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Haig Partners Advises Hodges Family on Sale of Two Mazda Stores – Setting a Record for the Highest Price for a Mazda Dealership
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 25, 2025--Haig Partners LLC, a leading buy-sell advisory firm to auto and heavy truck dealers in the US, served as the exclusive sell-side advisor on the sale of Hodges Mazda of the Avenues in Jacksonville and Hodges Mazda of St. Augustine to Morgan Automotive Group, the largest dealership group in Florida and the #8 ranked group on the 2025 Automotive News Top 150 Dealership Groups list. The sale of Hodges Mazda of the Avenues in Jacksonville sets a record for the mo
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