What happened to Beck & Masten Buick GMC?

Beck & Masten Buick GMC was sold, and then it was renamed. John Beck and James Masten retired in 2023 after a 52-year partnership, and the dealership group they built changed hands (Kerrigan Advisors, 2023). Group 1 Automotive announced the purchase on May 8, 2023, and two years later, on October 6, 2025, the northwest Houston store began operating as Group 1 Buick GMC North (Group 1 Automotive, 2026). The store never closed and it never moved. This is the history behind the name, for anyone in Cypress who has driven past that corner of FM 1960 for years and wondered what changed.

Keep reading below, then schedule a test drive or call the store from Katy.

Who John Beck and James Masten were

The two names on the sign belonged to two people. John Beck and James Masten ran the business together for 52 years, and they retired in 2023 when the group sold. Kerrigan Advisors, the firm that represented Beck & Masten Auto Group in that transaction, is the source for both the length of the partnership and the retirement.

A 52-year partnership is a long run in any business, and the name that came out of it outlasted the partnership itself. It stayed on this building because it belonged to the two men who built it, and it stayed on the invoices, the map listings, and the review sites long enough that much of northwest Houston still reaches for it first.

That is the whole reason this question gets asked. The store outlived the partnership, and the name outlived the ownership by two more years.

How two names became a three-store group

Beck and Masten did not stay a single rooftop. By the time the group sold, it operated three Beck & Masten Buick-GMC dealerships in Texas, with expected annual revenues of $760 million (Group 1 Automotive, 2023).

The strategy was narrow on purpose. Rather than collecting franchises across a dozen nameplates, the group stayed with two GM brands and went deep in them: the GMC truck and SUV lineup on one side, Buick’s crossovers on the other. A store that sells and services the same two brands every day builds a parts inventory, a technician bench, and a sales floor that all point in one direction.

That focus is still the shape of this store. The FM 1960 location carries new, used, and certified pre-owned Buick and GMC, and nothing else.

What Group 1 Automotive bought in 2023

Group 1 Automotive announced the acquisition of the three Beck & Masten Buick-GMC dealerships on May 8, 2023. Group 1 is a Houston-based automotive retailer operating in the United States and the United Kingdom, and Texas is its largest US market.

What changed on that date was ownership, which is a legal and financial event. The building, the two Buick and GMC franchises, and the sign out front all stayed as they were, and the store traded under the Beck & Masten name for more than two years after the deal was announced.

This is the part that surprises people who assume the 2025 rename was the sale. The sale had already happened. The rename was the sign catching up to a fact that was two years old.

When the name on the building changed

October 6, 2025. On that date the northwest Houston store became Group 1 Buick GMC North, and the sister store on the Gulf Freeway became Group 1 Buick GMC South.

Group 1 stated that the change did not affect ownership, staffing, product offerings, or day-to-day operations, and that customers continued working with the same local professionals under the new name (Group 1 Automotive, 2026). General Manager Joseph Pierce described the result the same way: the same local team, with a clearer connection to the resources of Group 1.

If your question is narrower than the history, and what you actually want to know is whether your service records, warranty, and phone number survived the change, that is answered on the page about the rename itself.

Where the Beck and Masten stores are today

Two of the three dealerships are the Houston rooftops most people mean when they ask. Both took Group 1 names on the same day.

• Beck & Masten Buick GMC North is now Group 1 Buick GMC North, at 11300 FM 1960 Rd W in northwest Houston. This is the store on the FM 1960 corridor near Willowbrook and Cypress.
• Beck & Masten Buick GMC South is now Group 1 Buick GMC South, at 12820 Gulf Freeway in southeast Houston. Separate dealership, separate team, separate inventory.

The two stores sit on opposite sides of the metro, northwest and southeast, so it is worth confirming which one holds your history before you drive. Service records stay with the store that did the work, not with the group above it.

Is the store still open at the same address

Yes. Group 1 Buick GMC North is open at 11300 FM 1960 Rd W, Houston, TX 77065, and the sales line is (281) 897-6690. Sales, service, and parts all run out of the same building they always have.

For drivers coming from Jersey Village, the store sits on the FM 1960 corridor near Willowbrook and Cypress, at the same address it carried under the Beck & Masten name. Nothing about the location moved with the name, and no appointment, record, or coverage had to be re-established.

The service drive kept running through the change. In a Google review in July 2026, Lakeisha B. wrote: “Ronald was friendly and professional, and he kept me informed throughout the entire process. He took the time to explain the work that was needed, completed everything on schedule, and made the experience smooth and stress-free.”

What the store sells now

The same two brands, which is the throughline from the Beck and Masten years to today: new, used, and certified pre-owned Buick and GMC, with factory-trained service and parts on site.

On the GMC side that means the Sierra 1500 and Sierra HD, the Canyon, and the Yukon, Acadia, and Terrain SUVs. GMC set a US annual sales record for the second consecutive year in 2025, with brand sales up 6.2% to 652,394 units (GM 2025 US sales report). On the Buick side it is an SUV-only lineup: the Encore GX, Envista, Envision, and Enclave.

Buyers from Tomball can browse new and used inventory, value a trade, and get pre-approved online, then finish the paperwork in the store.

The buying conversation runs the way it did before the sign changed. In a Google review in July 2026, Eric E. wrote: “Terry Borens, he was a great salesman was not pushy and just explained the different trucks he had in stock , and then to finance DAI she was very professional and helped and explained all the different options I had to be comfortable with the price , great overall experience”

What the market around the store looks like now

The market the founders built in has not changed shape. Houston-area dealers sold 372,898 new cars, trucks, and SUVs in the 12 months ending May 2026, and trucks and SUVs made up 80.9% of those sales (TexAuto Facts).

That mix is why a Buick and GMC store works on this corridor. The Sierra and the Yukon sit squarely in the segment that dominates Houston buying, and Buick’s crossovers cover much of what is left. A shopper in Spring is shopping the same two categories this store has always stocked.

What the review record shows

The public review history is the clearest evidence that the business is continuous, because it followed the store rather than the name. Group 1 Buick GMC North holds 4.4 stars across 7,792 Google reviews and 4.4 stars across 1,474 reviews on DealerRater, which lists the store as Group 1 Buick GMC North, formerly Beck and Masten Buick GMC North (DealerRater, 2026).

That is the highest review volume of any Buick or GMC dealership in the Houston area, roughly 1.7 times the nearest independent rival. Several smaller Houston stores carry higher star averages on a fraction of the volume. The Google distribution runs 79.4% five-star and 12.1% one-star, so the record reads as high-volume and polarized rather than uniformly strong.

Most of that base was written under the old name, because the aggregate is lifetime and the rename is less than a year old. In a Google review in July 2026, Kenneth C. wrote: “Ashkan was a great salesman, everyone from front desk to finance was very courteous and professional. I especially liked the no pressure persona there”

Frequently asked questions

Who owned Beck & Masten Buick GMC?

John Beck and James Masten owned it through a partnership that ran 52 years. They sold the group and retired in 2023, and Group 1 Automotive has owned the dealerships since.

What happened to John Beck and James Masten?

Both retired in 2023 when the group was sold. Kerrigan Advisors represented Beck & Masten Auto Group in the transaction and reported the 52-year partnership.

When did Beck and Masten become Group 1 Buick GMC North?

October 6, 2025. Group 1 had already owned the store since 2023, so the rename followed the ownership change by more than two years.

Is the dealership still open?

Yes. It operates as Group 1 Buick GMC North at 11300 FM 1960 Rd W, with the same sales, service, and parts departments in the same building.

Where is the former Beck and Masten Buick GMC North located?

11300 FM 1960 Rd W, Houston, TX 77065, on the FM 1960 corridor in northwest Houston near Willowbrook and Cypress.

What happened to Beck & Masten Buick GMC South?

It became Group 1 Buick GMC South on October 6, 2025, the same day as the North store. It sits at 12820 Gulf Freeway in southeast Houston and is a separate dealership from this one.

How many stores did Beck and Masten have?

Three Buick-GMC dealerships in Texas at the time of the sale, with expected annual revenues of $760 million across them (Group 1 Automotive, 2023).

What Group 1 Buick GMC North carries forward from the Beck and Masten years

A name change is administrative. What carries forward is the part that took 52 years to build: people who sell and service two brands every day, a parts counter stocked for those two brands, and service files on vehicles still on the road in Cypress and Jersey Village.

Behind that sits parent company Group 1 Automotive, the Houston-based retailer that posted record 2025 revenue of $22.6 billion and sold 459,000 new and used vehicles, with Texas as its largest US market (Group 1 Automotive, Full Year 2025 results). Group 1 stated that the rename changed nothing about the store’s ownership, staffing, product offerings, or day-to-day operations, so the local half of the equation is the half that matters here, and it is unchanged.

Customers describe the same low-pressure process under the new sign. In a Google review in July 2026, Casey B. wrote: “Javonte was professional, knowledgeable, transparent, and never made me feel pressured. He took the time to answer every question, kept me informed throughout the process, and made everything incredibly smooth.”

Group 1 Buick GMC North is the store Beck and Masten built, under a different sign. Come see us at our Houston showroom on FM 1960, or call (281) 897-6690.

Disclaimer: Ownership, acquisition, and name-change details reflect Group 1 Automotive announcements and Kerrigan Advisors reporting as of 2026. Review ratings and counts are third-party figures verified in July 2026 and change over time; consult each platform for current figures. Sales and market figures are as reported by the named sources for the periods stated. Vehicle features, specifications, pricing, options, and availability may vary based on production timelines and dealership inventory. Financing and pre-approval are subject to credit approval. Contact Group 1 Buick GMC North for complete details regarding current vehicle inventory, hours, and services.