Houston megadealer buys family-owned Fort Myers Lexus, Acura stores

An automobile group with 263 stores in the United Kingdom and the U.S. has bought two Fort Myers dealerships from the Scanlon Automotive Group.

Group 1 Automotive announced the purchase in a statement. It does not disclose a sale price but said the two dealerships, along with a third in Texas, are expected to produce $330 million in annual revenue.

While Group 1 did not name Scanlon specifically, an online list of the dealerships it owns includes Lexus of Fort Myers and Acura of Fort Myers. Both belonged to Scanlon operating as Scanlon Lexus and Scanlon Acura.