Opening Your First Restaurant: Why It's the Hardest One — And How to Beat the Odds
- Jimmy Carey
- 4 days ago
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Updated: 2 days ago
By Jimmy Carey | Atlanta's Premier Restaurant Broker | Jimmy Carey Commercial Real Estate
Every week I hear some version of the same question from aspiring restaurateurs sitting across from me: "Why is opening your first restaurant so much harder than I thought it would be?"
Sometimes it comes from a chef who has spent twenty years working in someone else's kitchen and is finally ready to open their own place. Sometimes it comes from an entrepreneur with a great concept, a business plan, and the drive to make it happen — but no restaurant track record to show a landlord or a bank. And sometimes it comes from someone who has already been rejected two or three times and is starting to wonder if they're ever going to get their shot.
I hear you. Because I've been exactly where you are.
Before I became Atlanta's Premier Restaurant Broker, I was a Johnson & Wales culinary graduate and a professionally-trained chef with over 22 years of industry experience who couldn't get a single bank to approve a loan or a single landlord to take my call seriously. I went on to open five locations of Jimmy'z Kitchen across Miami and Atlanta — but that first one nearly broke me before it ever opened.
This blog is the guide I wish had existed when I was going through it.
In the pages ahead, I'm going to walk you through the real reasons opening your first restaurant is the hardest business move you'll ever make — and more importantly, what you can actually do about it. We'll cover what banks are really looking for, why landlords are even harder to convince than lenders, the full story of how I opened Jimmy'z Kitchen in Miami's South Beach with no bank financing and after being rejected by more than ten landlords, the Atlanta-specific realities you need to understand today, and a practical roadmap for giving yourself the best possible shot at success.
Let's get into it.
Why Opening Your First Restaurant Feels Like Running Into a Wall
If you've started the process of opening your first restaurant and feel like the whole world is working against you, I want to tell you something important: you're not imagining it. The system genuinely is harder for first-timers. And it's not personal — it's structural.
Banks don't like uncertainty, and a new restaurant with no operating history is pure uncertainty. Landlords don't like risk, and a first-time operator with no proven track record represents maximum risk in their eyes. Vendors want purchase history. Insurance companies want prior coverage. Even your customers don't know you yet. You are, in every sense, starting from zero credibility in a business where credibility is everything.
That's the brutal reality of opening your first restaurant. But here's what else is true: thousands of people have been exactly where you are and built something extraordinary on the other side of it. The difference between the ones who made it and the ones who didn't usually wasn't capital or concept or location — it was preparation, persistence, and the right guidance at the right moment.
The High Failure Rate — What the Numbers Actually Mean for You
Let's address the elephant in the room. When you tell someone you're thinking about opening your first restaurant, there's a good chance they immediately mention the failure rate. The National Restaurant Association has cited that roughly 17% of restaurants close in their first year, and studies tracking multi-year outcomes put the five-year closure rate significantly higher — some research suggests as many as 60% of restaurants don't survive their first five years of operation.
Those are sobering numbers. But context matters enormously here.
The restaurants that fail most often share identifiable characteristics: undercapitalization, poor location selection, weak concept differentiation, owners who understand food but not business finance, and — critically — lease structures that strangle cash flow before a concept ever gets a chance to find its footing. The failure rate is not random. It's concentrated in predictable places, among predictable mistakes.
"The failure rate isn't a reason to quit your dream. It's a roadmap of what not to do. When you understand why restaurants fail, you can build a business that's specifically designed to avoid those traps." — Jimmy Carey, Atlanta's Premier Restaurant Broker
Opening your first restaurant with eyes wide open about the risks — and a plan designed to mitigate each one — puts you in a completely different category than the average first-timer who walks into a lease without understanding what they're signing or opens a concept without adequate working capital reserves.
This is exactly why the preparation phase matters so much. We'll get to that. First, let's talk about your two biggest gatekeepers: banks and landlords.
Why Banks Won't Lend to a First-Time Restaurant Owner
Walk into a bank and tell them you want to open your first restaurant, and most of the time the conversation ends before it starts. This isn't because bankers are heartless — it's because they are in the business of risk assessment, and a startup restaurant with no operating history checks almost every box on their high-risk checklist.
Here is what banks are actually evaluating when you apply for a restaurant startup loan, and why so many first-timers get declined.
Operating History and Cash Flow. Lenders want to see demonstrated ability to generate consistent revenue and manage expenses. A startup restaurant has zero operating history. There are no tax returns to review, no P&Ls to analyze, no trend to extrapolate. Every projection in your business plan is, from the bank's perspective, an educated guess — and banks don't lend money against guesses.
Management Track Record. Banks want to know that the person running the business has done it before — or at least something close to it. Restaurant operations experience as an employee is a starting point, but it's not the same as having managed payroll, handled vendor negotiations, controlled food costs, managed lease obligations, and dealt with the cash flow crunch of a slow January. First-time owners, regardless of culinary talent, represent an unknown quantity on the management side.
Collateral. Most restaurant equipment depreciates rapidly and has limited resale value in the eyes of a lender. Unless you own real property or have significant other assets to pledge, collateral is typically thin for a restaurant startup. This compounds the risk in the bank's calculation.
Personal Credit and Financial Stability. Your personal credit history will be scrutinized. Lenders also want to see that you have enough personal financial reserves to weather the startup period without draining the business — because the first six to twelve months of a new restaurant's life often involve operating losses as you build your customer base.
The Business Plan — and Whether They Believe It. A thorough, professionally prepared business plan is table stakes for any serious loan application. But even a great business plan gets stress-tested by experienced lenders. Are your revenue projections realistic for your market and location? Are your food cost assumptions achievable? Do your labor cost projections reflect actual market conditions? Have you budgeted for contingencies?
If you are serious about pursuing SBA financing — which remains one of the more accessible pathways for restaurant startups — understand that the SBA 7(a) program still requires lenders to evaluate creditworthiness, collateral, and management experience. An SBA guarantee reduces the lender's risk but does not eliminate their underwriting standards.
The bottom line: when opening your first restaurant, plan to fund a significant portion of your startup costs personally. Banks may eventually be a tool available to you — especially once you have an operating history — but betting your entire launch timeline on bank financing is a common and costly mistake.
Why Landlords Are Even Harder to Convince Than Banks
Here's something that surprises a lot of first-time restaurateurs: in many ways, getting a landlord to say yes is harder than getting a bank to approve a loan. Banks follow a relatively structured underwriting process. Landlords are making judgment calls — about you, your concept, your presentation, and whether they believe you are going to make your rent every month for the next five to ten years.
And they have seen a lot of restaurants fail.
Landlords with good restaurant spaces — the ones with the right square footage, proper ventilation, grease traps in place, a location with foot traffic — are not desperate. They can afford to wait for a tenant they feel confident about. And a first-time restaurateur with no operating history, limited capital, and a brand that no one has ever heard of does not make them feel confident.
The specific concerns that landlords have about restaurant startups are layered and legitimate.
The failure rate makes them nervous. Landlord protections in a commercial lease are only as good as your ability to make rent. If your restaurant closes in year two, the landlord has to find a new tenant, potentially pay for remediation of the space, lose months of rental income in the gap, and deal with whatever condition you left the space in. That's an expensive outcome for them.
Thin margins make them skeptical. Experienced landlords understand that restaurants operate on notoriously tight profit margins — typically 3% to 9% for well-run full-service concepts. They know that a single bad month, an equipment failure, a slow season, or a spike in food costs can wipe out multiple months of margin. And they know that rent is often the single largest fixed expense a restaurant carries.
Startup costs create vulnerability. First-time restaurateurs frequently underestimate buildout costs, permitting timelines, pre-opening labor, and initial inventory requirements. Landlords have seen operators burn through their capital before they ever open their doors, leaving nothing in reserve for the critical first months of operation. By the time cash flow trouble hits, rent payments are the first thing to slip.
Personal guarantees are almost always required. When a landlord does agree to lease to a first-time operator, they are almost certainly going to require a full personal guarantee — meaning your personal assets are on the line for the lease obligations, not just the business entity. For a ten-year lease on a restaurant space, that could represent a six-figure personal liability exposure. This is something every first-time restaurateur needs to fully understand before signing anything. I've written an in-depth guide to personal guarantees in restaurant leases that I strongly recommend you read before your first lease negotiation.
They want to see a tenant presentation, not just enthusiasm. The landlords who will take a serious meeting with a first-time restaurateur want to see a professional presentation — a concept deck, a business plan, a financial model, proof of funds, a chef bio, branding materials. They want to see that you have thought through every aspect of your business and that you understand the commercial obligations you are agreeing to. Showing up with passion and a great idea is not enough.
This is exactly why having an experienced restaurant tenant representation partner in your corner changes the equation. A broker who has been on both sides of this table — as a restaurant owner and as a tenant representative — can translate your credibility to a skeptical landlord in ways you simply cannot do on your own.
My Story: How I Opened Jimmy'z Kitchen in South Beach With No Bank Financing and After 10 Landlord Rejections
I want to tell you this story not because it has a happy ending — though it does — but because I want you to understand that the wall you are running into right now is the same wall I ran into. And I had credentials that should have made it easier.
By 2007, I had over 22 years of experience in the restaurant and food and beverage industry. I had a culinary arts degree from Johnson & Wales University — one of the most prestigious culinary schools in the country. I had worked and managed the front and back of house at five-star hotels, fine dining establishments, high-volume restaurants, and prime steakhouses. I knew the restaurant business from every angle. I had the concept, the menu, the brand vision, and the operational knowledge to execute it.
Banks still wouldn't lend me money. And landlords wouldn't even take my calls.
In their eyes, a startup was a startup. It didn't matter how much experience I had managing other people's restaurants — I had never signed a commercial lease in my own name, never run my own payroll, never been personally responsible for the financial outcomes of a restaurant. That was the gap they saw, and it was the gap that stood between me and my dream.
So I did what I had to do. I self-funded. It took sacrifice, discipline, and years of saving — but I raised the capital I needed without a bank. That lesson has stayed with me ever since: when opening your first restaurant, the entrepreneur who controls their own capital controls their own destiny.
The landlord situation was different — and in some ways, even harder. I was rejected by more than ten landlords before I got my first yes. Ten separate conversations, ten concepts reviewed, ten times I was told that my vision wasn't enough to overcome the risk they perceived in leasing to a first-time operator. Each rejection stung. But each one also taught me something about how landlords think and what they actually need to feel comfortable saying yes.
Then I spotted a failing pizzeria in South Beach — a space I had been watching for a while because the business was clearly struggling. The day it closed, I called the landlord. I asked for the opportunity to present my concept for his consideration. We had multiple meetings. I came prepared with everything he needed to evaluate me seriously. After a lot of convincing, he said yes.
"When that landlord finally approved my concept, it felt like someone was finally giving me the chance to take off — to turn my vision into something real. That moment was my runway." — Jimmy Carey, Atlanta's Premier Restaurant Broker
Three months later, after permits and renovations, Jimmy'z Kitchen opened its doors in South Beach. That was the beginning. Over the years that followed, I opened four more locations — Wynwood Arts District, Brickell, Pinecrest Miami, and eventually Atlanta, Georgia.
The Atlanta location — which I opened in Marietta in 2020 — is a story worth telling in this context, because it connects directly to what I now do for my clients. That space was a second-generation restaurant that I completely transformed. I kept what made sense to keep: the hood, the grease trap, the electrical, the plumbing infrastructure.
Everything else — the bathrooms, the HVAC, the walk-in cooler, the floors, the ceilings, the walls — was gutted and rebuilt from scratch. That experience of taking a second-generation shell and building a functioning restaurant concept inside it is one of the reasons I am able to advise my clients on second-generation restaurant spaces with a depth of knowledge that goes far beyond what most commercial real estate agents can offer. I have actually done it.
The Atlanta Angle: What's Different — and What's the Same — About Opening Your First Restaurant Here
Atlanta's restaurant market is one of the most dynamic in the country. The city's population growth, diverse neighborhoods, strong tourism base, and food culture create genuine opportunity for well-positioned restaurant concepts. But the structural challenges of opening your first restaurant in Atlanta are the same as they are everywhere else — and in some ways, they are more acute.
Atlanta landlords have options. The demand for quality restaurant space in high-traffic Atlanta neighborhoods — Buckhead, Midtown, Inman Park, Ponce City Market area, Decatur, Virginia-Highland, the Battery, Alpharetta, Marietta — is strong. Landlords in these markets have experienced the restaurant tenant cycle many times over. They are selective, and they have learned to prefer established operators, franchise groups, or multi-unit tenants over first-timers.
Second-generation restaurant spaces are your best friend. In the Atlanta market, one of the most effective strategies for opening your first restaurant on a realistic budget is targeting second-generation restaurant spaces — spaces that previously housed a restaurant and still have some or all of the critical infrastructure in place: commercial hood systems, grease traps, walk-in coolers, plumbing configurations designed for a commercial kitchen.
These spaces dramatically reduce your buildout costs and permitting complexity compared to taking a raw retail space and converting it. My guide to second-generation restaurant spaces in Atlanta covers this topic in depth and is essential reading for any first-time restaurateur evaluating spaces in Metro Atlanta.
The permitting and licensing process takes longer than you expect. Georgia's regulatory environment for new restaurant openings involves multiple agencies — the local health department, the fire marshal, the building department, zoning, liquor licensing if applicable. Budget significant time, not just money, for this phase. My first South Beach opening took three months of permitting and renovation before I could open my doors. Atlanta timelines vary by municipality but are rarely shorter than that, and often longer.
The neighborhoods matter enormously. Opening a fast-casual concept in a dense, walkable Midtown neighborhood is a completely different business from opening a full-service concept in a suburban strip mall in Duluth or Lawrenceville. Foot traffic patterns, average check expectations, parking, competition density, and the demographics of your customer base all vary significantly across Metro Atlanta. Site selection is not just about finding available space — it's about finding the right space for your specific concept. This is a core part of what I do for my tenant representation clients across the Atlanta market.
A real-world example of what this process looks like in Atlanta: I recently worked with Chef John Frank Cely — an 18-year culinary veteran who had spent more than a decade as head chef at Antico Pizza Napoletana — through a two-year process of finding the right space, building the right landlord presentation, and navigating negotiations to ultimately open Char Pizzeria inside the Market Hall at Halcyon in Alpharetta. The full story of that tenant representation journey is documented in The Journey of a Pizzaiolo, and it is one of the clearest illustrations I can point to of what opening your first restaurant in Atlanta actually looks like when you have the right guidance in your corner.
What I Would Tell Every First-Time Restaurant Entrepreneur Today
After 37 years in this industry — as a chef, as a restaurant owner across five locations, and now as Atlanta's Premier Restaurant Broker — here is what I would tell my 2007 self, and what I tell every first-time restaurateur who sits down with me today.
Understand the business, not just the food. The culinary vision is what gets you excited about opening your first restaurant, but the financial discipline is what keeps it alive. You need to understand food cost, labor cost, prime cost, controllable expenses, and break-even analysis the way a CFO understands a P&L. Restaurants fail when owners are great at the food and blind to the math. Learn both sides.
Target a second-generation restaurant space. Especially in Atlanta, the smartest move a first-time restaurateur can make is finding a space with restaurant infrastructure already in place. A commercial hood, grease trap, walk-in cooler, and configured kitchen plumbing can save you $150,000 to $400,000 or more in buildout costs compared to a raw conversion — money you can use to capitalize your operation, build your reserves, and survive the critical first year.
Have your capital before you start. Banks are not reliable partners for first-time restaurant openings. Plan to fund the majority of your startup costs personally — through savings, family investment, or private investors. Coming to a landlord or a lender without adequate proof of funds is one of the most common mistakes I see, and it kills deals before they start.
Build a professional tenant presentation package. Before you approach a landlord, you need more than a concept and enthusiasm. You need a business plan, a concept deck with branding and menu, a preliminary financial model and proforma, a personal financial statement, proof of funds, and a compelling professional bio that tells your story as a business owner — not just a chef. This is the package that gets landlords to take your meeting seriously. I cover exactly what goes into this presentation in my blog on 7 Essentials for Landlord Approval.
Understand your lease before you sign it. A restaurant lease is one of the most consequential documents you will ever put your name on. Triple net provisions, CAM charges, personal guarantees, co-tenancy clauses, assignment rights, exclusivity provisions, and renewal options all have direct implications for your business's financial health and your personal liability. The lease assignment and landlord consent issues that trip up restaurant owners at every stage of the business cycle often trace back to lease terms that weren't fully understood at signing.
Assemble the right professional team. An attorney who specializes in commercial leases. A CPA with restaurant industry experience. And a commercial real estate broker who specializes in restaurants — not a generalist who has done a few restaurant deals, but someone who has actually owned and operated restaurants and understands the business from the inside. That difference in representation can mean tens of thousands of dollars in lease terms and months of time saved in the site selection process.
Persistence is the differentiator. You will be rejected. By banks, by landlords, by people whose opinion of your chances is based on a five-minute conversation and a balance sheet. The entrepreneurs who successfully open their first restaurant are not the ones who face fewer rejections — they are the ones who use each rejection as data and keep going. I was rejected by more than ten landlords before I got my first yes. That yes changed everything.
How a Restaurant Broker Changes the Outcome for First-Time Owners
There is a meaningful difference between working with a general commercial real estate agent on your restaurant search and working with a specialist who has owned and operated restaurants themselves.
A general commercial agent can show you available spaces and draft an LOI. What they cannot do is look at a space and immediately understand whether the existing hood system is adequate for your concept, whether the grease trap capacity is sufficient, whether the HVAC configuration will work for a commercial kitchen, or whether the landlord's rental rate expectations reflect the true buildout cost differential between that space and a comparable second-gen space down the street.
When I represent a restaurant tenant in Atlanta, I am drawing on 37 years of direct restaurant industry experience — from working the line as a chef to managing multi-unit operations to navigating commercial lease negotiations as a restaurant owner on multiple occasions before I ever became a broker. I know what landlords need to hear because I have sat on both sides of that conversation. I know what a realistic restaurant buildout costs because I have written the checks. I know what questions to ask during a space evaluation because I know what breaks down in a commercial kitchen and what it costs to fix it.
That combination — culinary background, operational experience, and brokerage expertise — is what makes specialized restaurant and business brokerage different from general commercial real estate representation for restaurateurs. Not better because of credentials on paper, but better because of the practical knowledge that gets applied to every decision in the process.
"My clients don't just get a broker who knows commercial real estate. They get a partner who has personally been through every stage of what they're attempting — from concept development and landlord negotiations to buildout decisions and opening day. That's the difference between representation and real guidance." — Jimmy Carey, Atlanta's Premier Restaurant Broker
If you're in the early stages of opening your first restaurant in Atlanta — or if you've been at this for a while and feel like you're spinning your wheels — I'd encourage you to explore the restaurants for sale in Atlanta currently available, and to have a direct conversation about where you are in the process and what your best path forward looks like. Sometimes the right move is a new second-gen build. Sometimes it's an existing restaurant acquisition. The right answer depends on your concept, your capital position, and your timeline — and that conversation is always free.
Frequently Asked Questions: Opening Your First Restaurant
How much money do I need to open my first restaurant in Atlanta?
Startup costs for opening your first restaurant in Atlanta vary significantly depending on the type of concept, the size of the space, and whether you are taking a second-generation space or a raw conversion.
A quick-service or fast-casual concept in a second-generation space can be launched for $150,000 to $350,000 in total startup costs. A full-service restaurant concept, particularly in a build-from-scratch or heavily renovated space, can easily require $500,000 to $1 million or more. The most important rule: budget 20% to 30% more than your initial estimate for contingencies, permitting delays, and pre-opening operating costs.
Why won't banks lend money for a first restaurant?
Banks are reluctant to finance first-time restaurant openings because the business has no operating history, no demonstrable cash flow, and typically limited collateral. Lenders evaluate restaurants as high-risk businesses due to the industry's historically elevated failure rate and thin profit margins.
Even applicants with strong personal credit and relevant industry experience face significant challenges securing traditional bank financing for a restaurant startup. SBA loans can provide a pathway in some cases but still require creditworthiness, collateral evaluation, and management experience documentation.
How do I convince a landlord to lease to me as a first-time restaurant operator?
Convincing a landlord to lease to a first-time restaurateur requires a professional tenant presentation package that demonstrates your credibility as a business operator — not just as a chef or food enthusiast. This includes a detailed business plan, concept deck with branding and menu, preliminary proforma and financial projections, personal financial statement, proof of funds, and a compelling professional bio.
Working with an experienced restaurant tenant representative who can advocate for you and translate your qualifications in terms that resonate with landlords significantly improves your approval odds.
What is a second-generation restaurant space and why does it matter for opening my first restaurant?
A second-generation restaurant space — also called a "second-gen" space — is a commercial space that previously housed a restaurant and retains some or all of the specialized infrastructure required for food service operations: commercial hood systems, grease traps, walk-in coolers, commercial-grade plumbing configurations, and sometimes kitchen equipment.
Taking a second-gen space dramatically reduces your buildout costs, shortens your permitting timeline, and gets you to opening day faster. For a first-time restaurateur with limited capital, a quality second-gen space in the right Atlanta neighborhood is often the smartest possible starting point.
Do I need a personal guarantee to lease a restaurant space?
Almost certainly yes, especially as a first-time restaurant operator. Landlords routinely require personal guarantees from restaurant tenants — particularly from first-time operators without a proven operating track record. A personal guarantee means your personal assets, not just your business entity, are on the line for the lease obligations if your restaurant business fails.
The scope of a personal guarantee — full lease term vs. limited guarantee, burn-down provisions, conditions for release — is a critical negotiating point in any restaurant lease. Understanding personal guarantees thoroughly before signing is essential, and I cover this in detail in my guide to personal guarantees in restaurant leases.
How long does it take to open a first restaurant from lease signing to opening day?
From lease execution to opening day, most first-time restaurant openings take four to nine months, depending on the scope of buildout required, the complexity of the permitting process in your municipality, and how quickly equipment procurement and staffing can be completed. A second-generation space with most infrastructure in place can compress this timeline meaningfully. My own first Jimmy'z Kitchen location in South Beach took approximately three months from lease signing through permits and renovation to opening.
More extensive buildouts or raw space conversions routinely take six to nine months or longer in the Atlanta market.
What should be included in a restaurant business plan for landlord approval?
A restaurant business plan prepared for landlord review should include your concept overview and brand story, target market and competitive analysis, menu overview, operational plan including staffing structure and hours of operation, revenue projections and financial proforma for the first three years, capital sources and proof of funds documentation, your professional biography emphasizing relevant restaurant and management experience, and any letters of support or reference from industry contacts.
The goal is to give the landlord every tool they need to evaluate your credibility and financial viability as a tenant.
Should I buy an existing restaurant or open a new concept for my first restaurant?
Both paths have merit depending on your goals and resources. Buying an existing restaurant — particularly a going-concern business with operating revenue — gives you immediate cash flow, an established customer base, existing staff, and a proven lease.
Opening a new concept gives you full creative control and the ability to build your brand from the ground up, but requires you to build everything from scratch including your customer base. For many first-timers in Atlanta, a hybrid approach — leasing a second-generation restaurant space and launching a new concept within it — offers the best balance of cost control and creative freedom. I can walk you through both options in a direct consultation.
How does restaurant tenant representation work in Atlanta?
Restaurant tenant representation means having a specialized broker — one with deep restaurant industry knowledge, not just commercial real estate expertise — advocate on your behalf throughout the site selection and lease negotiation process.
Your tenant representative helps you identify suitable spaces, evaluates them from both a culinary and commercial real estate perspective, prepares and presents your tenant package to landlords, negotiates lease terms including rent, buildout allowances, personal guarantee scope, renewal options, and exclusivity provisions, and guides you through the entire process from initial search to lease execution. Importantly, in most cases the landlord pays the tenant representative's commission — meaning this specialized representation typically costs you nothing out of pocket.
What are the most common mistakes first-time restaurant owners make before opening?
The most common and costly mistakes I see among first-time restaurateurs include: underestimating total startup costs and running out of capital before opening, choosing a location based on available square footage rather than concept fit, signing a lease without fully understanding the personal guarantee provisions and long-term financial exposure, underestimating the timeline for permitting and buildout, failing to build adequate working capital reserves for the first six months of operations, and attempting to navigate the landlord and lease process without experienced specialized representation. All of these mistakes are avoidable with the right preparation and the right team around you.
About the Broker
With over 37 years of restaurant industry experience, Jimmy Carey has owned and operated five successful restaurants, including the acclaimed Jimmy'z Kitchen in Miami and Atlanta. As a credentialed member of the IBBA and GABB, and a Coldwell Banker Commercial Metro Brokers affiliate, this firsthand expertise as a former chef and operator makes him Atlanta's Premier Restaurant Broker, uniquely positioned to understand both sides of every transaction — from kitchen operations to commercial lease negotiations and business valuations.
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