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Member News: LAZ Expands Parking Enforcement & Meter Management Business with Purchase of Serco Parking Services

LAZ parkingLAZ Expands Parking Enforcement & Meter Management Business with Purchase of Serco Parking Services


LAZ Parking Chairman and CEO Alan B. Lazowski announced Wednesday that LAZ has acquired Serco Parking Services, the parking enforcement, and parking meter management services of Serco Inc., a leading public services provider. The deal closed May 1. 

Based in Los Angeles, CA, Serco Parking Services works exclusively with government agencies. It is the largest private provider of outsourced on-street parking enforcement and meter management solutions in the U.S. Services include parking enforcement, collection and maintenance of parking meters, and traffic control. Muhammad Mansoor, a highly respected and experienced professional in the industry, especially within the California market, heads Serco Parking Services. Serco’s current customers include major US Cities including San Francisco, West Hollywood, Inglewood in California, and Montgomery County in Maryland. Mansoor and his leadership team have a combined 165 years of experience in the parking industry and are among the 230 Serco employees joining LAZ as part of the deal.

“Bringing Serco Parking Services under the LAZ umbrella reaffirms LAZ’s position as one of the premier parking management services in the nation,” Lazowski said. “It expands our meter and parking enforcement business, especially on the West Coast. But this deal is about more than acquiring new contracts. It’s about acquiring talent and expertise. With the continued involvement of Muhammad and his team, this will be a seamless transition.”

The acquisition increases the number of metered spaces LAZ manages nationally by 40,000 and brings total meter revenue collected annually to nearly $300 million, more than doubling the amount collected by LAZ previously.

The purchase also creates significant opportunities to grow existing business lines and expand geographically. Drexel Hamilton, LLC, a 100 percent veteran-owned investment bank, provided acquisition assistance.

Serco recognized that our parking services will have much better growth opportunities with a company that specializes in parking,” said David Cummins, Senior Vice President at Serco Inc.  “To our employees joining LAZ Parking, we are pleased that you are joining one of the largest and fastest-growing parking companies.  We want to thank you for all your dedicated and hard work over the years and wish you all the best as you start your new chapter with LAZ Parking.”


About LAZ Parking  

LAZ Parking, founded in Hartford, CT in 1981, is one of the largest and fastest-growing parking companies in the United States, operating over 1.2 million parking spaces across the country in over 3,125 locations in 36 states and 441 cities. With four decades of experience providing parking management, transportation, and mobility services, LAZ works seamlessly across a variety of market segments, including hospitality and valet, office buildings, medical, airport and transportation, campus, government and municipal, retail, events, residential buildings, and shuttle services. Additional information can be found at www.lazparking.com.

Contact: Mary Coursey,   860-232-9600

Member News: WellSpark Health and LAZ Parking Partner to Create Next Generation Employee Benefits

LAZ parkingWellSpark Health and LAZ Parking Partner to Create Next Generation Employee Benefits

FARMINGTON, CT (December 3, 2020) – WellSpark Health, a leading wellbeing, disease prevention and management company and LAZ Parking, one of the largest parking companies in the country, have partnered to create a next generation employee benefit program in support of the modern workforce. The innovative program is built to understand and respond to the realities people face in our complex world when managing their life and health.

As a conscious, people-first company, LAZ Parking is committed to taking care of its employees and considers offering benefit choices that support individual differences a critical part of that work. With a diverse workforce spread across the country, LAZ was looking for a partner that could help their employees, also known as “LAZ family members,” create sustainable lifestyle changes to cultivate improved physical, mental and emotional well-being. “As an employer, we believe it is our responsibility to give employees access to tools, information and support that help them cultivate holistic well-being or, what we call, ‘being whole.’ This partnership with WellSpark, along with implementing value-based insurance design, will support our LAZ family members by making access to care, as well as individualized programs and resources, easily available,” said Andi Campbell, Senior Vice President, Human Resources at LAZ Parking. Ms. Campbell is known for creating scalable “people” strategies that drive measurable results.

WellSpark’s program, powered by Silver Fern Healthcare’s proven, proprietary behavior diagnostic toolset, is built to address the unique bio-psycho-social aspects of each individual and responds to the realities of their world, ensuring engagement. Using data to create customized programs, WellSpark achieves enduring results that positively impact both employers and employees. As an example, WellSpark’s Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) has been recognized as exceeding national averages of traditional CDC Programs, yielding increased average weight loss and reduced A1c levels. “WellSpark and LAZ share a vision that it’s time for a new model of employee benefits. One that is focused on supporting the multiple dimensions of a person’s life as opposed to the current fragmented single point solutions. Once established this model can solve for multiple business issues associated with the health of a workforce such as the cost of absenteeism related to illness, disability, and workers compensation. Adding the dimension of emotional support to the employee benefit suite also increases employee satisfaction,” said Roberta Wachtelhausen, WellSpark’s President.

LAZ began partnering with WellSpark in July 2020. LAZ and WellSpark executed an extensive employee education campaign to accompany implementation this fall. Several studies are planned for 2021 to measure the impact of this new, disruptive model.


About LAZ Parking

LAZ Parking, founded in Hartford, CT in 1981, is one of the largest and fastest-growing parking companies in the United States, operating over 1.2 million parking spaces across the country in over 3,141 locations in 35 states and 423 cities. With four decades of experience providing parking management, transportation, and mobility services, LAZ works seamlessly across a variety of market segments, including hospitality and valet, office buildings, medical, airport and transportation, campus, government and municipal, retail, events, residential buildings, and shuttle services. Additional information can be found at www.lazparking.com.


About WellSpark

WellSpark Health, a leading wellbeing, disease prevention and management company, delivers a full suite of customized programs designed to support the modern workforce in achieving their personal well. Working with WellSpark, employers create a culture of health motivating employees to engagement and enduring change. This ultimately leads to mitigating future healthcare costs, improving productivity and engagement, and reducing absenteeism. Based in Connecticut, WellSpark serves public and private sector employers throughout the United States. WellSpark is part of the EmblemHealth family of companies. For more information, visit wellsparkhealth.com.


Media Contacts: 

Kim Kann: kkann@connecticare.com

Mary Coursey: mary@courseyco.com

Member News: LAZ Partners with US Healthy Work, Parsons & Vizsafe to Launch LAZ PreScreen, a Groundbreaking COVID-19 Health & Safety Screening

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Alan Lazowski, Chairman and CEO of LAZ Parking announced today, LAZ PreScreen, a new venture in partnership with three industry leaders.  LAZ PreScreen will help safely and efficiently re-open their facilities while protecting customers, clients and employees from the continued threat of COVID-19.

Based on guidance from expert medical advisor, US Healthy Work, LAZ retained Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN), a leading disruptive technology provider, and Vizsafe, Inc., a leading provider of software and incident reporting, mapping and visual communications services.  The partnership with LAZ marks the first time Parsons’ DetectWise™ solution has been deployed in a commercial setting.

“As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, screening for potential risks is critical to safely reopening the economy,” said Alan Lazowski, Chairman and CEO of LAZ Parking. “The health and safety of our customers, clients and employees across our 3,100 locations and 423 cities is, and always will be, our highest priority.  By partnering with Parsons and Vizsafe, we are able to provide best-in-class capabilities to meet our immediate needs, while developing a sustainable program to strengthen health, safety and security across all of our sites.”

Parsons developed the DetectWise suite of solutions in May 2020 to help society reopen while protecting the health, safety and security of global citizens. The solution being used with LAZ is powered by Vizsafe’s patented Geoaware® technology platform and screening kiosks, which address the critical health, safety and security issues presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.  DetectWise is an integrated, touchless offering that monitors real-time health symptoms and facilitate the safe movement of people in public areas.  The touchless kiosks and biometric screeners assess health indicators of individuals to minimize the risk of disease spread and maximize safety and can easily be installed in any high-traffic area.

“Transitioning to the new normal requires a collective partnership, collaboration and innovation that’s been embodied in this screening program,” said Carey Smith, President and Chief Operating Officer of Parsons.  “Partnering with LAZ Parking and Vizsafe to further enhance our DetectWise suite of solutions will contribute to the health and peace of mind of employees returning to the office and help the world open quickly, but safely.”

Vizsafe provides the most powerful and comprehensive solutions available to immediately assist organizations in their plans to re-open after the global lockdown, added Peter Mottur, President and CEO of Vizsafe.  “We are honored to support both Parsons Corporation and LAZ Parking, two of the country’s largest companies working on the front line to help America get back to work.”

Guidance from US Healthy Work is based on the most up-to-date medical and science-based recommendations.  US Healthy Work is headed by Dr. David Shulkin and Dr. Michael Jaff.  Shulkin is the former Undersecretary for Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs under the Obama Administration, and Secretary of Veterans Affairs under the Trump Administration.  Jaff is former President and CEO of Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and current Chief Medical Officer at a global medical device company.

“Employers must work with medical and public health experts in implementing their strategies to re-open their businesses,” Shulkin said.

“Protecting the workforce, customers and employers requires the ability to integrate good screening protocols, technology and expert medical input,” added Jaff, “We are pleased to be working with organizations that are committed to getting businesses back open safely.”

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