Osprey Investment Partners

Real estate investments with leading resort brands

ABOUT

Who We Are

We are a privately held real estate investment firm specializing in the acquisition and development of resort properties for leading brands in the vacation ownership industry.

APPROACH

Our Investment Strategy

We structure and execute joint venture real estate investments that provide leading vacation ownership brands with capital-light inventory expansion. Our expertise in target markets and in structuring off-balance-sheet transactions creates attractive risk-adjusted returns for our investment partners while reducing development, execution, and balance sheet exposure for the resort brands.

LEADERSHIP

Our Team

Our leadership team has decades of experience in real estate investments, development, capital markets, and senior operating roles within the resort, hospitality, and multifamily industries. Our unique breadth of capabilities allows us to source attractive opportunities, structure creative investment solutions, and execute business plans with discipline and efficiency.

Sam Pontius

Managing Partner

Matt Bell

Partner

Bert Blicher

Partner

PORTFOLIO

Our Investments

New Orleans

Louisiana

Holiday Inn Club Vacations

Historic building conversion in the Warehouse District, establishing HICV’s first urban vacation ownership property.

New York City

New York

IHG · Kimpton Club

The world’s first Kimpton Club. Historic Roger Smith Hotel in Midtown Manhattan transformed into boutique luxury vacation ownership.

Nashville

Tennessee

Sports Illustrated Resorts

The first Sports Illustrated Resort in the USA. Iconic lifestyle brand meets Nashville’s thriving tourism market on Music Row.

PARTNER WITH OSPREY

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Sam Pontius

Managing Partner

13 years in timeshare executive leadership positions, real estate M&A, and boutique hotel ownership
Former VP and COO at SPM Resorts (largest independent timeshare management company), with past corporate management roles at Hilton Grand Vacations and Orange Lake Resorts/Holiday Inn Club Vacations
Projects include directing HGV's first Fee-Based-Service conversions, entry into Myrtle Beach market, takeover of Elara in Las Vegas (formerly Westgate Planet Hollywood Towers), JIT acquisition at Trump Tower LV, condo conversion in Park City, UT and the first FFS project in Carlsbad, CA
Experienced broker including the sales of a mid-size timeshare company, 2 fractional/timeshare resorts and thousands of intervals in bulk from over 20 resorts across the country to major timeshare companies
Bachelor's in Economics from Vanderbilt University

Matt Bell

Partner

Prior to Osprey, was an early employee and Principal at Placemakr, an apartment-hotel brand and management business, which he helped scale nationally. Placemakr partnered with Hilton in 2026
Launched Placemakr Investments, a real estate investment division within the company, which acquired $350 million of properties through joint venture partnerships for apartment-hotel operations. Led deal sourcing, capitalization and dispositions, and assisted with underwriting, due diligence and asset management of investments
Before Placemakr, worked at Berkadia in Washington, DC where he and his team arranged over $4.5 billion of debt for multifamily, hospitality, office, retail, self-storage and industrial properties through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac originations, as well as CMBS, Debt Fund, Life Insurance and Bank loans
BS in Finance from Villanova University's School of Business, where he captained the Men's Lacrosse team

Bert Blicher

Partner

Former CEO of the Oxford First Corporation, a publicly traded finance company listed on the NYSE
Former Chairman of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) and the International Timeshare Foundation. First recipient of the ARDA Lifetime Achievement Award
Created the first Fee-for-Service timeshare project structure with Bluegreen Vacations with a resort in the Bahamas. Used that formula to close on 4 additional capital light deals
Started the first loan origination company focused on providing financing for buyers of timeshare resales. Sold 51% of the company in 2024
Chairman of the largest legitimate timeshare resale company in the US
Serves on the Board of two timeshare development companies
Graduate of Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania