News & Insights
Latest news, thoughts and points of view from Libra Group and its worldwide subsidiaries
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Greenwood Energy’s 7 MW Elizabeth Mine Solar Project Wins Engineering Award
Greenwood Energy’s 7 MW Elizabeth Mine Solar Project, located between Strafford and Thetford, Vermont, was a winner at the 2018 American Council of Engineering Companies VT Engineering Excellence...
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Envolve Award USA: Applications for up to $25k in startup funding extended an Additional Month Through October
Following the great response to its new locations, Envolve Entrepreneurship has announced an extension to the application deadline for the 2018 Envolve Award from September 2018 to October...
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Aria Hotels expands into Spain
Aria Hotels, the renowned collection of boutique hotels and holiday residences around Greece, has announced its expansion into Spain, joining forces with local entrepreneur Ignacio Moreno de los Ríos...
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Greenwood Energy closes solar portfolio financings with ORIX Corporation USA
Our North American solar energy investment and development subsidiary, Greenwood Energy, has completed two solar project portfolio financings with ORIX USA. Marathon Capital advised...
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Libra Interns at Concordia Americas Summit 2018
In July, a number of our Libra interns had the opportunity to travel to Bogotá, Colombia, as part of the official delegation for the 2018 Concordia Americas Summit. Here they reflect on the experience, including...
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Greek celebrity Nasos Papargyropoulos speaks out on behalf of The HOME Project
Last month in Greece, media celebrity and TV personality Nasos Papargyropoulos made an impassioned plea for child migrants and refugees. Speaking at the finals of popular television show Survivor...
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Lomar completes delivery of new COSCO Ultramax bulk carriers into the fleet
Lomar Shipping has completed a renewal of its bulk carrier fleet earlier this month with the delivery of the eighth ‘Dolphin’ 64,000 dwt vessel from the COSCO Shipping Group in China. These ‘Ultramax’ bulk...
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Envolve partners with City of Charleston Business and Neighborhood Services
The city of Charleston Business and Neighborhood Services (BNS) Division is partnering with Envolve Entrepreneurship (Envolve), a 501(c)(3) entrepreneurship organization, to provide various support services...
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Elandis announces sale of The Beach House Inn in Kennebunkport, Maine
Elandis, an international hospitality and real estate ownership, development and property management subsidiary of Libra Group, announced today that it has sold The Beach House Inn located on the...
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First AW139 EMS Lease Helicopters with China’s Kingwing
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of Libra Group, today announces its first helicopter lease in China with the placement of three new Leonardo AW139 aircraft with Shanghai Kingwing...
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Envolve launches $25k entrepreneurship award across eight USA cities
Today, Envolve Entrepreneurship, a 501(c)(3) entrepreneurship organization, launches the Envolve Award USA (formerly the American Entrepreneurship Award), a regionally-focused business plan...
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2018 Concordia Americas Summit Announcement
Serving as the first global platform through which to engage the incoming Presidential Administration prior to the inauguration in August, Concordia returns to Bogotá, Colombia on July 16-17 for its...
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The HOME Project grants scholarships for refugee children
International non-profit organization The HOME Project, which offers shelter and work for children and young refugees in Greece, has announced a first of its kind opportunity to grant 18 full-time...
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Lomar takes delivery of new container ship Delaware Trader
Lomar Shipping has taken delivery of the latest ‘newbuild’ vessel in its fleet. The Delaware Trader was handed over this week by the Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard (GWS) in China and will begin...
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EuroEnergy constructs new 13.8 MW wind farm at Delphi in Greece
EuroEnergy has begun construction on a new wind park in Delphi, Greece. The 13.8 MW asset is expected to be fully operational by March 2019. The six wind turbines, with an individual capacity of 2.3MW each...
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Elandis Multifamily Residence Restoration
Serenity Lake is one of the multifamily properties owned and maintained by our global real estate investment, development, and management company, Elandis. A number of its residences are based...
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Grace Hotels Launches Strategic Labor Partnership
Grace Hotels has successfully launched its Strategic Labor Partnership, a new initiative to help retain talent at its seasonal hotels in Greece. The program involves a collaboration with other luxury hotel brands to...
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Convergen supports L’Anse Area Schools and helps build two new baseball diamonds
L’Anse Area Schools in northwest Michigan have just completed the construction of two new baseball fields made possible by the support of local businesses. Convergen Energy, one of our renewable energy...
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Aria expands its presence in Athens
Aria Hotels has expanded its presence in Athens with two new luxury properties characteristic of the Greek capital and its style. The residences, in the neighbourhood of Plaka and the other close to the...
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Concordia Announces 2018 Americas Initiative and Colombian Presidential Debate
In partnership with the Instituto de Ciencia Política Hernán Echavarría Olózaga, Fenalco, Noticias RCN, and NTN24, Concordia, a global nonprofit, nonpartisan convener, idea incubator, and partnership...
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The HOME Project receives funding from The Shapiro Foundation
The HOME Project, the international humanitarian non-profit organization which houses and employs refugee children and youth stranded in Greece during the current crisis, has received a generous...
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INSIGHT: Grace Santorini turns 10 – an interview with Executive Chef Spyros Agious
To celebrate the tenth birthday of Grace Santorini, the hotel's Executive Chef gives us an insight into his time with Grace Hotels and a sense of what life is like on the world-famous Mediterranean island...
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Benaki Museum and Aria collaborate at Leigh Fermor House
The Benaki Museum and Aria Hotels have today announced an alliance for the Patrick and Joan Leigh Fermor House, situated in Kardamyli, Southeast Peloponnese, Greece. In 1996 Sir Patrick...
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Elandis announces Hyatt Place Macae opening
Elandis today announced the opening of Hyatt Place Macaé, a smartly designed, high-tech and contemporary hotel in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Hyatt Place Macaé is the first ocean-front Hyatt Place...
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Envolve, a new global entrepreneurship support organization
Envolve, a new entrepreneurship organization, aims to serve as a catalyst for investment in early-stage businesses by providing entrepreneurs with easy access to capital, knowledge...
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Grace Hotels eyes expansion in EMEA, the Americas and Asia
Having entered its second decade, privately owned Grace Hotels is now planning a significant period of growth. The award-winning luxury boutique hotel brand aims to have 30 more hotels open or...
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LCI expands CHC partnership with second H175
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of Libra Group, has today announced that it is expanding its partnership with CHC through the placement of a second Airbus Helicopters H175...
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Elandis acquires Playa Miramar Hotel in Valencia, Spain
Elandis, an international hospitality and real estate ownership, development and property management subsidiary of Libra Group, announced today it has acquired the Playa Miramar Hotel...
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LCI Partners with CIT and Prudential Capital on $55m capital financing
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the leading helicopter lessor and aviation division of Libra Group, has closed its inaugural capital markets term loan financing, with a value in excess of US$55 million...
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INSIGHT: “Davos Diary – A Technology Take on Davos” – by Phaedra Chrousos
Harnessing the positive power of technology can enable the impossible - but we must tread carefully. That was a big lesson to come out of the 2018 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, the almost...
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Archipel Mansion: Aria Hotels’ new addition in Santorini
The Aria Hotels collection of boutique hotels and independent residences has expanded its presence on Santorini with the addition of the Archipel Mansion, situated at the highest point of Fira, the island’s...
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Santoro restaurant among top restaurants in Greece
Santoro restaurant at Grace Santorini was recognised as one of the country’s leading restaurants at the FNL Best Restaurant Awards 2017, which took place in Athens on 8 January 2018...
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MBKA: Promoting equal opportunity for young boys and men of colour
As a founding sponsor of the My Brother's Keeper Alliance, we’re proud to share this short film promoting equal opportunity for young boys and men of colour. MBK Alliance is an initiative of the Obama Foundation...
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LCI receives first Airbus helicopters H175 and places on lease with CHC
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of Libra Group, has taken delivery of its first Airbus Helicopters H175 aircraft and placed it on lease with CHC. The aircraft will be based...
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Dedication Ceremony of the Kenneth P. Ksionek Community Solar Farm
On Thursday, December 7, 2017, Greenwood Energy attended the dedication of the Kenneth P. Ksionek Community Solar Farm, the Orlando Utility Commission’s (“OUC”) most recent addition to...
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Convergen gets harvesting for biogas crops
Autumn is a busy time of year for Convergen Energy, our waste-to-energy subsidiary, especially for their biogas business. Convergen's energy facilities process crops grown specifically for energy production...
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Astraia Residence – A new and exclusive addition to the Aria collection on Crete
Aria Hotels has added a further property to its portfolio on the island of Crete, in the southern Aegean, with the Astraia Residence, a private two-storey house in the heart of the old town of Chania. Renovated to the ...
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INSIGHT: “Aircraft Leasing – Efficient Risk Management” – by Nigel Leishman
Since its foundation in 2004, LCI’s highly experienced and well-connected management team has worked closely with aircraft and engine manufacturers and with major financial institutions. It has...
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Elandis announces sale of the Yachtsman Lodge & Marina Hotel in Kennebunk, Maine
Elandis announced the completion of the sale of the Yachtsman Lodge & Marina hotel on the Maine coast. The new owner is a value-add real estate investor based in Boston, which will target a repositioning of the...
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Concordia’s most radically inclusive Summit to date
Concordia’s seventh Annual Summit was the largest nonpartisan forum on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, bringing together over 2,600 of the world’s preeminent thought leaders...
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Convergen Energy adds Combined Heat and Power resources to energy generation portfolio
Convergen Energy, the international renewable energy provider, has brought two Combined Heat & Power (CHP) units into its holdings in North America. The assets have come in through fellow Libra Group...
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Fannie Mae Finances Elandis’s Pine Creek Multifamily Community in Houston, Texas, with $11m Property Loan
Elandis announced today the financing of Pine Creek, the firm’s 300-unit, two-story multi-family community located in Houston. The development’s lending facility of $11.15 million is with US government...
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€1 million donation from The IKEA Foundation
International humanitarian non-profit organization, The HOME Project (www.homeproject.org), has received a €1 million donation from the IKEA Foundation to support its valuable work in housing and...
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Ribbon Cutting of Elizabeth Mine Solar Park
Greenwood Energy celebrated the opening of its newly-completed 7.0 MW DC Elizabeth Mine Solar project located in Strafford and Thetford, Vermont, with a ribbon cutting ceremony on 22 September 2017...
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Turning Vision into Impact: 2017 Concordia Annual Summit Awards Announcement
Concordia’s seventh Annual Summit was the largest nonpartisan forum on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, bringing together over 2,600 of the world’s preeminent thought leaders, influencers, and...
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Greenwood Energy Announces the Financial Closing of 26 MW
Greenwood Energy announces the closing of a $52.8 million tax equity and debt financing on a portfolio of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects with a combined generating capacity of 26 MW, bringing the total portfolio...
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Convergen Energy boosts portfolio with four European biogas plants
Convergen Energy, the Wisconsin-based renewable energy provider, has added four biogas facilities in Latvia to its collection of clean energy facilities. The assets, which are now owned and operated by...
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INSIGHT: Bringing innovation into government
Phaedra Chrousos, chief innovation officer at Libra Group and founding commissioner of GSA’s Technology Transformation Service, discusses how private sector organizations can help accelerate...
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2017 Concordia Summit to Focus on Advancing SDGs through Partnerships
Concordia will host the 2017 Concordia Annual Summit on September 18 and 19 at the Grand Hyatt, New York. Held alongside the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly as a Global Goals...
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Elandis acquires 14,000 sq m land for villa development in Northern Argentina
Elandis, an international hospitality and real estate ownership, development and property management subsidiary of Libra Group, announced today that it has acquired 14,000 sq m of land on the...
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American Entrepreneurship Award in the Bronx 2017 Winners Announced
The American Entrepreneurship Award (AEA), a program created to support start-up businesses and entrepreneurs, has announced the winners of its second annual contest. The award focuses on...
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Grace Santorini to Launch “363”
Luxury boutique hotel, Grace Santorini, announces the launch of its destination champagne lounge, ‘363’, and partnership with Dom Pérignon and Moët & Chandon for the 2017 season. Set to offer one...
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American Entrepreneurship Award in Miami-Dade County 2017 Winners Announced
The American Entrepreneurship Award (AEA), a program created to support start-up businesses and entrepreneurs, has announced the winners of its second annual contest. The award focuses on...
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LCI orders nine helicopters as it takes delivery of a record six units in a month
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of Libra Group, and Leonardo have today announced an order for an additional nine helicopters. The order is valued at over US$120 million and...
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Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award 2017 Winners Announced
On Friday June 9, the fifth annual Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award (HEA) ceremony for start-up and early-stage Greek businesses, took place at the Antigone Hall of Cultural Centre “Hellenic”...
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Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award 2017 finalists announced
The Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award (HEA) has announced the 10 finalists of this year’s award for start-up and early-stage businesses, competing for up to €1,250,000 in funding...
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Construction begins at La Dolfina Grace
Elandis, the international real estate group that develops, owns, and manages real estate assets throughout the Americas and in Europe, has announced that construction has commenced on the first luxury...
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Elandis makes ground progress on Hyatt Place Sorocaba, Brazil
Elandis, the international group that develops, owns, and manages real estate assets throughout the Americas and in Europe, announces progress on the construction of Hyatt Place Hotel Sorocaba...
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INSIGHT: The HOME Project – No Child Alone
The HOME Project is one of our philanthropic initiatives. It is a non-profit organization set up to address the needs of refugee and child migrants, who arrive in Europe alone. Watch the video here...
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Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to address inaugural Concordia Europe Summit in Athens
Concordia, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that builds partnerships for social impact, will welcome former Vice President of the United States, recipient of...
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Libra helps to Keep Chios Clean
For the past two years, Libra Group has been assisting the government on the Greek island of Chios to maintain a clean and pleasant environment with the removal of graffiti, which in recent...
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