First shop
Opened an auto body shop in Brooklyn after years spent learning cars from the ground up.
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Built from the ground up
Mechanical instinct.
Entrepreneurial drive.
Born in Brooklyn, John Rosatti was raised in a close Italian-American family where work, loyalty and community were everyday values. He began earning money as a boy and learned the mechanics of cars and boats alongside his father.
By 1968 he had opened his own body shop. In 1975 he entered retail through a Honda motorcycle dealership—Plaza Cycles—alongside an Oldsmobile operation. That first showroom became the bridge to Plaza Auto Mall, the multi-brand Brooklyn dealership group he built through hands-on leadership.
Moving to South Florida opened new chapters in hospitality. John helped found Vic & Angelo’s, later sold those restaurants, and launched The Office Delray, which remains part of his current portfolio. The same practical instinct has guided every venture: understand the operation, know the people and stay close to the work.
