Early Life and Career
Curtis Bashaw grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. His father, Keith Bashaw, was an attorney, CPA and real estate developer. [3] His grandfather, Carl McIntire, was a fundamentalist minister. As a youth, Bashaw spent summers in Cape May after McIntire developed sections as a religious community. [3] Bashaw worked in Congress Hall as a teenager and managed the center the summer before his senior year at Wheaton College (Illinois).
In 1986, with his father's assistance, Bashaw purchased and restored the Virginia Hotel. [3] Bashaw attended The Wharton School for an MBA during the restoration and graduated in 1990. [3] [4] When McIntire's business empire declared bankruptcy in 1990, Bashaw demolished and sold off Christian Admiral to pay off debts, and raised $22 million to buy and restore Congress Hall. [3]
In 2004, New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey appointed Bashaw to be the executive director of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority. Bashaw worked on projects to revitalize Atlantic City's boardwalk area. [3] Bashaw also advised McGreevey through his coming out and resignation. [3] [5]
Bashaw opened the Chelsea Hotel in Atlantic City in 2008. As of 2012, Bashaw's company employed over 1,500 people at five hotels in Cape May, including Congress Hall, the Virginia Hotel, the Star, and the Sandpiper Beach Club. [6] He opened Beach Plum Farm to guests in 2018. [7]
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