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The Strang Corporation was founded in 1942 by Don Strang, Sr. when he opened a Howard Johnson’s Restaurant in the historic Lighthouse building on the shores of Lake Erie on Cleveland Ohio’s west side.
In the 1950’s the company expanded across state lines and developed a Howard Johnson’s restaurant in Chicago.
In the 1960’s, Don’s son, Don Strang, Jr., entered the business and soon after, Strang Corporation developed its first hotel: a Howard Johnson’s Motor Lodge.
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The Strang Corporation experienced substantial changes and growth throughout the 1980’s led by the third generation, Donald W. Strang III, David E. Strang, and Peter W. Strang all started work at the Company after various experiences in hospitality companies outside the family business.
In 1985 the Company launched the first of eighty-six Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar’s in five states that it developed over the next sixteen years under the Apple American brand.
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