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KBR to buy Centauri, expand military space

- From staff and wire reports

KBR Inc. has agreed to acquire Centauri LLC for approximat­ely $800 million from Arlington Capital Partners, a private equity firm.

Centauri provides high-end engineerin­g and developmen­t solutions for national security missions associated with space, intelligen­ce, cyber and emerging technologi­es, such as directed energy and missile defense. Headquarte­red in Chantilly, Va., with 22 offices across the United States, Centauri has more than 1,750 employees.

With Centauri, KBR will expand its military space and intelligen­ce businesses and benefit from a balanced and differenti­ated portfolio.

KBR expects to fund the purchase price with around $300 million in cash on hand and $500 million of debt.

Hilltop Residentia­l buys apartments near Dallas

Hilltop Residentia­l, headquarte­red in Houston, has purchased The Lyla apartments, an almost 240-unit rental community located just south of Bush Turnpike that is part of Richardson’s $2 billion CityLine developmen­t.

Completed in 2018, the five-story project is valued for taxes at more than $35 million.

The apartment project was sold by developer JLB Residentia­l, which built the property in partnershi­p with Crow Holdings.

Allied Power adds combustion firm to its portfolio

Houston’s Allied Power Group has acquired Combustion Parts Inc., a provider of combustion components for heavy-frame industrial gas turbines. Lori Jenks, one of the founders of CPI, has joined the APG team.

APG provides critical components and services to its customers in the power generation, refining, pipeline, and industrial sectors.

Provider of in-home care sold to Dallas PE firm

Central Home Health Services of Texas Inc. has been sold to Actinium Healthcare Holdings LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Houston-based Central Home Health Services is an in-home health care agency. It specialize­s in non-medical care through Texas Medicaid. Most of its clients are administer­ed through United Health Care and Amerigroup.

Actinium Healthcare Holdings is a start-up private equity firm located in Dallas and focused on health care. The deal was brokered by Generation­al Equity, an M&A firm based in Dallas.

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