MORRIS – D'Arcy Motors has acquired the Talty Chevrolet-Buick-Cadillac dealership.
The Talty family will remain minority partners in the business, owner Terry D'Arcy said. But the dealership will become a D'Arcy operation.
"We're going to manage it and staff it and run it," D'Arcy said.
Signs went up Wednesday morning at the dealership giving notice of the change of ownership after the deal was closed the night before. The dealership is now D'Arcy Chevrolet-Buick-Cadillac.
D'Arcy has two dealerships in Joliet, and the deal marks his first venture into Grundy County.
He said the deal was an opportunity created by the Talty family's interest in becoming less involved in the dealership.
The Talty family has had the dealership since 1974.
"We knew they wanted a change," D'Arcy said. "They didn't want to continue to operate the dealership. That gave us an opportunity."
D'Arcy is known in Joliet as a major contributor to numerous organizations and causes throughout the city. He said he plans to have the same approach in Morris.
"We want to become a good corporate citizen in the community," he said. "There are a lot of great people in the Morris and Grundy County area."
The two dealerships in Joliet are D'Arcy Buick-GMC on Essington Road and D'Arcy Hyundai on Jefferson Street. D'Arcy sold a Volkswagen dealership in Joliet to the Hawk Auto Group in December 2014.
The acquisition was Hawk's first in Joliet. The company later bought most of Bill Jacobs' Joliet dealerships.
D'Arcy said he plans over time to add a car wash to the Morris dealership and provide features he has at other dealerships.
"A lot of the same people are staying," he said. "We're just going to add some people and hopefully add more business."
The dealership has a new general manager – Randy Baudek.
Baudek said more inventory has been added to the dealership in both new and used vehicles.
"We're going to serve the community, and we're glad to be here," Baudek said.