Lost Dog Pub Finds Second Home

ORLEANS, MA – Tom Davis, Richard Catania and Adam Bauer of Weichert Dunhill Commercial of Hyannis, MA brokered the sale of the restaurant formerly known as The Coast located at 63 Route 6A in Orleans, MA. Weichert Dunhill Commercial  represented both the buyer Andrew and Jane Murphy and the seller Gulf Coast LLC. The former 136-seat restaurant will be re-established as The Lost Dog Pub. The Murphy’s are the owner’s of other Cape Cod restaurants and one in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The recently renovated two level building has 4,560 square feet of GBA and is sited on a .64 acre lot offering a prominent location with multiple curb cuts and excellent signage.

The May 2009 transfer equated to a price of approximately $166 per square foot of GBA. Coastal Community Capital  arranged the financing through the Bank of Cape Cod .

The year round restaurant was built in the early to mid 1930’s as the first Howard Johnson’s  franchise in the US. In the years that followed and until about 2005 the restaurant was the well known Fog Cutter Restaurant.

Kinlin Grover GMAC Acquired by Randall Realtors GMAC

OSTERVILLE, MA & CHARLESTOWN, RI - Kinlin Grover GMAC Real Estate has been sold to Randall Realtors GMAC Real Estate. Together, the two companies now have 18 offices and more than 400 sales associates and employees. The combined companies achieved more than $700 million in sales in 2008. Each firm will continue to operate under their current names. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Kinlin Grover’s 11 offices are located in: Barnstable, Brewster, Chatham, Falmouth, Harwich Port, Orleans, Osterville, Sandwich, South Yarmouth, Wellfleet, and Yarmouth Port.

Randall Realtors offices are located in Rhode Island and Connecticut. The five Rhode Island offices are in: Charlestown, North Kingston, Wakefield, Watch Hill and Westerly. The company’s Connecticut offices are in Mystic and Waterford. Randall Realtors was established in 1977 as H.D. Randall Realtors in Charlestown, Rhode Island.

Kinlin Grover was founded in 1992 and has grown to  include 11 real estate offices located throughout Cape Cod, MA. In addition to commercial real estate brokerage, second home sales, and property management services Kinlin Grover Vacation Rentals is the largest vacation rental firm on Cape Cod.

The Flying Bridge, Falmouth, MA

The Flying Bridge is truly one of Cape Cod’s landmark restaurants. Situated on Falmouth Inner Harbor, the restaurant was built in 1957 by Fred Wormelle. The prominent location and stylized design which included an abundance of glossy wood and sleek tourquios seating embodied all the glamour and style at the height of the post-war boom era. In addition to some dockage, the 14,000 square foot two-story structure has seating for over 500 including outdoor seating on the harbor view decks.

The Wormelle family operated the restaurant until the mid 1980’s until it was sold to local restaurantuer and radio talk show host Don McKeag. The Wormelle’s went on to invest in East Marine, a small marina located on the opposite side of Falmouth Inner Harbor. About three years later the restaurant was sold to another operator who ultimately lost the property in a foreclosure. In 1992, the property was acquired at auction for $1.1 million by the current owner a Wellsley, MA based investor. Two years later, The Flying Bridge restaurant operation was placed in the able hands of local restauranteur and benefactor William Zammer who has done a fine job of restoring the stature and appeal of this landmark waterfront dining place.

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