BLUE BELL, Pa. – BrightView Holdings has acquired Baytree Landscape Contractors, a full-service landscape firm based in Atlanta, Ga. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“We are pleased to add Baytree, a landscaper with a stellar reputation for high quality work, to our operations in the Southeast,” said BrightView President and CEO Andrew Masterman. “Like BrightView, Baytree has achieved success across the spectrum of landscape services: design, development, irrigation, maintenance and enhancement. We look forward to bringing their skilled workforce and leadership into the BrightView family.”
Baytree operates from six primary locations: Atlanta, Ga.; Johns Island, S.C.; Charleston, S.C.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Charlotte, N.C.; and Nashville, Tenn. At peak, Baytree employs more than 370 team members. The company also ranked no. 49 on our Top 100 List this year.
"The team at Baytree is excited about the many opportunities that being a part of the BrightView organization will bring,” said Andrew S. Watkins, Baytree president and CEO. “The people part of our business is everything. BrightView has put a priority on that from day one of this process."
BrightView has also acquired West Bay Landscape, a landscape maintenance firm in Bradenton, Fla. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“West Bay is a leader in the Central Florida market and represents an important addition to our existing landscape maintenance operations,” Masterman said. “Over the past four decades, West Bay has grown steadily and today is one of the region’s top landscape maintenance firms. We are delighted to welcome them to BrightView.”
West Bay’s primary focus is commercial landscape maintenance, serving clients within a 30-mile radius of their base in Bradenton, south of Tampa Bay, on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
“We are excited to join the BrightView family, and for all of the new opportunities this will bring to our team. With BrightView’s enhanced resources, processes, and systems, we will be able to expand West Bay’s standard of high-level customer service within our market,” said West Bay President Ron Sikkema.