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Whether you’re an aspiring hotelier building their first property, an experienced developer seeking a reliable budgeting tool, or an investor or contractor aiming to maximize ROI and to stay on budget, this guide is for you. From economy and boutique to extended stays, midscale, upscale, and luxury—this intuitive guide has you covered.
Since 2019, this in-depth guide has been downloaded thousands of times by aspiring bar and restaurant owners, developers and contractors, hospitality consultants and coaches, plus lenders and investors in the F&B industry. If you’re starting a coffee shop, QSR, bar, restaurant, or nightclub, this start-up cost guide is for you!
These guides are founded upon KRG Hospitality’s proprietary database of previous project costs, which includes project data from restaurants, bars, hotels developed over the past 24 months. Drawing upon this comprehensive guide, an industry leading expert has analyzed the information and provided a succinct and user-friendly summary of the findings for each major start-up category. While using this guide helps develop a rough preliminary financial and strategic milestone plan, it is strongly recommended that you seek professional expert advice to provide a more precise, project-specific estimate as each concept and market will be slightly different. KRG Hospitality Inc. is therefore not responsible for any project that is not currently under contract with the company.