Sanford Infiniti will close its doors and sell its location as part of a broader corporate realignment that consolidates the operation into its Orlando location.
Sanford Infiniti at 995 Rinehart Road in Sanford will close March 31 after having a final sale. The dealership said in a statement the closure will include the service and sales center at the location and is part of a realignment for the company.
"As a privately held company with a long-term view, this decision is not a withdrawal from Central Florida nor a reflection of declining demand," the dealership said in a news release. "It is a deliberate consolidation designed to align resources, talent and capital with how customers increasingly engage with automotive retailers."
The Sanford dealership will consolidate its operations into Orlando Infiniti at 4237 Millenia Blvd. in Orlando. It is owned by an entity connected to billionaire South Florida-based car dealer Terry Taylor and Orlando car dealer Peter Wilson.
The roughly 40,000-square-foot dealership was built in 2012 on 5.19 acres for more than $8 million. The current owner said the building can be repositioned for commercial development because of its location near Interstate 4.
Wilson told Orlando Business Journal roughly 25% of staff will have the opportunity to move to Orlando Infiniti, while there will be other opportunities at its Jaguar Land Rover South Orlando.
Meanwhile, Kerrigan Advisors — a specialized investment bank and advisory firm focused exclusively on the auto retail industry — tracked 445 dealership transactions completed through the 12-month period ending September 2025. The total is on a record pace through the third quarter of 2025 and above the pace for the 400 it previously projected for the end of 2025.
“The combination of rebounding earnings, improved consumer affordability, the industry’s ongoing shift toward regional scale and the emergence of AI-enabled operational efficiencies is reinforcing buyer demand across most franchise segments," Founder and Managing Director Erin Kerrigan of Kerrigan Advisors said in the report. "We continue to see more buyers than sellers in high-growth markets, and the competitive pressure is supporting blue sky values as demonstrated by the Kerrigan Blue Sky Index, which rose again in the third quarter.”
Much of the acquisition activity in the most recent report focused on expansion in local markets, and in-market buyers bought 65% of those tracked by Kerrigan. In the South, 56% of all sales were to buyers in the dealership's market.
Locally, a number of car dealerships have traded hands or will be sold in the last few months. Those include:
Kerrigan Advisors is the leading sell-side advisor and thought partner to auto dealers nationwide. Since its founding in 2014, the firm has led the industry with the sale of more than 300 dealerships generating more than $10 billion in client proceeds, including two of the largest transactions in auto retail history – the sale of Jim Koons Automotive Companies to Asbury Automotive Group and Leith Automotive to Holman. The firm advises the industry’s leading dealership groups, enhancing value through the lifecycle of growing, operating and, when the time is right, selling their businesses. Led by a team of veteran industry experts with backgrounds in investment banking, private equity, accounting, finance and real estate, Kerrigan Advisors is the only firm in auto retail exclusively dedicated to sell-side advisory, providing its clients the assurance of a conflict-free approach.
Kerrigan Advisors monitors conditions in the buy/sell market and publishes an in-depth analysis each quarter in The Blue Sky Report®, the industry authority on dealership buy/sell market trends and valuations and includes Kerrigan Advisors’ signature blue sky charts, multiples and analysis for each franchise in the luxury and non-luxury segments. To download a preview of the report, click here. The firm also releases The Kerrigan Index™ comprised of the seven publicly traded auto retail companies with operations focused on the US market. The Kerrigan Auto Retail Index is designed to track dealership valuation trends, while also providing key insights into factors influencing auto retail. To access The Kerrigan Index™, click here. To read the 2024 Kerrigan Dealer Survey, click here. To read the 2025 Kerrigan OEM Survey, click here. Kerrigan Advisors also is the co-author of NADA’s Guide to Buying and Selling a Dealership.
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