DEALERSHIP BUY/SELL

Andy Church of Dealer Solutions Mergers and Acquisitions represented the seller in the transaction. Rex Perry and Mike Perry are brothers. After the sale, the Buick franchise was returned to the automaker.

Courtney Bernhard and George Chaconas of Performance Brokerage Services handled the transaction.

This is the first BMW dealership for DARCARS. 

This is LaFontaine’s first dealership in West Michigan.

Jay Menke is a minority owner and dealer principal of the stores. Paul Kechnie of Performance Brokerage Services facilitated the transaction. 

Mike Sims of Pinnacle Mergers & Acquisitions represented the seller.

Broker Ron Carpenter represented the seller in the transaction. Honda sales are operating out of the Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram dealership next door while a new store is being built with an expected April finish. Service has moved offsite. Upon completion, the situation will reverse during construction of a new Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram building. 

Elway, Pierce, Grubb and Gagnet collectively retained 10 percent of the dealership while Gagnet is staying on as the store’s general manager. Haig Partners represented the sellers in the transaction. James Barone of Ferruzzo and Ferruzzo was legal counsel to the seller, while Michael Fletcher of Tonkon Torp advised the buyer. 

Moshe Stopnitzky and Jason Stopnitzky of Performance Brokerage Services handled the transaction.

Gershon Rosenzweig and Matt Wilkins of the Northeast region of Performance Brokerage Services facilitated the transaction.

Stevan LaBonte of LaBonte Law Group represented Dennis & Co. in the sale, while Willie Beck of Bel Air Partners, represented Moreno.

John and Johnny Mecham, Rocky Mountain partners for Performance Brokerage Services, facilitated the transaction. 

DCG Acquisitions, a Dave Cantin Group company, facilitated the transaction. 

The transaction also included a fleet operations center in East Hanover, N.J. Stuart Lasser of Lasser Advisory Services said he represented the seller in the transaction but worked closely with both parties. 

Tim Wild of Tim Lamb Group represented the buyer in the transaction but said he worked with both parties.

Kevin Curttright remained with the company to manage the store, and his son, Karson Curttright, works at the dealership as a sales associate.

Bel Air Partners was financial adviser to the sellers.

Kevin Nill of Haig Partners represented the buyer in the transaction. Tony Karabon of DCG Acquisitions, a Dave Cantin Group company, represented the seller.

Will Mulcahy is managing partner of the dealership. Hal Feder of Murphy Business & Financial Corp. represented the seller in the transaction, while Jennifer Rafael of Dealer Solutions Mergers and Acquisitions represented the buyer.

Paul Kechnie and Mark Shackelford of Performance Brokerage Services facilitated the transaction. 

Paul Kechnie and Mark Shackelford of Performance Brokerage Services handled the transaction. 

Stevan LaBonte of LaBonte Law Group represented Dennis & Co. in the sale, while Woody Woodward from DCG Acquisitions, a Dave Cantin Group company, represented Zappone. 

Presidio Group represented the seller in the transaction. Richard Rasmussen of the Lagerlof law firm advised the seller while Timothy Robinett of the Manning, Leaver, Bruder & Berberich law firm advised the buyer.

Hicks Management & Consulting Group represented the seller in the transaction.

The transaction also included used-vehicle and collision stores. Scott Mackie of National Business Brokers brokered the deal.

Tim Wild of Tim Lamb Group said he represented the buyer in the transaction but worked closely with both parties. 

Jennifer Rafael of Dealer Solutions Mergers and Acquisitions represented the buyer.

The buyers sold the Buick franchise back to General Motors. Tim Lamb Group represented the seller in the transaction. 

Paul Kechnie and Mark Shackelford of Performance Brokerage Services represented the seller in the transaction.

These were Ken Garff Automotive’s only Michigan stores. The deal also included two collision centers. Stephens Inc. was financial adviser to Ken Garff Automotive in the transaction. 

This is Foundation’s first Nissan dealership and first stores in Tennessee. Andy Gill of Gill Automotive Group in St. Augustine, Fla., represented the sellers in the transaction.

Eddie Puente and Gerrick Wilkins of Dealer Support Network represented the buyer in the transaction.

Dick Pryor of Tim Lamb Group represented the seller in the transaction. 

Tim Wild of Tim Lamb Group represented the buyer in the transaction. 

James Mitchell and Erin Rice of Cushman & Wakefield’s Dealership Capital Services division, along with Mike Luca of CBRE, represented the sellers in the transaction.

Brady Schmidt and Gary Mull of National Business Brokers handled the transaction. 

Andy Gill of Gill Automotive Group in St. Augustine, Fla., represented the seller in the transaction.

Brady Schmidt and Gary Mull of National Business Brokers represented the seller.

Kerrigan Advisors represented the seller in the transaction. 

Haig Partners represented the Lustine family in the transaction. Mike Charapp and Barrie Charapp Beaty of Mahdavi Bacon Halfhill & Young were legal advisers to the sellers.

The Jeep franchise is in its own building. Haig Partners represented the seller in the transaction.

Windward Auto Group’s owners are Brady Schmidt and Gary Mull, co-CEOs of National Business Brokers, plus Jerry Romano and Wayne Davis as investors. Romano is the store’s operating partner and Schmidt is dealer principal. National Business Brokers handled the transaction. 

National Business Brokers advised the seller in the transaction. 

Kerrigan Advisors represented the seller in the transaction.

Tony Karabon of DCG Acquisitions, a Dave Cantin Group company, brokered the transaction.

Ben Hicks of Hicks Management & Consulting Group said he represented the seller in the transaction but worked closely with both parties

Bob Morris of Tim Lamb Group represented the seller in the transaction.

Stallings said he sold the dealership through a company he controls. DCG Acquisitions, a Dave Cantin Group company, facilitated the transaction. 

Eddie Puente and Gerrick Wilkins from Dealer Support Network represented the buyer in the transaction. 

Kerrigan Advisors represented the seller in the transaction. 

Haig Partners represented Lehman in the transaction. Jonathan Awner, Brenda Goerks and Hunter Carpenter of the Akerman law firm advised the sellers in the transaction, while Sarah Seedig of the Holland & Knight law firm advised the buyer. 

Haig Partners was involved in the transaction between Esserman and Lithia. 

Dave Cantin and George Pero of DCG Acquisitions handled the transaction.

Pinnacle Mergers & Acquisitions handled the transaction.

The Lincoln franchise was not part of the acquisition.

Joe Ozog of Ozog Consulting Group handled the transaction.

The transaction also included a used-vehicle dealership. Bel Air Partners represented the seller in the transaction. 

Haig Partners represented the seller in the transaction.

Woody Woodward and Brian Brown of DCG Acquisitions, a Dave Cantin Group company, handled the transaction. 

Ozog Consulting Group represented Schneider in the transaction.

Doucette is the store’s operating partner. Nancy Phillips Associates represented the seller in the transaction. 

This is Vladimir Rajcic and co-owner Bob Kashani’s first new-car dealership. Rajcic is dealer principal and majority owner. John Chisholm of Dealer Solutions Mergers and Acquisitions said he represented the seller but worked closely with both parties in the transaction.

Performance Brokerage Services handled the transaction. 

Robert Turbyfill of DCG Acquisitions, a Dave Cantin Group company, represented the buyer in the transaction.

Bob Giles, chairman of Giles Automotive, owns a majority of the store, while Ryan LeBlanc, president of Giles Automotive, owns a minority stake. 

This is West-Herr’s first Mazda dealership.