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-$6,500,000
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.
Central Florida Roofing Business $7,500,000
Central Florida Roofing Business that focuses on residential roofing. Business primarily did residential re-roofs and repairs with little to no new construction. Buyer had been wanting to get into the roofing and home services industry. Seller was looking to formally retire so they can travel and see family.
Metal Fabrication Manufacturing -$6,000,000
Metal Fabrication manufacturing with industrial zoned Real Estate included. State of the Art CNC equipment to manufacture contracts parts for aerospace, defense, health care, and commercial applications. Over $2.8MM in backlog of work. This very established business continues to grow and flourish year after year. Certifications such as ISO and ITAR among many quality control certifications for this incredible facility. Real Estate had a commercial appraisal. Exceptional books and records. Full large team of engineers, machinists, office team all in place and ready for a new owner to take to the next level. Seller was looking to retire after 40+ years in the industry.
Machine Shop $2,540,000
High precision machine shop specializing in metal parts with tight tolerances. Full-time skilled team of machinists and administration staff in place with a consistent pipeline of work. Exceptional growth has been solely from word of mouth and quality work. The large profit margin continues to grow as they accept short-run parts production for industries such as Aerospace and the USA Military. Seller is retiring after 42 years in the industry. Buyer relocated to Alabama to help run the business.
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.
Commercial and Residential Roofing Business $3,500,000
Commercial and Residential Re-roofing business that had a 30-year established reputation. Business was purchased by a local general contractor that wanted to increase their footprint on the Central Florida area. Business has dozens of staff members that have a long history with the business and helped bring additional business in through word of mouth.
Plant Distribution Business $5,300,000
Central Florida Plant Distributor with a long-established history in the Central Florida area. The Seller of the business wanted to retire and had over 70 staff members and wanted to make sure the business would be purchase by a buyer who would treat them well and help the business grow with more opportunities for them. The buyer came from out of state and had years of business experience and was able to come in and make a smooth transition into the business.
Countertop Fabrication and Installation $3,850,000
North Florida Countertop Installation and Fabrication business. The seller had a 15-year reputation in the area with an expert and dedicated staff. Buyer relocated from out of state to purchase the business and got along extremely well with the seller. The buyer made a smooth transition and took a poll of the employees as to what changes and developments they would want to see. While they loved the former owner many of them wanted updates in technology and operations and the current owner started out by implementing many of those changes and is doing well.
HVAC Air Conditioning Business $2,540,000
Commercial and residential HVAC and air conditioning services business serving the Central Florida area. Business had a 30-year reputation with an owner in their 70’s. Owner wanted to formally retire and the buyer was an experienced air conditioning and HVAC licensee that partnered up with an equity company that helped finance and complete the deal. There were many bidders but the seller felt that this buyer was the most experienced and easiest work with on a transition.
CROWNING TESTIMONIALS
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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.