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Colony Capital has acquired Digital Bridge Holdings for $325 million. The acquisition is part of Colony's strategy to position itself as an owner and investment manager of assets, businesses and investment management products of in the real estate technology market. The combination of the two companies creates a portfolio of $60 billion in managed assets.

Following a transition period of 18 to 24 months, Marc C. Ganzi, a founder and CEO of Digital Bridge, will succeed Colony's Thomas J. Barrack Jr. as CEO. Barrack will retain the role of executive chairman at the combined company.

The two companies closed the co-sponsored fund Digital Colony Partners in May. The fund focused on global opportunities in digital infrastructure and is valued at $4.05 billion. It is the largest fund of this type.

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.