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CEO on waterfront restaurant acquisitions, despite storms: 'Like a dream'

Greg Powers, the CEO of Beachside Hospitality Group, a company with 15 restaurants in Florida, dishes on its latest portfolio additions.

Beachside Hospitality Group CEO Greg Powers says Beach House in Bradenton Beach opened by mid-November, after Hurricane Milton dumped 5 feet of sand onto its deck and parking lot.
Beachside Hospitality Group CEO Greg Powers says Beach House in Bradenton Beach opened by mid-November, after Hurricane Milton dumped 5 feet of sand onto its deck and parking lot.
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Florida restaurateur Greg Powers can take a punch. And he can punch back, too. 

Consider the past summer: His company, St. Petersburg-based Beachside Hospitality Group, acquired a trio of prominent Manatee County beachfront restaurants, spending $31 million on the properties alone, county records show. Beachside bought the businesses for an undisclosed price from Chiles Hospitality, founded in 1979 by Ed Chiles.

 

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