Green Group Holdings Acquires Eastern Turf Maintenance and Loyalty Lawn Care

Green Group Holdings

Green Group, a newly formed turf maintenance startup lead by industry veteran Keith Freeman, today announced its formation along with two new strategic partnerships with prominent turf-management companies: Eastern Turf Maintenance and Loyalty Lawn Care. As part of Green Group’s formation, Benjamin Allen, former chief operations officer of LawnAmerica, joined Green Group as regional director. These brand and experienced industry-executive relationships, along with others planned for 2021, position Green Group as a unique employer in the green industry providing enterprise-level tools, processes, resources and opportunities to cultivate a people-first culture. “We’re on a mission to reimagine the way lawn care is done while honoring the … Read more

A Big Chunk of a Small Business

Is it better to own a big chunk of a small business or a minority stake in a big company?    It’s one of the fundamental questions all owners must wrestle with. Owning a relatively small slice of a big pie has worked out well for both Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, who recently traded places on the list of the world’s richest person. Musk still owns around 20% of Tesla, and Bezos controls about 10% of Amazon, so they both have chosen to sell most of their company to fund their ambitions. The success of their bet has been … Read more

Schill Acquires Commercial Division of The Ohio Valley Group

Schill Grounds Management has acquired the commercial division of The Ohio Valley Group, expanding Schill’s service area to the east side of Cleveland. Schill willacquire all of The Ohio Valley Group’s commercial customer accounts for office, retail, mixed-use and industrial properties, while the owners of the family-run business will continue to serve residential accounts and focus more of their time on other entrepreneurial endeavors.  About a dozen employees of The Ohio Valley Group will join the Schill organization, and Schill will acquire equipment and use of a portion of their existing facilities and office space. “We are excited to welcome … Read more

BrightView Acquires GTI in Las Vegas

BrightView Holdings, Inc., the largest national commercial landscaping services company in the United States, has acquired Green Image, LLC (GTI) based in Las Vegas, Nev. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “GTI and its more than 400 team members are a great strategic addition to our operations in the western U.S.,” said BrightView President and CEO Andrew Masterman. “They bring a solid base of maintenance operations plus an impressive capability in landscape development. This team of professionals has years of experience in horticulture, engineering, maintenance, design, architecture, and equipment management and I am pleased to welcome them to BrightView.” … Read more

Broadtree Partners Builds West Sweeping to Acquire Power Sweeping Companies

West Sweeping Services Holdings, LLC is a holding company created to acquire power sweeping companies that perform street, highway, construction, parking lot, and industrial power sweeping to private and government entities. West Sweeping was established by Broadtree Partners, a lower middle market private equity firm. West Sweepingt’s initial acquisitions include California-based Contract Sweeping Services, LLC (“Contract Sweeping”) and Statewide Construction Sweeping, LLC (“Statewide Sweeping”). Bank Prov provided senior debt and True West Capital Partners (“True West”) provided subordinated debt & equity to support Broadtree’s acquisition of the companies. Contract Sweeping is one of California’s largest Municipal street sweeping service providers … Read more