ERDMAN Joins Brightstar Capital Partners’ Architecture & Design Platform to Accelerate Growth & Innovation

Joining Brightstar Capital Partners’ architecture and design platform to accelerate growth, expand capabilities, and invest in the future while preserving ERDMAN’s culture, leadership, and commitment to clients.

Madison, WI, June 24, 2026 – ERDMAN, a national leader in healthcare and senior living planning, consulting, architecture, engineering, and interior design, today announced that it has joined the architecture and design platform backed by Brightstar Capital Partners. The transaction positions ERDMAN to accelerate growth, expand capabilities, and increase investment in talent, technology, and innovation while maintaining the culture and client-focused approach that have defined the firm for 75 years.

Founded in 1951, ERDMAN has spent more than seven decades helping healthcare providers and senior living organizations navigate change, improve performance, and create environments that enhance the human experience. Through its integrated approach that combines management consulting, architecture, engineering, interior design, and proprietary analytics, ERDMAN partners with organizations nationwide to align strategy, operations, and facility investments.

“Entering from a position of strength, this marks an exciting new chapter for ERDMAN,” said Rustin Becker, President and CEO of ERDMAN. “We chose Brightstar because they share our belief that great organizations are built around people, culture, and long-term client relationships. By becoming part of Brightstar’s architecture and design platform, we gain additional resources, investment capacity, and collaborative opportunities that will allow us to accelerate growth while preserving the values that have guided ERDMAN since 1951.”

As healthcare and senior living organizations face increasing complexity, evolving care models, workforce challenges, and growing pressure to maximize capital investments, ERDMAN sees significant opportunities to further expand its impact. The partnership positions the firm to invest more aggressively in talent, technology, innovation, and operational excellence while maintaining the culture, leadership, and client-focused approach that have defined ERDMAN for 75 years.

Through collaboration across Brightstar’s architecture and design platform, ERDMAN will gain access to expanded technical resources, complementary expertise, broader geographic reach, and shared best practices that enhance its ability to serve healthcare and senior living organizations nationwide. For clients, the result is the same trusted ERDMAN team, now supported by additional capabilities and resources to help solve increasingly complex challenges.

In addition to its planning, consulting, and design expertise, ERDMAN brings a unique development capability that helps select healthcare and senior living organizations evaluate, structure, and execute complex real estate and facility initiatives. Combined with the firm’s proprietary ZeroIn™ healthcare analytics platform, this integrated approach enables clients to make more informed decisions that align strategic goals, operational performance, and long-term investments.

“ERDMAN has earned a national reputation for helping healthcare and senior living organizations navigate complex strategic, operational, and facility challenges,” said Dan Faust, CEO of Brightstar’s architecture and design platform. “We believe the firm’s integrated consulting and design capabilities, combined with its deep industry expertise and innovative analytics platform, make ERDMAN an exceptional addition to our platform. We are excited to support the company’s continued growth and long-term success.”

The partnership reflects a shared vision for growth, collaboration, and long-term investment. By combining ERDMAN’s trusted brand, specialized expertise, longstanding client relationships, and innovative capabilities with Brightstar’s strategic resources and platform support, the organization is positioned to create new opportunities for employees, enhance value for clients, and strengthen its impact across the healthcare and senior living industries.

As ERDMAN celebrates its 75th anniversary, this partnership positions the firm to continue shaping the human experience for decades to come. It builds upon a legacy of innovation, trusted partnerships, and a commitment to helping clients navigate change through strategic planning, consulting, development, and design.

About ERDMAN

ERDMAN is a national planning, consulting, architecture, engineering, and interior design firm specializing in healthcare and senior living environments. Founded in 1951 and headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, ERDMAN partners with organizations across the country to create strategic, operational, and facility solutions that improve outcomes and enhance the human experience. The firm’s integrated approach combines management consulting, design expertise, proprietary analytics and development services to help clients navigate change and plan for the future. For more information, visit www.erdman.com.

About Brightstar

Capital Partners Brightstar Capital Partners is a middle-market private equity firm with $5bn AUM focused on control-oriented investments in business services, industrials, technology, media & telecom, and financial services companies. Brightstar combines hands-on operational value creation with the disciplined deployment of artificial intelligence to support execution, productivity, and decision-making across its portfolio. For more information, please visit www.brightstarcp.com.

Media Contacts

ERDMAN:

Carrie Slack, CPSM

Marketing & Communications

cslack@erdman.com

Brightstar Capital Partners:

Prosek

Pro-Brightstar@Prosek.com