Landscape Development Inc. (LDI) opened a new Sacramento, Calif., division, expanding the company’s service territory into northern California. Dudley Mallinson has been appointed as division president, tasked with broadening LDI’s service territory and client base, according to the company. Dudley holds a graduate degree in landscape architecture from Sheffield University, England. He moved to California in 2000 to work at... read more
Enhanced Landscape Management (ELM), the maintenance division of Landscape Development Inc. (LDI), based in Valencia, Calif., acquired NewTex Landscape in Las Vegas. LDI ranked No. 18 on the 2018 LM150 list with $79.5 million in 2017 revenue. Current annual revenue is now more than $110 million, according to the company. LDI/ELM acquired Chateau Landscape and Quality Landscape Care earlier this year.... read more
Enhanced Landscape Management, the maintenance division of Landscape Development Inc. (LDI) with headquarters located in Valencia, Calif., has concluded the asset purchase of Chateau Landscape Inc. (CLI) in Santa Clarita, Calif. The acquisition is LDI’s second in as many months. The company acquired Quality Landscape Care in August. LDI is No. 18 on the LM150 list. With this purchase, the... read more
Enhanced Landscape Management (ELM), the maintenance division of Valencia, Calif.-based Landscape Development, Inc. (LDI), purchased the assets of Quality Landscape Care (QLC), located in Ventura, Calif. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. LDI is No. 18 on the LM150 list, with a projected 2018 annual revenues of $90 million. It was founded in 1983 by Gary Horton; he continues to serve as president... read more
In 2006, Gary Horton’s company, Landscape Development Inc. (LDI), was at the top of its game. With an annual revenue of $93 million, the Valencia, Calif.-based company was thriving and growing by more than 25 percent per year. Then the 2007 recession hit, and like so many other successful firms, LDI found itself mired in a downturn. Revenue fell from... read more
