Blue Flag Prepares To Reopen Historic Pineapple Inn As "Blue Iris"

Blue Flag Partners is preparing to reopen the former Pineapple Inn on Hussey Street as a luxury 12-key hotel. The former whaling captain's house built in 1838 will now be called "Blue Iris."

Following substantial renovations - which are still ongoing - Blue Flag hopes to have Blue Iris open by May, with rates for a king room starting at $450 per night. Like Blue Flag's other lodging properties, Blue Iris will be operated by Life House Hotels, and it will feature "oversized suites, single family hotel rooms, and a patio garden anchored by a mediterranean tiled fountain adorned with the hotel’s namesake flower - the Blue Iris," according to a statement provided to the Current.

"We chose furniture, fabrics, and materials that are designed to relax and enliven the experienced traveler — a soothing coastal color palette, a custom Murano iris-glass chandelier in the entry, Portuguese-inspired textiles and tiles, well-worn brass accents, and artfully painted brush strokes on the walls of the halls that guide you to your room; all housed in the historical context of this beautifully restored vacation estate on Hussey Street," said Brad Guidi, owner and co-designer at Blue Flag.

Blue Flag Partners acquired The Pineapple Inn last April as part of a $13.3 million deal to acquire the Summer House’s downtown lodging properties.

Led by Terry Sanford, Jason Brown, and Guidi, Blue Flag Partners has been on a spree of island real estate acquisitions for the past three years. Its Nantucket portfolio now features residential, lodging, and restaurant properties including the Faraway Nantucket hotel (the former Roberts House Collection), the historic Woodbox Inn, The Pearl and Boarding House restaurants, the former Century House Inn, the residential developments Cannonbury Lane and Hawthorne Park, and the former Star of the Sea Hostel in Surfside. Last December, it spent $38 million to acquire The Beachside Hotel in Brant Point.