KBS Acquires East Coast and National Maintenance Systems

Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, Oceanside, CA, announced it has acquired East Coast Lot and Pavement Maintenance (East Coast)/National Maintenance Systems (NMS), an independently-owned exterior facility services company headquartered in Rhode Island. “We are very excited about the acquisition of East Coast/NMS. They are a leader in snow and ice management, landscaping and parking lot maintenance services primarily in the Northeast and Midwest regions,” said Mark Minasian, CEO and co-founder of KBS, a provider of technology-enabled, integrated interior and exterior property services to multi-region and multi-site customers in North America. “This expansion by KBS into complementary exterior services in very attractive end … Read more

SiteOne Acquires Loma Vista Nursery in Kansas City Area

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SiteOne™ Landscape Supply (NYSE:SITE) announced today the acquisition of the distribution business of Loma Vista Nursery. Loma Vista, started in 1991, has two distribution locations in the Kansas City area and is a leader in the distribution of nursery and hardscape products to landscape professionals. The acquisition of Loma Vista’s distribution business provides SiteOne with its first nursery locations in the market and bolsters the existing hardscape offering. “We believe Loma Vista is a great fit with SiteOne. Loma Vista is a strong leader in the market and their nursery and hardscape business is a perfect complement to our existing … Read more

SiteOne Acquires Atlantic Irrigation

SiteOne® Landscape Supply, Inc. (NYSE:SITE), the largest and only national wholesale distributor of landscape supplies in the United States, announced today the acquisition of Atlantic Irrigation. Started in 1976, Atlantic is a leader in the distribution of irrigation, lighting, drainage and landscaping equipment with 33 locations across 13 states in the Eastern U.S. and two provinces in Eastern Canada. “Atlantic significantly expands the scale of our irrigation and lighting business in the Eastern U.S. and Canada markets. This transaction represents the largest number of locations that we have acquired in a single acquisition in more than a decade. The addition … Read more

Summit Park Recapitalizes Fast Growing Trees

Summit Park, a Charlotte-based private investment firm, is pleased to announce the recapitalization of Fast Growing Trees, LLC (“FGT” or “the Company”), a leading direct-to-consumer e-commerce retailer of trees and shrubs. Based in Fort Mill, South Carolina, FGT offers consumers a broad variety of high-quality trees and shrubs through its websites fast-growing-trees.com and brighterblooms.com. The Company provides customers with a best-in-class e-commerce experience and access to over 900 products that are available for on-demand delivery, typically within two days of placing an order. FGT sources its products from a geographically diverse network of trusted suppliers and has built a reputation for offering high quality products … Read more

Living Earth Acquires Nature’s Best Organics of Tennessee

DALLAS, TX – Living Earth  has acquired the operating assets of Nature’s Best Organics of Tennessee, a processor of organic material and distributor of natural landscape products. Operating in Tennessee since 2002, Nature’s Best has three locations in the greater Knoxville area, where it is the market leader, and has expanded to serve the Nashville area with three additional locations. All six Tennessee sites will operate under the Living Earth brand. This is the first acquisition for Living Earth, which is establishing a national platform of businesses processing organic material into quality landscaping products. “We are proud to expand our … Read more