LAZ Parking is a parking management, transportation and mobility company founded by childhood friends Alan Lazowski, Jeff Karp and Michael Harth, who grew up in a small town outside of Hartford, CT. In 1981, in his senior year of college, Michael decided to start a valet parking business in San Diego, CA. He shared the idea with his two best friends who took hold of this opportunity and started their own valet businesses. Michael began by serving three beach-side restaurants, Alan with a single location at a restaurant in downtown Hartford and Jeff with a nightclub and surface lot in downtown Boston.
Two years later, Jeff and Alan merged their Hartford and Boston-based companies to form LAZ Parking, while Michael continued to operate independently on the West Coast under the brand of Sunset Parking. Over the years, the three friends consulted with each other and shared their many experiences and philosophies, growing their companies side-by-side into leaders in their respective markets.
“The LAZ Way” is the core of LAZ Parking’s company culture.
It is what drives our customer service philosophy and differentiates us from other parking companies.
- Mission – Our company mission is to “Create opportunities for our employees and value for our clients”
- Values – Our four core values inform every aspect of LAZ Parking’s operations and services.
- Practices – These are the practices that ensure LAZ Parking delivers consistent, high-quality service for our clients and their guests.