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Centerbridge Partners, L.P.

Centerbridge and Suntex complete Windward Marina Group acquisition

March 19, 2026 primary Manager profile

Summary: Centerbridge posted a March 19, 2026 item saying Centerbridge Partners and Suntex Marinas investors completed the acquisition of Windward Marina Group. A PRNewswire release from Suntex says Suntex, through a joint venture with Centerbridge Partners, L.P., announced a merger with Windward's marina portfolio and described the combination as adding 13 Florida locations and more than 3,000 slips.

Why it matters: The update may matter to due-diligence readers as a source-attributed private-transaction and platform-expansion signal involving Centerbridge, Suntex, and Windward, while it should not be read as evidence of valuation, asset quality, ownership economics, operating performance, or investment merit.

9AT filing context: Use only ADV/profile identity context: Centerbridge Partners, L.P. maps to CRD 157359 / SEC file 801-73876, CIK 1484836, and about $80B in reported regulatory AUM/profile scale, with 127 private funds in the safe local profile context. No 13F or Form 5500 context is included because those filings do not explain this private marina-platform transaction.

Summary

Centerbridge posted a March 19, 2026 item saying Centerbridge Partners and Suntex Marinas investors completed the acquisition of Windward Marina Group. A related PRNewswire release from Suntex says Suntex, through a joint venture with Centerbridge Partners, L.P., announced a merger with Windward’s marina portfolio.

The Suntex release describes the transaction as expanding Suntex’s Florida marina network by adding 13 locations and more than 3,000 slips. This draft keeps those details attributed to the source and does not infer valuation, ownership percentages, fund vehicle, asset quality, operating performance, or investment merit.

Why it matters

For due-diligence readers, the announcement is a public signal of Centerbridge-linked private-equity activity in marina infrastructure, leisure assets, and platform expansion. It may help frame follow-up questions about how Centerbridge-backed operating platforms pursue add-on acquisitions, geographic concentration, and sector-specific operating exposure.

The signal is bounded. A transaction announcement does not establish asset quality, integration outcomes, valuation fairness, customer demand, financing terms, or future returns. Those points require later public evidence and should not be inferred from the merger announcement.

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9AT filing context

Public ADV/profile context maps Centerbridge Partners, L.P. to CRD 157359 / SEC file 801-73876, CIK 1484836, and about $80 billion in reported regulatory AUM/profile scale. The safe local profile context also identifies 127 private funds.

That filing-derived context is useful only for adviser/platform identification. It does not validate Suntex or Windward transaction terms, ownership economics, asset quality, customer demand, operating performance, or investment outcome. No 13F or Form 5500 context is included because this is a private marina-platform transaction.

What to watch

Watch for closing or integration updates from Centerbridge, Suntex, Windward, or related operating-company sources, including any later disclosures about portfolio operations, financing, add-on activity, geographic concentration, or asset-management responsibilities.

Future coverage should distinguish source-attributed portfolio-expansion facts from any assessment of transaction quality, valuation, or investment results.

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