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Closed Business Sales in Arizona
Four sales, four complications that could have ended them: a silent partner with no paperwork, owners who wanted to keep the building, financials that understated what the business actually earned. Each one closed anyway. Below is what each business was and what it took to get it sold — the full case study has the detail.
What each sale involved
Auto Repair — Flagstaff
A long-established foreign and domestic repair facility working out of a modern 10-bay shop, with government fleet maintenance contracts on the books. The commercial real estate sat with the owner, so the building was restructured and the valuation adjusted — and the business transferred for a multi-million-dollar price.
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A multi-generational family paving company specialising in maintenance work, carrying a phantom partner in its ownership structure and a seller who wanted to keep the property. We worked with the private equity buyer to let the phantom partner share in the earnout, and moved the real estate to an affiliate LLC before closing. Sold for $14.5M.
Read the full case studyOutdoor Power Equipment — Phoenix
Greater Phoenix's premier supplier of outdoor power equipment — sales, parts, repairs and rentals — serving homeowners, landscape contractors and municipalities alike. Recasting the working capital and restructuring the commercial real estate carried it through to a multi-million-dollar sale.
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A new-construction plumbing contractor with 50+ employees and a client list of repeat general contractors, held across two closely-held entities. We made the dual-entity structure make sense to the private equity buyer and kept the real estate with the seller. Sold for $15M.
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