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Three Men Behind Purchase of Fire Island Pines Resort

Andy Towle January 21, 2010

Fipventures

Here's some more information provided to Towleroad on the group buying the commercial sector of Fire Island Pines. For those of you not familiar with Fire Island Pines, it, along with
the town of Cherry Grove, are popular gay and lesbian summer
destinations for New Yorkers, and have been for decades. Fire Island is a barrier island off the
south coast of Long Island not accessible to automobiles.

The last few days there have been reports that it was bought by 26-year-old Seth Weissman. Here's more information on Weissman and his partners in the purchase.

Fip The group is purchasing the assets of Pines Commercial Properties, including the famed Pavilion nightclub complex, the Blue Whale and Bay Bar restaurants, the Hotel Ciel, a grocery store, gym, clothing store and numerous retail outlets and residential properties. The deal is expected to close in March. 

It's being purchased by a group called FIP Ventures:

The FIP Ventures team consists of Seth Weissman, 26, a Pines summer renter and a managing partner of Weissman Equities, a Manhattan-based real estate investment firm; Matthew Blesso, 36, president of Blesso Properties, a developer of innovative high-end real estate in New York and abroad, and Andrew Kirtzman, 48, a veteran New York City journalist, author, Fire Island Pines homeowner and owner of The Madison Fire Island Pines.

More on their bios:

Blesso, a creative and socially-conscious developer, has garnered numerous design awards, including an American Institute Architects New York State Award of Excellence in 2009. 'I'm thrilled our team is acquiring this storied group of assets. This purchase allows us to employ unique designs and concepts and build upon a great tradition,' he said.

Kirtzman, the former host of 'Kirtzman and Co.' on WCBS-TV and 'Inside City Hall' on New York 1 News, got his start in journalism as co-founder of The Fire Island Villager, which he began publishing at the age of 17. In 2007, he opened a high-end guest house in the Pines called The Madison Fire Island Pines. The Pines is both a chic international destination and a small town, with its own long-standing traditions,' said Kirtzman, who has spent virtually every summer of his life in Fire Island. 'We're intent on preserving the very qualities that make the Pines unique.'

Weissman, named one of Real Estate New York's “Thirty Under Thirty” people to watch in 2008 and former Goldman Sachs investment banker, said, 'This is a community with some of the most accomplished, affluent and creative figures in the gay community. They demand a high level of services and amenities and we will give it to them.'"

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