Sell the business.
Sell the real estate.
In one transaction.
A meaningful share of South Florida owner-operators near retirement own both the business and the real estate underneath it. Selling them separately leaves money on the table and creates tax friction. Selling them packaged delivers a going concern to the buyer and a clean exit to the seller — and gets the better multiple on both halves.
Owner-Operators Near Retirement
You built the business, you own the building, and you're thinking about the next chapter. We help you exit cleanly — without disrupting operations and without leaving real-estate upside on the table.
Restaurants, Hospitality, Self-Storage
Asset classes where the business and the building are joined at the hip. Selling either alone caps the buyer pool. Selling both together opens it up to operator-investors who want a going concern with a stable basis.
Franchise Operators
Single-unit or multi-unit franchisees with the real estate underneath. We coordinate the franchise transfer, employee continuity, and real-estate sale into one closing timeline.
Tell us about the business, confidentially.
A few basics are enough to start the valuation conversation. Nothing you share here is marketed, and nobody (employees, customers, competitors) hears about it until you decide.
Two valuations, one packaged deal.
Confidential intake + valuation
We meet quietly. You share the operating numbers — last three years of P&Ls, rent roll if there are sub-tenants, payroll, customer concentration. We value the business as a going concern (multiple of SDE or EBITDA, depending on scale) and the real estate separately at market cap rate. The packaged number is typically higher than the sum of the parts because the buyer is acquiring continuity, not just assets.
Confidential marketing
We market with the deal under NDA — generic teaser circulates first (asset class, geography, revenue range, real-estate snapshot), and only vetted buyers see operating data. Your employees, customers, and competitors don't find out you're selling until you decide to tell them.
Buyer matching
We work both real-estate investor channels AND business-buyer channels — search funds, individual operators, strategic acquirers, franchise consolidators, and family offices that own operating companies. The buyer pool is bigger when the package is the business plus the real estate.
Transaction structure
Most deals close as an asset sale (business + real estate) with appropriate allocations for tax purposes. If you're rolling sale proceeds into a 1031 on the real-estate half, we coordinate the QI and identification calendar so the exchange clock doesn't get tangled with the business closing.
Transition + close
Franchise transfer (if applicable), employee retention, lease assignment for any sub-tenants, license transitions, and a transition-services agreement if the buyer needs you to stay for 30-90 days. We coordinate the buyer's lender, the QI, the franchisor, and your CPA so closing is one day, not three weeks of fire drills.
Business + real estate combos we transact.
Single-location and small-multi-unit. Going concern + freehold real estate. Liquor license transfers handled.
Boutique hotels, motels, B&Bs. Going concern with FF&E, real estate, and brand/flag continuity.
Mom-and-pop facilities the consolidator REITs are aggregating. Going concern + dirt.
Repair shops, body shops, oil change, tire stores. Specialized buildouts trade better with the operating business attached.
QSR, fitness, services. Single-unit or multi-unit. Franchise transfer process handled in parallel with the real-estate close.
Boat storage, dry stack, fuel docks. Specialty operating businesses with the underlying waterfront real estate.
The buyer is paying for continuity.
Sell the building alone and you get a real-estate buyer pricing off cap rate and lease quality. Sell the business alone and you get an operator pricing off SDE multiple — who then has to negotiate a new lease with whoever bought your building. Either path caps the price both halves can clear.
Sell them packaged and the buyer is acquiring a going concern with a stable basis — staff, customers, supplier relationships, location, and physical real estate all in one transaction. That buyer pool includes operator-investors and family-office-backed search funds who specifically target this structure. They pay a premium for the package because they don't have to take integration risk.
For sellers near retirement, this is usually also the cleanest exit from a tax standpoint — appropriate allocations between business goodwill, equipment, and real estate, with a 1031 option on the real-estate share if you want to defer that portion of the gain.
Let's talk — confidentially.
If you own a South Florida business with the real estate underneath it and you're three to five years from wanting to be done, the conversation should start now. We'll value both halves, walk through the structure, and tell you honestly whether now or later is the right moment.