Crowne Atlantic, Central Florida's Best Business Brokers
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What’s the difference between a typical business transaction and a crowning achievement? It starts by relying on the region’s most trusted name in business brokerage. We’re Florida business brokers who stay at the top year after year because we keep promises, pay attention to detail, and deliver results nobody else can.
Sellers are rewarded with definitely higher prices thanks to our unique approach to packaging and promoting businesses. Buyers find the perfect fit at a fiercely negotiated price to allow for the best shot at success.
Most firms don’t have any brokers in the Top 5 in Central Florida. We have two in the top five. When it comes down to results, we literally hold the crown.
Recent Crowning Achievements
Restaurant Franchise Chain 5 Units-$6.5MM
Buyer purchased a booming American Restaurant Franchise concept that serves up breakfast and lunch style cuisine. The franchise has a great reputation and has procedures in place for franchisees to follow. Each location seats on average 120 customers at one time and can be found in areas with large residential populations.
Commercial Metal Machining $980,000
CNC machine shop business that focused on parts for the farming industry, mechanical industries and even made a few parts for military use. This transaction would help ensure even more profitability for the CNC business they were purchasing and the buyer’s existing business.
A strategic buyer purchased the business. Instead of spending the time, money and research to develop their own plant to help manufacture their own product lines, buying this business enabled them acquire the assets they needed along with the people, the processes, an additional customer base and a baseline of revenue.
Corporate Services Online Business-$1.6MM
Why We had a Bidding War: Built platform with systems in place, apps, proprietary processes and excellent books and records.
This business assists both for profit and nonprofit businesses set up their legal, corporate, operational and marketing structures and the business provides ongoing consulting. The business works with customers all over the country. The buyer had a background in corporate and main street business and liked the aspect that they would be helping people grow their businesses.
National Computer Service Center $1,300,000
Why Buyers lined up: Residual income and a platform which could be expanded
This business handles computers for school systems and corporations. Buyer purchased the business because in addition to being an essential service for schools they felt they could expand the base of customers to other industries.
Cell Phone Manufacturing $2,650,000
Why Private Equity Beat Down Our Door for a Smaller Deal like this:
Business manufactures and sells simple mobile phones specifically developed for senior citizens. The business also sells mobile phone service to the same customers. A private equity group purchased the business based on its growing customer base, rave product reviews and the operation with a platform allowing for easy expansion.
Glass Franchise Business - $425,000
Under contract in 3 days during a pandemic…here is why? The area was booming and completely under developed along with great books and records and systems in place.
Excellent franchise focusing on residential, commercial and auto glass repair and installation. The seller developed the business as a way to make one of their industrial plazas more full and more attractive for buyers. Their operation and management team was so terrific that the business actually became a good source of income for them and continued to do so for the following owner who liked the operation and bought it even though the country was experiencing a pandemic shut down.
Commercial Cleaning Business $550,000
The buyer was super excited to purchase a commercial cleaning business owned by the same owner for over 30 years. A good portion of the staff had been working in the business for over 10 years servicing and cleaning the same buildings and all of the staff stayed on working for the next owner after the transition. New owner continues to run the business from their home, but decided to add new billing systems in place and also started marketing and gaining additional customers after the sale.
Internet Housewares Online and QVC -$461,000
This business has independently branded kitchen equipment made mostly in Europe and they would sell these items online and on venues such as QVC. The buyer thought the entire product line was terrific and purchased the business with the intent to grow both online and in-store sales.
High Volume Pizza Delivery and Takeout $800,000
Large pizza restaurant serving up pizza and other Italian cuisine. The business was purchased during periods of shut downs in the state of Florida however the business was still doing an amazing delivery and take out business. The buyer had sold previous restaurants they owned and were looking to relocate to the Orlando area.
CROWNING TESTIMONIALS
Victory Cigar Sold Separately.
At Crowne Atlantic, we work hard, over deliver, we’re scrappy, and most importantly, we refuse to settle for anything less than the best outcome for our clients. Let’s make your dreams come true.
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Meet Lee Ossin
Lee Ossin is a Licensed Real Estate Broker and Business Broker at Crowne Atlantic Properties, LLC. Mr. Ossin has been in the business brokerage industry since 2004 and has worked on over 250 transactions. Currently he serves as the Vice President of the Business Brokers of Florida Association in the Central Florida area. As Vice President helps Mr. Ossin facilitate co-brokering and information exchanging among business brokers in order to help brokers in the community sell more businesses successfully throughout the region.
Business brokerage in Florida requires brokers to have a vast knowledge of many different industries in order to consistently sell a high-volume of companies. Throughout his time in business brokerage, Mr. Ossin has developed specialties in selling retail-oriented businesses such as restaurants and bars along with service-based businesses such as lawn care services, cleaning services, and property management services.
Mr. Ossin also enjoys selling light manufacturing businesses, distribution businesses, and he continues to sell numerous online retail and internet businesses. Lee Ossin is co-owner of several other businesses. This experience allows him to offer additional insight into how buyers can expand upon businesses that they are preparing to purchase as well as offering both buyers and sellers the knowledge on how to position and set up their business in preparation of a sale.
Mr. Ossin graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations and a Master’s in Business Management. His world travel has helped him relate to clients from just about every corner of the world. He enjoys the process of matching buyers and sellers and finds that by knowing as few as five key parameters he can offer options on what buyers have available to them. One of his key accomplishments has been his work on the sale of multiple high profile restaurants and bars in the Orlando area. Mr. Ossin has won million dollar producer awards every year starting his second year in the industry and each year is typically ranked in the Top 5 for number of business sales in the entire state of Florida. He has also been awarded the Dealmaker Award for selling the most deals in Central Florida. He continues to serve as the Vice President of the Business Broker Association for Central Florida.
Meet Jackie Hirsch
Jackie Ossin Hirsch, is a licensed real estate broker and founder of Crowne Atlantic Properties, LLC which opened in 2004. Ms. Hirsch has been working in the business brokerage industry since 1998 and worked on over 400 transactions. Ms. Hirsch was born and raised in the Orlando area and has intimate knowledge of Central Florida business locations, neighborhoods, infrastructure and demographics. Ms. Hirsch is a graduate of the University of Florida, with a major in Business Administration and minors in Spanish and Latin American Studies. She also studied International Business at the University of Costa Rica, where she became fluent in Spanish. Ms. Hirsch has extensive business sales experience; including stock, cash, seller financing, SBA financing, and refinancing after-closing transactions. She is also a Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) with the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA). There are fewer than 1000 CBI’s worldwide.
Working with buyers from Latin America, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia and Africa, has given her a solid background in dealing with E2 and L1 Visas and helping individuals realize their dreams in the U. S. A.. Ms. Hirsch has sold hundreds companies in the state of Florida, with wide industry diversity including: Restaurants, Manufacturing, Service, Retail, Medical, and Technology related industries specializing in small companies with a value of $10MM and under. She has also provided opinions of value (360 Business Valuation) for estate planning, divorce, bankruptcy, partnership buyout, and for refinancing and testified as an expert witness for Divorce Court and Bankruptcy Court. Her perspective of being in the marketplace enables her to confidentially identify the right buyer, or investor group, for the right business opportunity. Mrs. Hirsch thrives on seeing her former buyers and sellers succeed with her involvement in their transactions and in their later business ventures.
Ms. Hirsch has won numerous business brokerage industry awards from the Business Brokers of Florida (BBF) and been a Million Dollar producer for every year since her second year in the business. She has served both on the local Business Brokers of Florida (BBF) board for 5 years and the State BBF Board. She has traveled to 30+ countries enabling her to relate to almost any buyer or seller.