Fund Manager Plans $500M Car Wash Real Estate Drive A London-based fund manager has set up a new platform looking to profit from what it thinks is a fast-growing and overlooked real estate subsector: U.S. car washes. Henley Investment Management has created car wash brand AquaSonic and set up a team in St. Petersburg, Florida, to find sites to build and operate new car washes that are technologically innovative and environmentally friendly, taking advantage of a sector that is attracting growing interest from buyout firms.
Henley already has five sites, all in Florida, with a plan to have at least 20 by the end of the year. It ultimately hopes to build between 50 and 100 car washes, which would make it one of the biggest such owner-operators in the U.S.With a modern car wash… Read the full story here. |