Mark Rountree and associate and father Bob Rountree acquired a Hyundai dealership in Massachusetts, marking their return to New England dealership possession.
The Rountrees purchased Hyundai of Plymouth on Oct. 26 from Charles Tufankjian and are returning to the world the place Mark Rountree, supplier principal, grew up.
Mark Rountree advised Automotive Information {that a} minor renovation is almost performed on the retailer and he plans to construct a brand new facility for the dealership in two years.
The Tufankjian household nonetheless owns Toyota of Braintree and Tufankjian Honda of Plymouth in Massachusetts, Rountree stated.
The Rountree household owned a number of dealerships in Vermont and New Hampshire from 1994 till 2017, Rountree stated.
Rountree stated that in January 2020, he purchased a small Chevrolet dealership in Creedmoor, N.C. However when he could not transfer the dealership, he stated he opted to promote it in November 2020 to Kristin Dillard of Workforce Auto Group.
Rountree stated he labored with dealer Gordon Wisbach Jr. of GW Advertising and marketing Companies in Newton Centre, Mass., on the Hyundai dealership deal.
“It is a homecoming for us,” Rountree stated. “I contemplate myself from the world, in order that was a serious attraction.”