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ALTA Equipment Opens New Store in Ft. Pierce, Fla.

ALTA Equipment's new Ft. Pierce branch in Florida had a successful grand opening event, with customers and guests enjoying a day of festivities, equipment displays, giveaways, and catered lunch. The full-service branch aims to better serve customers in the growing area.

February 26, 2026 - Southeast Edition #5
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ALTA Equipment held a grand opening event at its new Ft. Pierce, Fla., branch facility on Feb. 19, 2026. Construction Equipment Guide was on hand as picture perfect weather for the day-long event saw 100's of customers and guests make their way to the new ALTA branch.

Lunch was catered by local favorite, Mission BBQ. Local, regional and national ALTA staff members were in attendance to be a part of the day's festivities and were joined by many of their manufacturer representatives.

Equipment displays were staffed with sales and service representatives at the dealer and manufacturer level to provide in-depth machine walkarounds. ALTA "swag bags" were given away and prize drawings were available.

This new ALTA branch sits on five acres just west of the Florida Turnpike and I-95 and is a full-service, 8-bay branch. According to operations manager, Jorge Correa, they still have some "finishing touches" to do on the facility including adding a wash bay and adding more staff members, primarily technicians.

"We've been serving this area from our Orlando and Davie, Florida locations," Correa told Construction Equipment Guide. "With all the development and growth going on in this area, this helps us to cut the travel time and serve our customers where they are working." CEG

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The newest ALTA Equipment branch is located just to the west of I-95 and The Florida Turnpike at 9901 Okeechobee Road in Ft. Pierce, Fla. (CEG photo)
Supplies and products to complete the move in are arriving daily. (CEG photo)
At lunch time, the shop area and the big-top tent were filled with guests and employees enjoying a catered BBQ lunch and some great conversation. (CEG photo)
(L-R): In between waves of guests rolling in throughout the day, Takeuchi’s David Caldwell, Eric Wenzel and Joe Funk catch up on the South Florida industry opportunities.  (CEG photo)
Customers fanned out around the equipment yard discussing their Volvo equipment needs. (CEG photo)
At this event, Takeuchi had virtually every size machine on display that a contractor would every need.  (CEG photo)
The Takeuchi TB235-2 mini-excavator putting event was quite challenging and enjoyable event to watch or participate in. (CEG photo)
(L-R): ALTA executive and management team members from Florida and Michigan turned out in big numbers including Josh McDonald, Tommy Ball, Alan Olson, Greg Pease, Matt Wiechel, Gianni Campo and Chris Machalak.  (CEG photo)
Customers joined their dealer reps throughout the day (L-R) including Justin Goren and Duane Hoaglund of Atlas Organics, Vero Beach, Fla., and JR Johnson, ALTA.  (CEG photo)
Displaying their “green machines” throughout the day (L-R) are Avant’s Phil Rice and Marty Owen and Leguan’s Josh Terrell.  (CEG photo)
Spotlighting the ASTEC products on display are roadbuilding machine specialists (L-R) Mike Sweadner, ASTEC-Roadtec, based in Chattanooga, Tenn.; and Kevin Calderone and Joe Seckinger of ALTA — Florida.  (CEG photo)
Jose Morales (L), Lilo Tool Rental of Miami, gets an overview of the Leguan 225 all-terrain spider lift on display at the event from Leguan’s Josh Terrell. (CEG photo)
Deep in discussion about this Takeuchi TB2150, Takeuchi’s largest compact excavator, are RJ Buchmeyer (L) of Tommy Hawkins & Sons, Ft. Pierce, Fla., and David Caldwell, Takeuchi product manager.  (CEG photo)
With almost five acres of crushed stone and paved area, this branch provides more than ample space for machine displays and equipment stocking. (CEG photo)
Folks enjoying the day’s activities included (L-R seated): Richard Carnell, Blue Goose Construction, Ft. Pierce, Fla.; Kyle Doutrich, Bernard Egan & Company, Ft. Pierce, Fla.; Joe Michel and Terri Gorman, also of Blue Goose Construction; (L-R standing): Eric Dieball, Volvo Financial Services; and Tommy Ball, ALTA Equipment-VP regional sales manager.  (CEG photo)


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