Might as well jump

Armed with more than $700,000, Paul Orsino, owner of 10 Dunkin Donuts stores in and around Buffalo, N.Y., was ready to jump right in to the burgeoning trampoline-gym industry in the Sarasota-Manatee market.

Orsino's obstacle: No building could accommodate what he needed to open a Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park, a Los Angeles-based franchise company with 80 locations worldwide. His must-have list included a non-industrial location near Interstate 75; at least 30,000 square feet of space with 20-foot high ceilings; and specifically placed columns for the company's patented all-trampoline walled playing courts.

“You could get a large building and pile this stuff in,” says Orsino, “but it would not be the layout we need.”