Article: Brown & Cole announces identity of investor.

Hancock Park Associates is the California-based investment company in negotiations to take over the majority shareholder status of Brown & Cole Stores LLC, said Brown & Cole president Craig Cole.

The $40 million transaction will bring the company out of Chapter n bankruptcy, Brown & Cole president Craig Cole said.

Cole had been unable to reveal the identity of the investment company until now.

Hancock Park Associates is a private-equity investment firm based in Los Angeles. Representatives from the company could not be reached for comment, but according to its Web site, the firm focuses on investing in small- to mid-size manufacturing and retail ...

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