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The Boston Globe reported that former owners of the Queen Anne Inn sued Andrew J. Flynn and his LLC last month over unpaid installments after the property was resold. The filing also names breach of contract and fraudulent conveyance claims tied to the March 2025 purchase.
madamenoire.comA lawsuit filed last month in Suffolk Superior Court alleges that Andrew J. Flynn and an LLC he controls defaulted on installment payments for the Queen Anne Inn, a 28-room boutique hotel in Chatham. The Weinkopfs, who owned the property since 1979, sold it to Flynn’s LLC for an agreed $10 million in March 2025, with $7.75 million to be paid over several years and Flynn personally guaranteeing the debt.
The complaint states that monthly interest payments of about $33,000 began under the agreement and that a $2.1 million principal payment was due in April. Flynn’s LLC stopped making payments in November and sold the hotel the same month to Hajjar Management Co. Inc.
For $8.2 million, according to the suit and property records. The Weinkopfs seek the amounts owed plus damages and legal fees. ” He added that he looked forward to resolving concerns. As of Tuesday, Flynn had not filed a legal reply.
Joseph Olbrys, general counsel for Hajjar Management Co. , described the November transaction as “a very customary, very professional, very smooth transaction” and said the firm was unaware of any background issues. The Weinkopfs declined to comment through their attorney.
Flynn’s LLC also obtained a separate $6 million mortgage from a Boston lender for the purchase. The suit alleges breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and fraudulent conveyance. The filing comes as Flynn’s firm, Copper Mill, proposes a 26-story residential building with about 500 apartments in Davis Square, Somerville.
A prior $9 million deal for the same hotel in 2024 ended in a dismissed lawsuit after settlement on March 19, 2025, the same day Flynn’s LLC closed on its purchase.
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