Brixmor Property Group and Everview Partners struck definitive agreements to acquire Slate Grocery REIT in a $2.34 billion deal. Brixmor takes 23 grocery-anchored centers spanning roughly three million square feet for $636 million, all within its existing Florida, Georgia and Carolinas footprint and about 96% leased. A new institutional joint venture between Brixmor and Everview affiliates will buy the remaining 92 assets for $1.71 billion, with an Abu Dhabi Investment Authority subsidiary investing alongside Everview.
Valley National Bancorp has agreed to acquire Bluevine, a nationwide digital banking platform for small businesses founded in 2013. The deal brings Valley $2.1 billion of low-cost, digitally sourced deposits, roughly 175,000 active small business customers, and an integrated suite of banking, payments and lending products. Bluevine's platform deposits have grown at about a 35% compound annual rate since 2023, with roughly 99% coming from non-borrowing customers.
PCI Geomatics shareholders approved Intermap Technologies' acquisition of the PCI shares it does not already own by 99.99%, with closing of the Canadian plan of arrangement expected mid-October 2026.
France's Rexel has agreed to acquire GCG, a Chicago-based specialty wire, cable and connectivity distributor, from Audax Private Equity, with closing expected by year end. GCG runs 16 locations with about 950 employees and is expected to top $1.1 billion of revenue in 2026 at roughly an 11% EBITA margin. Terms were not disclosed. Solomon Partners and J.P. Morgan advised GCG and Audax; Guggenheim Securities and Rothschild advised Rexel.
California regulators closed Irvine-based Nano Banc on September 25 and the FDIC handed the franchise to Sunwest Bank, which assumed roughly $605 million of deposits and $227 million of loans. Customers keep immediate access to their money, and branches reopen under the Sunwest name on Monday. It is the sixth FDIC-assisted acquisition for Sunwest, a privately held bank with more than $5 billion in assets.
GNK Holdings, an existing BARK shareholder, said it is evaluating a cash tender offer for shares of the pet products company at $11.00 apiece, and is asking fellow holders to submit non-binding indications of interest by October 9. GNK, which previously proposed acquiring BARK outright, cited frustration with the pace of shareholder value creation and wants a larger stake to influence strategy.
Well-logging technology provider GOWell Technology completed its business combination with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. V, with shares of the renamed GOWell Energy Technology set to begin trading on Nasdaq on September 28. A $50 million closing PIPE of preferred shares and warrants, added to a $20 million private placement funded at signing in October 2025, brought gross proceeds to $70 million for growth and working capital.
Legal services provider Epiq has acquired Canopy, a data breach response technology company whose patented platform identifies exposed sensitive data and affected individuals. Canopy's engineers and cyber specialists join Epiq, with former COO Adi Elliott becoming VP of product management for cyber, and the platform will be folded into the Epiq AI suite. Terms were not disclosed.
Crescent Real Estate has sold The Hotel at Avalon, a 330-room luxury hotel anchoring the Avalon mixed-use development in Alpharetta, Georgia. Crescent bought the property in September 2020 when few investors were willing to underwrite hospitality, and executives said the exit validated that thesis. The firm called it one of the most notable hotel transactions in the Atlanta market in recent years; the price and buyer were not disclosed.
Hendrie Lane Capital, V12 Investments and The Zaro Group acquired a two-building, 170,771-square-foot R&D and advanced manufacturing portfolio in Andover, Massachusetts from Ciminelli Real Estate for $43.5 million.
Real estate technology company PLACE completed its acquisition of Maxwell, an AI-powered mortgage technology provider serving more than 400 financial institutions.
Vertiv agreed to acquire Europe-based King Environmental Services, a provider of fluid management, commissioning and load-testing services for liquid-cooled data centers.
Cloopen Group shareholders approved the merger agreement with SpringX Holdings, under which Merger Sub will merge into Cloopen, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary of HoldCo.
Iridium Communications stockholders voted approximately 99.6% in favor of adopting the merger agreement under which Rocket Lab will acquire the satellite operator.
Stonefield Economics, backed by Trinity Hunt Partners, added Houston-based business valuation and litigation consulting firm Hancock Firm to its platform.
France's A&B Couture became majority shareholder of Bertan, an Italian knitwear atelier in Borgoricco serving luxury fashion houses, creating a Franco-Italian luxury manufacturing platform.
Select Water Solutions agreed to acquire Delaware Basin water midstream company Pilot Water Solutions for $700 million in cash and stock, plus up to $15 million in earnout consideration.