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Saddle River, New Jersey
About the Company
The Luberto Group | FML Hospitality Advisory
The Luberto Group is a specialized hospitality advisory and commercial real estate platform focused on helping business owners, investors, and operators throughout the New Jersey and New York metropolitan markets.
Founded by Fred M. Luberto, a hospitality entrepreneur with more than 40 years of ownership and operating experience, The Luberto Group provides a unique perspective that combines real-world hospitality experience with business sales, acquisitions, commercial real estate, and strategic advisory services.
After building, operating, and successfully transitioning hospitality businesses throughout his career, Fred understands that selling a business is more than a transaction — it is often a major life decision involving employees, family, customers, and decades of hard work.
The Luberto Group specializes in:
• Restaurants
• Catering Companies
• Wedding & Event Venues
• Hotels & Hospitality Properties
• Country Clubs & Private Clubs
• Commercial Real Estate
• Mixed-Use Investment Properties
Our approach focuses on confidentiality, strategic positioning, valuation guidance, buyer qualification, and protecting the legacy owners have built.
Whether a client is preparing for a future sale, exploring acquisition opportunities, expanding their portfolio, or evaluating succession options, The Luberto Group provides experienced guidance through every stage of the process.
Broker Biography
Introduction
Fred M. Luberto is the Founder of The Luberto Group and FML Hospitality Advisory, specializing in hospitality business sales, acquisitions, consulting, and commercial real estate throughout New Jersey, New York, and the greater metropolitan market.
Fred brings more than four decades of hands-on hospitality experience as an owner, operator, entrepreneur, and advisor. Unlike traditional intermediaries, Fred has personally experienced the challenges of building companies, leading teams, serving customers, managing growth, navigating market changes, and ultimately transitioning a business.
Throughout his career, Fred has been involved in restaurants, catering operations, corporate dining, private aviation catering, luxury events, and hospitality consulting. His companies have served some of the region’s most demanding clients, including major corporations, luxury brands, professional sports organizations, developers, executives, and high-net-worth individuals.
This background provides clients with a practical perspective that goes beyond financial statements. Fred understands operations, staffing, customer relationships, profitability, branding, and the emotional considerations involved when owners evaluate their future.
The Luberto Group was created to provide hospitality owners with a higher level of advisory service focused on:
• Protecting confidentiality
• Understanding true business value
• Preparing businesses for transition
• Finding qualified buyers
• Structuring successful transactions
• Preserving owner legacy
Many hospitality businesses are family-owned companies built over decades. Fred believes those businesses deserve thoughtful guidance from someone who understands the commitment, sacrifice, and pride required to build them.
For buyers and investors, The Luberto Group provides access to hospitality opportunities with a deeper understanding of operations, growth potential, and long-term value creation.
Fred's mission is simple:
To help hospitality owners make informed decisions, maximize opportunities, and successfully navigate the next chapter of their business journey.
Services Provided
The Luberto Group provides comprehensive hospitality advisory, business brokerage, and commercial real estate services including:
Business Sales & Exit Advisory
Confidential business sales
Owner succession planning
Business valuation guidance
Exit preparation strategies
Buyer qualification
Transaction management
Hospitality Acquisitions
Restaurant acquisitions
Catering company acquisitions
Venue acquisitions
Hotel and hospitality investments
Strategic buyer representation
Growth Advisory
Revenue growth strategies
Operational improvements
Management consulting
Brand positioning
Expansion planning
Commercial Real Estate
Restaurant properties
Hospitality real estate
Investment properties
Mixed-use opportunities
Development advisory
Confidential Transaction Process
Our process is designed to protect owners, employees, customers, and operations while connecting qualified buyers with exceptional hospitality opportunities.
With decades of first-hand operating experience, we understand both sides of the transaction — the owner who spent years building the business and the buyer looking for their next opportunity.
Areas Served
Licensed In
- New Jersey — License number 2190522
Professional Affiliations
Founder & CEO — The Luberto Group
Founder — FML Hospitality Advisory
Licensed Real Estate Professional — New Jersey
Member / Professional Experience:
• 40+ Years Hospitality Ownership & Operations Experience
• Restaurant & Catering Industry Executive
• Hospitality Consultant & Advisor
• Commercial Real Estate Professional
• Business Sales & Acquisition Advisor
Experience includes:
• Restaurant Operations
• Hospitality Real Estate
• Catering & Event Operations
• Corporate Hospitality
• Luxury Client Services
• Business Development
• Strategic Growth Planning
• Succession & Exit Planning
Business For Sale Listings
Bergen Co., NJ
View Details Premier Bergen County Restaurant | Turnkey | 200+ Seats
Rare Bergen County Fine Dining Restaurant Opportunity – Recently Renovated Turnkey OperationA unique opportunity to acquire a beautifully renovated restaurant located in one of Northern New Jersey’s most desirable and affluent dining markets.This confidential offering represents a rare chance for an experienced owner-operator, chef-partner, restaurant group, or hospitality investor to acquire an established restaurant platform without the time, cost, and uncertainty associated with developing a new location from the ground up.The restaurant has recently undergone a significant transformation, featuring an impressive investment in design, décor, furnishings, lighting, fixtures, equipment, and overall guest experience. The result is a warm, upscale environment positioned for continued growth under experienced hospitality leadership.Opportunity Highlights:• Less
