Brightstar Capital Partners announced that it has acquired Erdman, an architecture and engineering firm specializing in healthcare and senior living facilities.
Erdman joins KZF Design as part of Brightstar’s architecture and design platform, which Brightstar established with its acquisition of KZF Design in 2025.
Founded in 1951 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, Erdman has spent more than 70 years designing hospitals, medical office buildings, and senior living communities for clients across the U.S.
The firm holds active licenses in more than 45 states and brings a national footprint to Brightstar’s architecture and design platform.
Erdman has also developed ZeroIn, a proprietary healthcare analytics platform that supports data-driven market and facility planning.
Brightstar said the acquisition adds a nationally licensed healthcare design specialist to its architecture and design portfolio.
Brightstar’s architecture and design platform partners with regional firms by providing strategic backing, shared capabilities, and a collaborative operating model. The platform is designed to preserve each firm’s culture while supporting growth.
Brightstar Capital Partners is a middle-market private equity firm focused on control-oriented investments in business services, industrials, technology, media and telecom, and financial services companies.
KEY QUOTES:
“The 80-and-over population is projected to roughly double over the next two decades, driving sustained demand for exactly the types of facilities Erdman designs. We believe Erdman is well-positioned to serve that demand, and their team brings the specialized expertise and client relationships we look for in design partners.”
Dan Faust, CEO of Brightstar’s Architecture and Design Platform
“We have spent decades building relationships with clients who trust us to design spaces that elevate the human experience. Brightstar understood what makes Erdman work and wanted to invest in it, and that gave us the confidence to move forward together.”
Rustin Becker, President and CEO of Erdman
“The architecture and design industry is home to outstanding regional firms, and our goal is to create an integrated platform to help them grow, collaborate, and serve clients in ways that would be difficult to achieve independently. Erdman brings sector depth, a national footprint, and a proprietary analytics capability that we believe strengthens the platform.”
Michael Burke, Board Chair of Brightstar’s Architecture and Design Platform and Former Chairman and CEO of AECOM
