated merger and acquisition transactions, private debt and equity raises, corporate restructurings and corporate valuations and strategic planning engagements.
Since its inception in 1997, this group has successfully advised on more than 65 transactions in these sectors, it said.
Matrix Capital Markets Group is a leading middle-market investment bank. Since 1988, Matrix has focused on providing merger & acquisition and financial advisory services for corporate and privately-held companies, including sales and divestitures, staged liquidity transactions, management buyouts and debt and equity placements.
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