Mashpee, MA

The well known Tinder Box store located in Mashpee Commons next to Starbuck’s Coffee, sold for $175,000.  The acquisition also included a satelite location at a local golf course. The transaction was facilitated by Greg & Cindy Holmes of Kinlin Grover GMAC Commercial who represented both the buyer and seller.

The Tinder Box is a national franchise operating as Tinder Box International and currently includes a network of 148 stores located throughout the United States. In 1928, company founder Edward Kolpin opened the first Tinder Box store in Santa Monica CA.

The 1,200 square foot retail store (known as Tinder Box #399) specializes in the sale of cigars, pipes, lighters, humidors, gifts and an interesting assortment of smoking-related accessories.  In addition to offering traditional and exclusive cigar lines, the Mashpee store features a 30 foot humidified cigar wall and an 8′ x 12′ walk-in humidor, along with its popular smoking room with a large screen television, wet bar (BYOB) and convenient humidified lockers for its customers.

The Sullivan’s intend to continue The Tinder Box tradition of providing their growing number of loyal customers the finest in smoking products, gifts, accessories and expertise available on Cape Cod.