SunWorks Landscape Partners, a national commercial landscaping business backed by Orion Group, partnered with Exclusive Landscaping, a commercial landscape maintenance company based in Orlando, Fla. Exclusive is SunWorks’ eighth partner in the commercial landscaping industry. SunWorks partners with founder-owned landscaping businesses, providing liquidity for owners and resources to fuel their company’s next phase of growth.
Exclusive Landscaping was founded by Jeremy Lapaglia with a single truck and trailer in 2008. He was joined several years later by business partner and General Manager Corina Diaz. Together, Lapaglia and Diaz built Exclusive into a regional business with more than 150 employees providing landscape maintenance, enhancements, arbor care, plant healthcare and irrigation services to commercial properties across central Florida.
“We found in SunWorks a partner that believed in the same things we did and believed the value in Exclusive was not its accounts or its equipment, but the awesome people we employ here,” said Lapaglia.
COO Sean Dowling will succeed Lapaglia as president of the company. Orlando landscaping industry veterans John Cornelius and Ryun Jack will serve as general managers of the company’s two branch locations.
“When I met Jeremy and Corina in 2022, Exclusive was growing quickly and they were looking for a partner to help navigate the challenges of a rapidly scaling field service business,” said Nate Carlson, CEO of SunWorks. “We are thrilled by their decision to partner with SunWorks and look forward to supporting the continued growth of Exclusive, their employees and their customers.”
