UNDERNEWS: Greedster update

September 22, 2015

Greedster update

Boston Globe- Nantucket’s Planning Board has approved construction of a private health and fitness club with a $120,000 initiation fee and a $5,000 annual fee, but if you have to even think about that, the Ezia Athletic Club might not be for you. The club is capping membership at 250 families, and almost 30 slots have already been snapped up in a pre-opening $60,000 initiation special, said founder Isaiah Truyman. Truyman was mum on the names of pioneering members, but he did allow that they are “extremely notable” summer residents. “Mostly Boston, Greenwich, and New York hedge-fund managers, or large-scale real estate developers and hotel owners.”

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Nantucket isn't a private island, so that club is great news. Have none of the 1% security detail asked "Why not just put a huge target on the front door?" A thrice-removed friend works high-end security and claims they hate the 1% even more than the rest of us.

Then again, harmless streetside surveillance and a website 'Assholes of the Club' might be more fun.; September 23, 2015 at 11:12 AM

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