- February 11, 2026
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The Palm Pavilion Restaurant & Inn, a Clearwater Beach institution for 100 years, has been sold to a pair of local hotel and restaurant companies.
Beachside Hospitality Group bought the restaurant and McKibbon Equities bought the inn.
The property, on the north side of Clearwater Beach, was sold by the family that has owned it for more than 60 years for $23 million.
A spokesperson for Colliers, which represented the sellers, says the new owners are not disclosing what the properties sold for individually. Pinellas County property records have not been updated.
The pavilion was originally built in 1926, serving beachgoers for decades. The Hamilton family bought it in 1964 and added the inn in 1988. In the 1990s, the family transformed the pavilion into a full-scale restaurant.
St. Petersburg-based Beachside Hospitality already owns four restaurants on Clearwater Beach and in 2024 bought the Sandbar restaurant on Anna Maria Island, Mar Vista on Longboat Key and Beach House in Bradenton Beach. It will run the 11,869-square-foot Palm Pavilion restaurant at 10 Bay Esplanade, renaming it Crabby’s Beachside Pavilion.
Despite the name change, it plans to keep the existing staff and much of the menu along with live music.
McKibbon will run the 12,129-square-foot inn at 18 Bay Esplanade. The Tampa firm already owns two beachfront properties in Clearwater: the Hampton Inn & Suites Clearwater Beach and the Dolphin Sands Clearwater Beach.
Colliers’ John Gerlach, Jake Gerlach and Cyndi Cushman represented the sellers. Beachside Hospitality Group was represented by John Fahey of SRS Real Estate Partners.