Unity Partners Forms Midwestern Landscaping Platform with Yardmaster, Big Lakes and Kunco

United Land Services Acquires Four Landscaping-Related Businesses

January 13, 2026

Environmental Services

United Land Services, a Jacksonville-based landscaping platform backed by Centre Partners and LP First Capital, completed four add-on acquisitions that closed in 2025. The targets—Wrightsville Beach Landscaping (Wilmington, NC), H&O Grounds (Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA), Custom Tree Surgeons (Jacksonville, FL) and an undisclosed rust-removal provider in South/Central Florida—expand United's geographic footprint and service capabilities; terms were not disclosed.

Century Park Forms Green Summit Landscape Group and Completes First Acquisition

November 18, 2025

Environmental Services

Century Park Capital Partners, joined by Plexus Capital and GMB Capital Partners, launched Green Summit Landscape Group and completed the platform's first acquisition of a regional, founder-led landscaping company. The sellers are retaining a meaningful ownership stake and will continue to lead the business as Green Summit pursues growth through cross-market expansion, technology enablement and a disciplined buy-and-build strategy.

Unity Partners Makes Strategic Investment in Katsam Property Services

July 29, 2024

Industrial Services

Unity Partners LP completed a strategic platform investment in Katsam Property Services, a St. Louis–area provider of power sweeping, pressure washing, janitorial and other facility maintenance services. Unity Partners will provide capital, operational support and an employee ownership program as Katsam pursues organic growth and strategic acquisitions to expand its Midwest footprint.

Shoreline Equity Partners Recapitalizes American Landscaping Partners; ALP Completes Seven Add-on Acquisitions

July 11, 2024

Environmental Services

Shoreline Equity Partners partnered with and made an equity investment in American Landscaping Partners (ALP) in August 2023, providing capital and senior financing (Apogem Capital and NXT Capital) to support ALP's growth while management retained an ownership stake. Since the partnership, ALP (headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee) has completed seven add-on acquisitions—Landscape Detail; Ultralawn; Ready Field Solutions; Maxalea; Swift Lawn & Land; Precision Landscape Management; and Appalachia Landscaping—expanding its footprint across Tennessee, Ohio, Georgia, Maryland, Alabama, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

Shoreline Equity Partners Acquires American Landscaping Partners

September 11, 2023

Environmental Services

Shoreline Equity Partners has acquired American Landscaping Partners, a portfolio company of Cold Bore Capital. The transaction transfers ownership of the landscaping and lawn care platform (six branches serving residential and commercial customers) from Cold Bore Capital to Shoreline as a PE-to-PE secondary sale.

CenterOak Partners Forms Turf Masters Lawn Care Services Platform

August 24, 2022

Environmental Services

Dallas-based private equity firm CenterOak Partners formed a residential lawn services platform, Turf Masters Lawn Care Services, by combining Turf Masters Lawncare, All Turf Holdings, and Green Group Holdings and providing growth capital. The existing owners and management teams will retain equity and Andy Kadrich will lead the new platform as CEO; the company operates 20+ branches across 10 states and serves over 100,000 customers annually.