General RV Center has acquired Independence RV Center in Winter Garden, FL. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Independence RV was founded in 1985 by Ronnie Jordan at a one-acre leased facility in Orlando, FL. Four years later, Ronnie relocated the dealership to the city of Winter Garden where it currently operates. Independence RV is Central Florida’s only authorized Newmar dealer and factory service center and has become one of the top Newmar dealerships in the nation.

For 16 years, Independence RV has been the recipient of the coveted Mahlon Miller Service Excellence Award for achieving above 95% customer approval in post-service customer surveys, and Newmar’s Diamond Award since its inception in 2019.

“Seeking advice when I decided to sell the store, I called a friend who had sold his,” said Ronnie Jordan, president, Independence RV. “This was a great decision as he recommended Jesse Stopnitzky and Performance Brokerage Services. Jesse was the glue that held the transaction together from beginning to end. We laid out the guidelines of the type of buyer we would like to take over our 38-year-old highly awarded store and that is exactly who he brought to the table. He brought me the right buyer, got the price I wanted, and was there with his wealth of knowledge and experience to guide me through the entire process! I couldn’t ask for more and I would highly recommend Jesse Stopnitzky and Performance Brokerage Services.”

Over the last 5 years, Performance Brokerage Services has advised on the sale of over 300 dealerships, making it the highest volume dealership brokerage firm in North America. Jesse Stopnitzky, co-owner and director of the RV Division for Performance Brokerage Services and Jon Couwenberg, partner, were the exclusive advisors for this transaction.

General RV Center out of Wixom, Michigan, is a premier, family-owned dealership group founded in 1962 by Abe Baidas. The group started from humble beginnings with a Mobil gas station, which later transformed into a small sales and manufacturing facility. It has since become one of the largest RV dealership groups in the country, employing over 2,000 team members across locations in Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Utah, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, with a 150,000 square foot inspection facility in Indiana.

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