Real estate moves, from Montauk to Southampton Village.
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Golden Eagle Art Supply Store to CloseThe Golden Eagle, an art supply store and East Hampton institution that first opened in 1954, will close next month. It’s a familiar story, as told most recently by Nancy Rowan and Michael Weisman, the Golden Eagle’s owners: The internet has decimated brick-and-mortar retailers across the country.
Recorded Deeds 12.11.25Dec 10, 2025
An uptick? Check out the latest report, you South Fork real estate followers.
Target: If You Build It, Will They Come?Interior renovations have begun at the Bridgehampton Commons Target store, which is taking over the space occupied by Kmart for 25 years. Construction workers were digging rectangular pits into the ground last week, with work lights mounted to metal framework above them. The store is expected to open next fall.
Listed: The ‘Otherworldly’ Stone House in MontaukPrivate driveways branch off a long and winding Old Montauk Highway, and to a first-time visitor the place is a kind of dreamscape, one that grows more surreal when the gate is opened and soon it is before you: the Stone House.
Recorded Deeds 10.02.25Oct 2, 2025
The Hamptons. They’re all about real estate. Herewith, newly reported transactions.
Sam’s Building Has SoldThe building that houses Sam’s Bar and Restaurant on Newtown Lane in East Hampton Village has been sold to Robert Zecher, founder of Vault Development, and a small group of investors.
It’s a ‘Fabulous’ PartnershipSep 25, 2025
The Anchor Society of East Hampton will continue the Winter Shops program it inaugurated last year to provide downtown retail space to local businesses in the off-season. This year, the nonprofit is again working with the fashion brand Alice + Olivia, the leaseholder at 79 Main Street, where Our Fabulous Variety Show and SewHampton will take up temporary residence starting Oct. 4.
The Grill Doctor Will See You NowMark Forrester, a salesman at Village Hardware in East Hampton, offers expert grill repairs through his Hamptons Grill Doctor service.
New Owners at Amagansett Beach and BicycleSusan and Andrew Silver of East Hampton and New York City have officially acquired the sales, rental, and repair shop at 1 Cross Highway from Lee and Barbara Oldak, who announced their retirement earlier this year.
Listed: House in Dunes With Pedigree in the ArtsThrough a window in the second-floor den of a house on Cranberry Hole Road, the undeveloped dunescape of Napeague State Parks comes into view. The house — on the market with Sotheby’s at $3.8 million — was sited deliberately to take in as much of the landscape as possible.