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Astara Capital Partners Completes Investment in Cross City Lumber, LLC News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Astara Capital Partners, LLC ("Astara") announced today that it has acquired a majority stake in Cross City Lumber ("CCL").  Based in Cross City, Florida, CCL is a Southern Yellow Pine sawmill that manufactures specialty and dimensional grades of lumber.  The company will continue to be led by its current senior management team, including Daniel Dickert, Mike Tate, and Wes Grant, all of whom worked together at nearby Suwannee...

Astara Capital Partners Expands Team with Two Key Hires News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Astara Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, is pleased to announce that Chris Curti and Brett Kravitt have officially joined the firm.   Michael Ranson, Managing Partner of Astara, commented, "We are excited to continue to grow our team with these two important additions.  Both Chris and Brett have already made valuable contributions to Astara's investment opportunities.  Their combination of operational experience, rest...

A Gardner manufacturer has sold its two sites in town for more than $7 million to a New York firm. Garlock Printing & Converting has sold its 72,000-square-foot headquarters at 164 Fredette St. for $3.25 million and a nearly 50,000-square-foot warehouse at 77 Industrial Rowe for $3.9 million. The sites were sold to a limited liability corporation registered to Michael Ranson and Rob Groberg, investors with the New York firm Astara Capital Partners. The sales closed Jan. 25. The 6.6-acre Fredette Street site last sold in 1998 for $1.4 million and was last assessed by the City of Gardner at jus...

The petition is scheduled to be heard by the justices on March 16. The petitioners – Lisa Wilkinson, Heather Morris, Kathryn A. Bradley, Pamela Stumpf and Lula V. Dickerson – are five state employees. But the case could affect up to 40,000 public employees. The respondents are Gov. Jim Justice, Auditor John B. McCuskey, former Treasurer John Perdue, Secretary of State Mac Warner, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and state Supreme Court Chief Justice Evan Jenkins. “We think it’s responsible and good that the Supreme Court is going to hear this important case affecting the paychecks of...