I have been an Innkeeper since 1989 having purchased a derelict property and completely rehabbed it into The Inn at Bay Fortune, an Inn and Restaurant which I ran for 26 years. In 1999 I bought a second property, The Ark, I tore it down to the foundation to create The Inn at Spry Point. I ran both properties for 15 years before deciding I wasn't having fun anymore and sold The Inn at Bay Fortune to a guy that cooked for me for seven years, Chef Michael Smith. The sale of Bay Fortune allowed me to concentrate on developing Spry Point. We have building lots for sale overlooking the water on both sides of Spry Point and over the past couple of years we completely renovated The Inn at Spry Point into seven two-bedroom apartment/condominiums, also for sale. I'm originally from Connecticut and summered on PEI since 1968 when my parents took our family on a trip through the Maritimes, fast forward to 1988 while on vacation my wife and I bought the summer home of actress Colleen Dewhurst from which we created The Inn at Bay Fortune. Hospitality is a fun business, but so is creating a warm inviting space which is what we did with both properties. When we changed the business model of The Inn at Spry Point to condos it made sense to change the name as the name Inn gives a connotation of food service which we no longer offer as every unit has a great kitchen. A name change was in order, Ned was my dad's name and this was the last project that he worked on with me and now we call the property Ned's Landing at Spry Point, a legacy to my Dad who loved architecture and interior design as a passion, not a vocation as he was a pediatrician.