Group C Communications sells show to Hanley Wood

Business Publisher, May 1, 2008

Hanley Wood (Washington, D.C.) has completed the acquisition of The TFM Show, the nation's largest show for senior facility management executives, from Group C Communications (Tinton Falls, NJ). No terms were given. Group C Communications was represented in the deal by Berkery, Noyes, Inc. (New York).

The deal closely follows the inaugural operation of the 2008 TFM Show, held April 22-24 in Chicago, by Hanley Wood. The event, sponsored by Group C's "Today's Facility Manager" magazine, is designed to encourage an exchange of information among architects, engineers, general contractors, other vendors/suppliers and facility managers covering such topics as interior design, construction, disaster recovery and emergency response, best practices, career development, energy and the environment, security, healthcare and technology and engineering.

Beginning in 2009, The TFM Show will co-locate with Hanley Wood's CONSTRUCT2009, scheduled for June 17-19, 2009 in Indianapolis. CONSTRUCT2009 is targeted to engineers, contractors, facility managers, specifiers and related industry professionals.

Group C Communications will continue to produce "TFM" ("Today's Facility Manager"), a monthly with a controlled circulation of 50,000 facility managers across the range of industries, "Business Facilities," also published monthly for specialists in the site selection marketplace, The TFM Forum, a 2-day event for facilities executives responsible for purchasing decisions, and Business Facilities LiveXchange, an invitation-only event for corporate executives responsible for new site locations.

Hanley Wood produces more than 30 residential and commercial construction journals and magazines, including such titles as "Architect," "The Journal of Light Construction" and "Building Products," as well as 12 trade shows, including World of Concrete.