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Yellowstone’s Austin Outdoor Expands in Florida

Austin Outdoor, the Florida-based division of Yellowstone Landscape Group, has acquired the landscape management division of Cornerstone Solutions Group. BUNNELL, Fla. – Austin Outdoor, a commercial landscape services firm, has acquired the landscape management division of Cornerstone Solutions Group. The merger of Cornerstone’s operations with Austin Outdoor’s substantial Florida presence has created a diverse organization capable of serving commercial clients with statewide operations. “The merger of Cornerstone with Austin Outdoor is a natural fit.  Between the values they share and reputation they both have for high quality, these two organizations complement each other perfectly,” said Edward Schatz, Jr., Austin’s founder … Read more

Los Angeles-based Dworsky Facilities Services Merges with We Service America

Los Angeles-based Dworsky Facilities Services has merged with We Service America. The combined company will operate under the name We Service America, Inc. The merger adds janitorial and security services to the exterior maintenance, power sweeping, environmental steam cleaning services already offered by Dworsky. We Service America will also provide interior plantscape design and maintenance. We Service America has over 40 years of janitorial and guard experience, with an emphasis in the commercial, industrial, home owner association and personal security markets. According to Dave Dworsky, “The combination of our companies offers our clientele a broad family of services that for … Read more

BizBuySell.com Reports Increasing Business-For-Sale Transactions in 2011

BizBuySell’s annual year-end report finds more small businesses were sold in 2011 than in 2010, spurred by slightly decreased valuations, improved business performance, and slow improvement in capital access. San Francisco, CA – January 4, 2012 — BizBuySell.com, the Internet’s largest marketplace for buying or selling a small business, today released its Full-Year and Fourth Quarter 2011 Insight Report on business succession trends. The report, which aggregates business for sale transaction data provided by participating business brokers, shows that small business sales were up slightly in 2011. This continues a trend of gradual year-over-year growth that began at the beginning … Read more

Stay Green Inc. Acquires Wurzel Landscape of Studio City, California

Stay Green Inc., a family-owned and operated landscape services company based in Santa Clarita, California, announced today that it has acquired Wurzel Landscape, a Studio City, California-based commercial landscape maintenance company, founded by Marc Wurzel in 1975. Effective immediately, the acquired operations become a part of Stay Green with additional details to be disclosed at a later date. “Wurzel Landscape is an established local organization with an excellent reputation and great people. We’re thrilled to welcome them into the Stay Green family,” said Chris Angelo. “We’ve been searching for the right company to complement our growing position in the region. … Read more

Lawn Doctor Acquired by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

Lawn Doctor, Inc. has been acquired by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners of Beverly Hills, California. Lawn Doctor is a leading franchisor of residential lawn care businesses.  The Company’s nationwide base of over 460 independently-owned franchise locations offers a wide variety of lawn, tree and shrub, and pest control programs. Levine Leichtman Capital Partners is an independent investment firm that invests in middle market companies.  Levine manages approxiumately $5 billion of institutional capital on behalf of itself and its worldwide network of investors.