Key Takeaways
- • Osceola Capital-backed Fortify Restoration acquired Beaches Construction, a Panama City Beach-based structural restoration contractor, marking the platform's third acquisition since launching in June 2025.
- • Beaches Construction, founded in 1999, specializes in concrete restoration, waterproofing, painting, and exterior rehabilitation for high-rise condominiums, hotels, and commercial buildings across the Florida Panhandle, Jacksonville, and Tampa markets.
- • The acquisition expands Fortify's geographic footprint beyond South Florida, complementing its earlier partnership with Beach Contracting and positioning the platform to serve a broader Southeast market.
- • Osceola Capital is executing a lower middle-market buy-and-build strategy in structural restoration and building services, with Ben Moe (managing partner) and Mike Rosen (Fortify CEO) leading the transaction.
Summary
Fortify Restoration, the Osceola Capital-backed platform launched in June 2025, has completed its third acquisition with the purchase of Beaches Construction, a Panama City Beach-based structural restoration contractor. The deal signals continued momentum in the sponsor's consolidation strategy within the lower middle-market building services sector.
Beaches Construction, established in 1999, brings established market presence and operational depth to Fortify's platform. The company provides concrete restoration, waterproofing, painting, and exterior rehabilitation services to high-rise condominiums, hotels, and commercial properties throughout the Florida Panhandle, Jacksonville, and Tampa regions. This service portfolio aligns strategically with Fortify's core offerings in structural restoration and building recertification.
The acquisition extends Fortify's geographic reach materially. Following its earlier partnership with Beach Contracting, the Beaches Construction buy positions the platform to capture a broader customer base across Florida's Gulf Coast and Central Florida markets. This geographic expansion complements Fortify's existing South Florida operations and enhances its competitive positioning in the Southeast building services market.
Osceola Capital, headquartered in Tampa, is actively deploying capital across fragmented structural restoration and building services businesses as part of a stated buy-and-build strategy targeting the lower middle market. Ben Moe, managing partner at Osceola Capital, and Mike Rosen, CEO of Fortify Restoration, led the transaction. The rapid pace of acquisitions—three deals in approximately one year since platform launch—suggests the sponsor has identified significant consolidation opportunity in this sector and possesses operational bandwidth to integrate and scale acquired assets effectively.
Beaches Construction, established in 1999, brings established market presence and operational depth to Fortify's platform. The company provides concrete restoration, waterproofing, painting, and exterior rehabilitation services to high-rise condominiums, hotels, and commercial properties throughout the Florida Panhandle, Jacksonville, and Tampa regions. This service portfolio aligns strategically with Fortify's core offerings in structural restoration and building recertification.
The acquisition extends Fortify's geographic reach materially. Following its earlier partnership with Beach Contracting, the Beaches Construction buy positions the platform to capture a broader customer base across Florida's Gulf Coast and Central Florida markets. This geographic expansion complements Fortify's existing South Florida operations and enhances its competitive positioning in the Southeast building services market.
Osceola Capital, headquartered in Tampa, is actively deploying capital across fragmented structural restoration and building services businesses as part of a stated buy-and-build strategy targeting the lower middle market. Ben Moe, managing partner at Osceola Capital, and Mike Rosen, CEO of Fortify Restoration, led the transaction. The rapid pace of acquisitions—three deals in approximately one year since platform launch—suggests the sponsor has identified significant consolidation opportunity in this sector and possesses operational bandwidth to integrate and scale acquired assets effectively.
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