Just to clarify.
This was right before (then President) George W. distanced himself from the Carlyle Group. Carlyle went after one division of the ELK company, trying to out-bid GAF. As if The Carlyle Group manufactured anything besides military vehicles.
The only thing I could figure out, was that they wanted the real estate in the NAFTA corridor. GAF had to pay The Carlyle Group (IIRC $2 million) to stop bidding.
Wound up to be this company;
https://www.gaf.com/en-us/about-us/n...uxury-shingles
I suppose building materials would be a good investment if you were going to do re-construction in a war zone.