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Park Lawn Deepens its Presence in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
TORONTO, ONTARIO/February 8, 2023/ACCESSWIRE – Park Lawn Corporation (TSX: PLC, PLC.U) (“Park Lawn” or “PLC”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Carson-Speaks Chapel in Independence, Missouri; Speaks Buckner Chapel in Buckner, Missouri; Speaks Suburban Chapel in Independence, Missouri; and Oak Ridge Memory Gardens in Independence, Missouri (collectively “Speaks”). The Speaks acquisition expands Park Lawn’s footprint in the Kansas City metropolitan market through the addition of three (3) stand-alone funeral homes and one (1) stand-alone cemetery and is anticipated to close in early April 2023 following the receipt of regulatory approval. “We are pleased to further solidify our strong operating position in the greater Kansas City metropolitan