Business

Beatrice Alda and Jennifer Brooke, owners of the boutique hotel on Route 114 between East Hampton and Sag Harbor, announced Sept. 2 on Facebook that they have sold it. A bright blue graphic with “Thank You” in looping yellow letters bid the bungalows’ friends and fans goodbye.

The Shed, a women’s co-working space on the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, will be closing on Oct. 1, its founders announced on social media last week. The business had originally opened last year as a weekly pop-up at Estia’s Little Kitchen.

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“Shark Tank” East End?

The prices listed here have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

Luxury Retreats, an online vacation rental company that specializes in high-end homes, is seeking to add more South Fork properties to its inventory to keep up with customer demand, said Maura Linney, the director of the firm’s Hamptons portfolio, who recently moved to the area to meet with prospective hosts. “Homeowners here are traditional, so the company wanted someone on the ground,” she said.

Gansett Green Manor, a 14-room hotel on Main Street in Amagansett, was purchased for $6.175 million in July by WTI, a private investment firm based in California.

The prices listed here have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

In July, for the seventh month in a row, revenues for the Peconic Bay Region Community Preservation Fund were down from the same period last year. Thus far in 2019, $46.8 million has been collected, compared to $60.36 million in 2018, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. announced on Monday.

The prices listed here have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures

Jeremey Tahari, the 18-year-old son of Elie Tahari, the women’s fashion designer, will debut Anti, a new brand of men’s luxury streetwear, at a pop-up shop at his father’s store on Main Street in East Hampton Village on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Steven Ringel, the executive director of the East Hampton Chamber of Commerce, who helped launch the spring, fall, and summer fairs held in East Hampton Village, is leaving the post at the end of August, the chamber announced on Friday. 

Ladurée, a French bakery with a branch in New York, is selling macarons and ice cream at a pop-up shop inside London Jewelers in East Hampton. The shop will be open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

The future of marijuana as a medical treatment, an easily accessed recreational drug, and an investment opportunity was discussed at the first Hamptons Cannabis Expo held at the Clubhouse in Wainscott on Sunday.

The environmental impacts of a proposal to build a car wash adjacent to the East Hampton Town Recycling Center on Springs-Fireplace Road dominated the discussion at a town planning board meeting last week.

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A Hamptons Cannabis Expo at the Clubhouse, pop-up piercings on East Hampton's Main Street, and a heck of a shoe sale at the American Legion in Amagansett.

The prices listed here have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

The prices listed here have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

The East Hampton Chamber of Commerce and the Discover Long Island tourism bureau will host an evening of networking on Wednesday from 5 to 7 at the Baker House 1650 in East Hampton Village, and another on Aug. 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the White Fences Inn in Water Mill.

The Beach Butler, a business that seeks to make going to the beach stress-free by providing shuttle service as well as chairs, umbrellas, tables, and cabana hoods, has opened a South Fork branch.

East End home sales in the second quarter were at an eight-year low, according to a report from the Douglas Elliman agency.

The prices listed here have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

Home sales on the South Fork have dropped 17 percent in the first half of 2019 compared to last year, according to a report from the Town and Country real estate agency.

A launch party for a line of CBD dog treats created by the Alchemist’s Kitchen, a New York company that sells botanical medicines, herbal remedies, and plant-based beauty products, will be held at the Mandala Yoga Center for Healing Arts in Amagansett on Aug. 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Finally last week, came the break Wendy Serkin had been waiting for. EpiMD, the skin care product she’d been working on for over eight years, had been named Amazon’s Choice of the Day.

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

The Springs General Store, the historical market and gathering place on Old Stone Highway, is for sale for $2.9 million.

Beverly Bartfeld, an interior designer, has opened Indy Home, a furniture and accessories store, at 71 South Elmwood Avenue in Montauk. The shop features a curated collection of contemporary beach house-style furnishings, including couches, chairs, tabletop items, and throw pillows. The store is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

After moving with her family to Sag Harbor from New York City last August, Patricia Assui Reed was planning to take some time to settle in to her new home before following through on her business idea: to open a retail store that sells clothing, housewares, and art created by women.