The Sugar Beach and Grand Beach Resort Hotels, both located on East Grand Traverse Bay, have been sold to a group led by Jeff Lobdell from Restaurant Partners Management LLC.

Restaurant Partners Management LLC owns and operates the Apache Trout Grill, Boone’s Primetime Pub (Sutton’s Bay), Flap Jack Shack, and Omelette Shoppe locations in Traverse City, as well as 14 independent locations in the Grand Rapids area. "The Sugar Beach and Grand Beach Resort Hotels are beautiful properties...and are some of the best places to stay in all of Northern Michigan," says Lobdell. "The resorts are operated by longtime staff members who work as a team to create the best hotel experience for their guests. We are excited about all of the great synergies these resorts will have with our restaurants and are confident that this will take us to new heights."

Seller Labelle Management said in a statement that the company was "excited to see our beautiful properties get into the hand of a proven and successful local operator. It was important to us that our successor embodies our same principles of operating with a culture of care for our staff and guests and who has a propensity to give back to the local community."