History

Impact, a Florida registered corporation, was founded in 1979 by Dilip Kanji, its President and Chief Executive Officer. The Impact Group specializes in the development, acquisition, and management of a diverse portfolio of businesses including hotels, restaurants, and general investments. Recently, the company also began leveraging its expertise and knowledge from the local hospitality industry into other segments of the commercial real estate markets.

The Impact Group has been very successful in the hospitality industry over the past 25 years. During this period, the Impact Group acquired, developed, and managed over 30 hotels throughout Florida and Georgia. During this period, Impact also established an extensive reputation and track record in the hotel industry and received numerous awards and recognitions. In 1994 Days Inns of America recognized Impact for the "Management Company of the Year" award at its annual convention in Las Vegas. In 1998, Bass Hotels also recognized the firm by awarding the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites in Jacksonville the "Newcomer of the Year Award" for the Southeastern Region. In 1999 Impact Properties was awarded the "Key to the City" and recognized for its contributions in developing the Hilton Garden Inn in the Ybor City 'Historic District' of Tampa - the first hotel to be built there in over a century.

Entrepreneurial in nature, The Impact Group in recent years has diversified into the restaurant industry and began leveraging its expertise and knowledge from the local hospitality industry into other segments of the commercial real estate markets.

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