Ashmont Grill's Story in Boston Business Journal
Chris Douglass stands inside the shell of a building. He shines a lantern up into the dark recess of the ceiling, where an iron beam juts out.
"We were banking on this not being here," he says, shaking his head.
Douglass, preparing to open the Ashmont Grill in Dorchester in June, didn't bank on a few other surprises: The asbestos he had to remove at a cost of $14,000, the damaged floorboards and rotting floor beams that cost $25,000 to repair -- costs not included in the business plan he had put together to purchase the building at 555 Talbot Ave.
What he (and 32 other investors) is banking on is for the Ashmont Grill to succeed.
