{"id":91343,"date":"2026-02-16T20:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotive.einnews.com\/article\/892901224"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:38:05","slug":"lopez-automotive-group-acquires-five-star-nissan-of-albany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/lopez-automotive-group-acquires-five-star-nissan-of-albany\/","title":{"rendered":"Lopez Automotive Group acquires Five Star Nissan of Albany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--div class=\"category-btn\"&gt; &lt;\/div--> <\/p>\n<div class=\"auth-share\">\n<div class=\"post-meta\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbtnews.com\/author\/cbtnewsadminuser\/\" title=\"View all posts by CBT News\"> <img data-opt-id=758893364  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" 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https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/d9s1543upwp3n.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lopez-Automotive-Group-acquires-Five-Star-Nissan-of-Albany-1024x576.png?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"Lopez Automotive Group acquires Five Star Nissan of Albany\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/d9s1543upwp3n.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lopez-Automotive-Group-acquires-Five-Star-Nissan-of-Albany-1024x576.png?ssl=1\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<p>Image source: Albany Nissan (Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post_content_text\">\n<p>Lopez Automotive Group, led by Lazaro Lopez, has acquired Five Star Nissan of Albany from Five Star Automotive Group. The transaction closed in February 2026 and marks Lopez\u2019s first Nissan franchise, expanding his dealership footprint in Georgia. The buyer plans to rebrand the store as Albany Nissan following the acquisition. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbtnews.com\/newsletter-signup\/\"><b>Sign up for CBT News\u2019 daily newsletter and get the latest industry stories delivered straight to your inbox.<\/b><\/a> <\/p>\n<h4><b>Deal Details:<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>Seller: <\/b>Five Star Automotive Group<span><br \/><\/span><b>Buyer: <\/b>Lopez Automotive Group (Lazaro Lopez)<span><br \/><\/span><b>Transaction Date: <\/b><span>February, 2026<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><b>Rebranded Dealerships:<\/b> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Five Star Nissan of Albany in Georgia <b>\u2192 <\/b>Albany Nissan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><\/b><b>Advisor\/Facilitator: <\/b>Performance Brokerage Services (Buy-side advisors). <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; source: Albany Nissan (Facebook) Lopez <span class=\"match\">Automotive<\/span> Group, led by Lazaro Lopez &#8230; of Albany from Five Star <span class=\"match\">Automotive<\/span> Group. The transaction closed in &#8230; : Seller: Five Star <span class=\"match\">Automotive<\/span> Group Buyer: Lopez <span class=\"match\">Automotive<\/span> Group (Lazaro Lopez) Transaction &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}