Pioneer Landscape Acquires Granite Express
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Pioneer Landscape Centers, a leading U.S. outdoor-living supplier in the United States, acquired Granite Express of Mesa, Ariz., in the company’s third transaction of the year.
This acquisition—coupled with Pioneer’s new relationship with Surprise, Ariz.- based Grand Materials & Supply—makes Pioneer a leading supplier in the Grand Canyon State, servicing the state and surrounding areas, and progresses the supplier’s strategic plan to expand its southwest presence.
Founded in 1999, Granite Express is an Arizona-based, full-service commercial supply company that owns and operates several quarries surrounding the Phoenix area. Granite Express blends into Pioneer Landscape Center’s current hardscapes, outdoor-living supplies and artificial-grass product offerings by specializing in materials such as decorative landscape rocks, aggregate, boulders, specialty stone and more.
Granite Express will begin incorporating into Pioneer’s extensive product collection almost immediately.
“This momentum of growth has allowed us to expand significantly over the past few months. Acquiring Granite Express allows us to not only inherit a new pipeline of business but also gives Pioneer the ability to expand and thrive in the Arizona market,” said Sagi Cohen, CEO of Pioneer Landscape Centers. “Granite Express seamlessly fits within our ‘farm-to-table’ strategy by enhancing Pioneer’s commercial division and product capabilities, bringing us one step closer to our goal of being the premier customer-centric, outdoor living destination in the southwest region.”
Granite Express will become a Pioneer division and will maintain current leadership and employees as it transitions into the Pioneer Landscape Centers organization.
Established in 1968 and celebrating a half-century in business, Pioneer Landscape Centers spans 36 retail distribution centers and 25 quarries and production facilities across Arizona and Colorado, with plans to expand into Texas, Nevada and California this year. The landscape and hardscape materials supplier is committed to owning the entire production-to-retail process, allowing homeowners and contractors alike to access a variety of product collections, ranging from pavers and decorative rock to outdoor living kits and merchandise.
Pioneer is a portfolio company of JLL Partners, a New York-based private equity firm with track-record of adding value to complex investments through financial and operational expertise.
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