Chris Glynn

A Plenary Group-led consortium is on schedule in reaching financial close after winning a bid to redo Humber River Regional Hospital into a state-of-the-art healthcare facility.

GVK Transportation is now owner of a 30-year concession to widen National Highway 3, a vital highway in India.

A fixture on the Lone Star State political scene, Phil Wilson is a Republican closely tied to White House hopeful Rick Perry. He will inherit a department with a pipeline of public-private partnership activity and a troubled past.

A slight hitch in a Texas-size highway project is over and a $3.9bn, 28-mile managed lanes public-private partnership is once more a Lone Star State certainty. Expect an RFQ soon.

Vaunted master limited partnership specialist Energy Income Partners is sub-adviser for First Trust Infrastructure Fund, a New York Stock Exchange-traded vehicle investing in energy and infrastructure that launched last week.

Former Scotia Capital higher-up Conor Kelly has started his own business. Named Rubicon Infrastructure Advisors, his company will offer M&A expertise.

Access Capital has acquired a 40% stake in Igasamex, a natural gas operator with a strong presence in Mexico. Access made the deal on behalf of its customer base.

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund has again tapped the African Development Bank to finance its infrastructure portfolio. The fund garnered its first AfDB loan in 2009.

Slowly but surely, New Jersey Transit is pushing along its private parking agenda. A RFP is likely in late autumn for a 30-to 50-year lease of some 37,000 parking spaces spread across the state.

The school has set a November 2 deadline for a response. Ohio State University is the first US college to privatise parking.