The Augusta area’s largest residential lighting retailer has been sold to a Texas manufacturer. Southern Lighting Gallery, on Bobby Jones Expressway, was acquired by Saylite, investment banking firm FourBridges Capital Advisors announced Monday.

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The deal took about three or four months to finalize, according to Southern Lighting co-founder Brent Smith, who will be staying with the business.

Southern Lighting’s main trade of providing lighting accessories to homebuilders wasn’t affected by the COVID-19 pandemic that struck harsh blows to other commercial sectors, he said Monday.

“With people staying home, fixing up their houses, it probably helped our business,” Smith said.

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Smith founded Southern Lighting in 1999 at 3206 Washington Road, at the former location of Hart Lighting Center, which was renamed Ferguson Bath, Kitchen and Lighting Gallery in the late 1980s.

Southern Lighting bought the assets of rival Augusta Lighting Galleries in 2003 and consolidated both stores at the latter’s present location.

In 2012, Southern Lighting acquired Charleston Lighting and Interiors, and it maintains showrooms there and in Augusta. Southern Lighting’s Augusta location includes a 16,000-square-foot showroom and a 13,000-square-foot warehouse.

Southern Lighting maintains “the largest selection of residential lighting in the CSRA,” according to its website.

Saylite, based in Carrollton, Texas, produces LED and non-LED configured lighting products for commercial, industrial and premium residential markets, according to FourBridges’ press release.

Chicago private-equity firm CORE Industrial Partners, which includes Saylite in its investment portfolio, first announced the Southern Lighting sale March 22.

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