Who We Are

Martin Flynn has thirty plus years of business management experience in the hospitality, printing, human resource management, turnaround, development, and construction industries. Mr. Flynn attended Florida State University and the University of Florida where he studied computer science through the School of Business. Mr. Flynn specializes in turning unprofitable operations into top performers and developing strong management and employee teams to deliver top results. Most recently, Mr. Flynn has been the driving force behind the development of Cape Crossing Resort and Marina, an 87-unit vacation rental resort community, with two marinas and a waterfront restaurant. Additionally, during this multi-year project, Mr. Flynn was an affordable housing development partner on projects in Florida. Together, these projects values are in excess of 100 million dollars.
 
As District Manager and Managing Partner for R & A Food Services LP, which owned the Boston Market brand in the State of Florida, Mr. Flynn opened eight and operated six stores for the chain including recruiting and training management and employee teams and cultivated sales from zero to nine million dollars within five years. Under Mr. Flynn’s management, the region became the top producer for the company in both sales and profit. During his seven years with Ruby Tuesday Restaurants of Morrison Incorporated, Mr. Flynn placed in the Ruby Tuesday Winner’s Circle four times. His accomplishments at Ruby Tuesday include growing the Gainesville store into one of the chain’s most profitable restaurants with average sales increases of 9.5 percent and an average profit increase of 33 percent per year over several years. Mr. Flynn also transformed the Ruby Tuesday in Tampa Bay Center from a bottom performing restaurant, scheduled for closing, with a 20 percent year-to-date sales decline, to a top performing restaurant with a 20 percent year-to-date sales increase within seven months. Mr. Flynn’s marketing plan to increase sales for Super Bowl month resulted in a 275 percent sales increase over the previous Super Bowl year.
 
Mr. Flynn was a partner at HomeMakers Real Estate, LLC, an investment company purchasing distressed real estate, which has evolved into multiple additional investment vehicles such as Vero Housing II, Texas Housing, Home on the Range and now, Tri-Star Development Group. He is responsible for start-to-finish operations that involve assessing candidate acquisition properties, coordinating renovations, structuring investment plans, and overseeing the sales process to end users or outside investors.