Business

In a town where it sometimes seems that every new store is a one-summer pop-up, Tiina Laakkonen, owner of Tiina the Store in Amagansett, is not interested in “fast food or fast fashion.” She just wants to sell clothes. Not fashion, just clothes. 

“Fashion is fickle,” she said recently, “and it ages very fast. I like things that are more permanent.” She chooses her merchandise for its quality and timeless appeal. Many garments are handmade, including pricey cashmere sweaters from the luxury brand The Elder Statesman, and hand-knit rugs.

AMAGANSETT

Bide-A-Wee Home Association to Town of East Hampton, 2052 Montauk Highway, 1.9 acres (vacant), April 23, $187,500.

Cummings School to Town of East Hampton, 2052 Montauk Highway, 1.9 acres (vacant), April 23, $75,000.

HIAS Inc. to Town of East Hampton, 2052 Montauk Highway, 1.9 acres (vacant), April 23, $112,500.

Yeshiva University to Town of East Hampton, 2052 Montauk Highway, 1.9 acres (vacant), April 23, $187,500.

Animal Rescue Fund to Town of East Hampton, 2052 Montauk Highway, 1.9 acres (vacant), April 23, $187,500.

For the most part, on the South Fork anyway, agents got to their present positions by way of first careers.

The Bliss Sleep Center on the corner of Montauk Highway and Hayground Road in Water Mill is opening a Bliss Baby Store next door. The company is extending its nontoxic line of organic mattresses, bedding, and sustainable wood furniture to include mattresses and bedding for infants, as well as sustainable wood cribs and toys.

The gold rush began in earnest in the fall of 2007, Ed Dressler, the general manager of the London Jewelers store in East Hampton, said last week. The stock market went into freefall at about the same time as the real estate bubble burst. “We bought more gold in one month than we did in the previous 12 years, combined,” he said. “People were going through their things, finding that they had money sitting there.”

AMAGANSETT

E. and S. Babbitt to Plaza Oriente L.L.C., 62 Fresh Pond Road, 2.8 acres, April 4, $1,775,000.

G. Mata to T. and K. Fagerland, 40 Grove Street, .14 acre, March 19, $450,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

CVR First L.L.C. to W. Koral (landlocked, vacant), April 3, $45,000.

CVR First L.L.C. to D. Suskind (landlocked, vacant), April 3, $45,000.

EAST HAMPTON

R. Fleming (by executor) to Sire Cove Hollow, 51 Cove Hollow Road, .92 acre, April 9, $875,000.

Security systems on the South Fork range from a simple alarm system to armed bodyguards.

AMAGANSETT

Weilman and del Giudice to M. and C. Miller, 224 Town Lane, .9 acre, April 4, $1,275,000.

I. and D. Carmichael to B. and M. Goldner, 30 Indian Wells Highway, .5 acre, March 26, $2,300,000.

M. Eichhorn to W. Lacey Trust, 79 Meeting House Lane, .75 acre, April 4, $3,200,000.

M. and P. Jacobus, to B. and B. Pitz, 15 Bluff Road, .43 acre, March 28, $2,360,000.

C. Calhoun to 31 Hampton Lane L.L.C., 31 Hampton Lane, .23 acre, March 14, $1,050,000.

AMAGANSETT

P. Raphael to D. and S. Signorelli, 5 Bell Place, 1.53 acres, March 10, $1,195,000.

Farrell and Kidd Construction to J. Dellanoce, 8 Old Station Place, .56 acre, March 24, $5,300,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

J. Calabrese to K. Brenner, 527 Sagg Road, .99 acre, March 11, $925,000.

J. abd B. Knight to M. and N. Morrison, 80 Lumber Lane, .24 acre, March 21, $1,950,000.

EAST HAMPTON

C. Imaz to E. Cook III, 6 Close Court, .99 acre, March 20, $1,250,000.

    Monte Farber and Amy Zerner, a Springs couple known for their success in interpreting such branches of the occult as tarot and astrology for a mass audience, opened their new shop last weekend in the Village of East Hampton, next to Rowdy Hall in the Parrish Mews off Main Street. At the Enchanted World Emporium, starting tomorrow from 1 to 8 p.m., the author and artist will make available locally all the things they have sold far and wide for many years.

AMAGANSETT

R. and D. Wells to Pelger Associates, 40 Gardiner Drive, .23 acre, March 19, $1,450,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

P. Gaslow Trust to M. and J. Steinberg, 303 Newlight Lane, 1.28 acres, March 13, $5,256,500.

EAST HAMPTON

R. Bernstein, et al. to 190 Hand’s Creek L.L.C., 190 Hand’s Creek Road, 8.48 acres, March 11, $1,675,000.

H. McMahon Jr. to J. Pincow, 364 Accabonac Road, March 10, $675,000.

K. Johanson to N. Lawler, 153 Accabonac Road, 1.25 acres, March 18, $600,000.

    The new White’s in some ways looks older than the old White’s, which is a good thing. When the new owners, Nyco Chemists, purchased White’s Pharmacy, which had been a mainstay of East Hampton’s Main Street since 1873, they did what every new homeowner in the Hamptons seems to do: Gutted the place. The result is a fine-looking store combining old details such as a stamped tin ceiling and an antique-y logo mosaic on the front entrance. The new owners, who added the drugstore to their portfolio of two others in August, also gave it a vintage name by rechristening it White’s Apothecary.

    Jillian Rennar wears a rather large gold anchor around her neck, symbolic of her new business at 721 Main Street in Montauk called Candied Anchor, a candy store that is so much more.

    Two huge crystal chandeliers light up the small space, which at just 220 square feet is filled to capacity with nostalgic-type candies, such as Smarties, Red Hots, Mary Janes, and Fruit Stripe gum, plus gourmet candies, fresh popcorn, frozen sorbets, drinks, and party decorations and treats.

Accolades for Ad Firm

    Blumenfeld+fleming, a marketing, advertising, and design firm in Montauk, has won five platinum and six gold awards in the 2014 Hermes Creative Awards Competition.

    The firm, headed by Lynn Blumenfeld and Jill Fleming, won platinum awards for a BMW of Southampton magazine ad, a brochure for the architect Erica Broberg Smith, websites for Fresh Hamptons restaurant in Bridgehampton and Smart Sport Surfacing, and a radio spot for Suffolk County National Bank. 

AMAGANSETT

Lanes Contracting Ltd. to D. Matty and S. Ryba, 86 Meeting House Lane, Jan. 10, $4,400,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

S. Berman to SYDD1948 L.L.C., 114 Lockwood Avenue, .52 acre, Feb. 7, $1,400,000.

EAST HAMPTON

S. and J. Waxman to P. Schwaikert, 6 Marion Lane, 1 acre, Feb. 25, $848,000.

R. and J. Fondacaro to M. Teasdale, 30 Peters Path, Feb. 27, $978,000.

T. Giles and H. Smith to S. Grover, 8 Neighborhood House Drive, .5 acre, Mar. 6, $550,000.

AMAGANSETT

S. Cove to J. and R. Diament, 91 Napeague Harbor Road, .31 acre, Mar. 4, $1,325,000.

L. and M. Greenfield to T. and K. Anglin, 31 Windmill Lane, .24 acre, Mar. 3, $1,900,000.

R. Lewis and J. Reeves to MICO L.L.C., 28 St Mary’s Lane, 1.2 acres, Feb. 25, $7,750,000.

A. Bogart (by executor) to F.A. East End L.L.C., 32 St. Mary’s Lane, 1.2 acres, Feb. 26, $3,225,000.

K. Davis (by trustee) to 91 Meeting House L.L.C., 91 Meeting House Lane, .5 acre, Jan. 24, $1,500,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

AMAGANSETT

L. Saul to Goldscapes and Finishline, 57 Broadview Road, 1.8 acres (vacant), Feb. 14, $1,325,000.

Jewelart Trading L.L.C. to E. Rosengard, 75 Hedges Lane, .42 acre, Feb. 7, $2,250,000.

EAST HAMPTON

A. Jongen (by guardian) to T. and A. Moudis, 21 Alewive Brook to Hand’s Creek Road, 1.84 acres, Feb. 17, $700,000.

A. Fisher to Emmetsberger and Mulgrew, 33 Peter’s Path, .44 acre, Feb. 21, $675,000.

J. L. Scheer to N. Noell, Treescape Drive, Unit 2A, Feb. 26, $375,000.

EAST HAMPTON

VILLAGE

There are certain qualities that all successful Hamptons real estate agents share, persistence and focus topping the list

AMAGANSETT

C. and E. Hobbs to K. and B. Stewart, 6 Deep Wood Lane, 1.71 acres, Feb. 18, $3,000,000.

U. Cullum to JKDD L.L.C., 181 Montauk Highway, .31 acre, Feb. 12, $750,000.

J. Tabone to M. and J. Moreno, 44 Miankoma Lane, .5 acre, Feb. 14, $4,900,000.

Williamson Realty to S. and J. Dutton, 29 Hand Lane, .4 acre, Feb. 11, $2,700,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

J. Koch (by trustees) to L. Steinberg, 190 Millstone Road, 1.1 acres, Jan. 27, $884,000.

AMAGANSETT

W. Noonan to D. Grossman, 16 Laurel Hill Lane, 1.66 acres (vacant), Feb. 4, $747,500.

S. and L. Hills to R. and J. Doty, 18 Ashwood Court, 1.72 acres, Jan. 28, $3,250,000.

B. and E. Beale to J. Milacci, 32 Old Montauk Highway, .78 acre, Jan. 31, $2,300,000.

B. Galdi (by referee) to M. and J. Sirgado, 24 Cliff Road, .22 acre, June 26, $1,400,000.

EAST HAMPTON

Eagle Ridge Holdings to D. Greuner, 6 Terry Road, 1.9 acres, Jan. 17, $1,447,500.

    Anyone with a grandparent or parent who could take pieces of fabric and stitch them into something useful, wearable, or pretty will recognize the impulse that fuels Kathryn Reid’s new business, SewHampton, which offers sewing lessons to people of all ages.

AMAGANSETT

M. Doyle to Bluff Road Partners, 216 Bluff Road, .74 acre (vacant), Jan. 21, $2,930,000.

83 Atlantic Avenue to Gowonno L.L.C., 83 Atlantic Avenue, 1.3 acres, Jan. 24, $3,250,000.

52 Gansett Lane Trust to A. Hakki, 52 Gansett Lane, .43 acre, Jan. 14, $4,400,000.

A. and E. Sacks to Sands Capital Holdings, 183 Marine Boulevard, .56 acre, Jan. 31, $11,000,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

T. Rome to 19 Sutton Place L.L.C., 5 Kellis Way, 1 acre, Jan. 24, $4,210,000.

EAST HAMPTON

AMAGANSETT

D. and C. Stelcer to A. and L. Klarman, 38 Canvasback Lane, 2 acres, Jan. 23, $1,500,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

L. Smalling to M. Yoham, M, 206 Lumber Lane, .28 acre, Dec. 9, $636,000.

194 Narrow Lane Corp. to B. Murphy Jr. and Randall, 194 Narrow Lane, .36 acre, Jan. 9, $1,600,000.

Magrett, Guyer, and Wright to R. Steinberg, 18 Lockwood Avenue, .34 acre, Jan. 15, $670,000.

D. Zilkha to 510 Halsey Lane L.L.C., 510 Halsey Lane, 1.6 acres, Jan. 9, $4,800,000.

EAST HAMPTON

    When Beth Lee Schlendorf purchased a memory foam mattress a couple of years ago, she had no idea that it would spark an idea to start a business. The synthetic slab, which she later discovered comprised more than 60 chemicals, was so smelly that she was warned by the store she purchased it from to air it out for between 24 and 48 hours. When she began to get headaches she was struck by the idea that she and her family were spending a third of their lives sleeping on a possibly toxic soup. It was a wake-up call that put her on a mission to find out what mattresses are made of.

AMAGANSETT

T. and A. Kanninen to Siadat 2009 Family Trust, 112 Meeting House Lane, .39 acre, Jan. 15, $2,000,000.

EAST HAMPTON

9 Roberts Lane L.L.C. to A. and R. Dahan, 9 Roberts Lane, .78 acre, Dec. 10, $4,462,500.

REB/JOHN L.L.C. to Cove Hollow 105 L.L.C., 105 Cove Hollow Road, 1.25 acre, Jan. 08, $1,151,000.

C. Jordan (by referee) to D. Sakowitz, 9 North Cape Lane, .59 acre, Jan. 10, $442,000.

F. Hallissey to H. Andrion, 8 Villa Avenue, .37 acre, Dec. 13, $1,870,000.

AMAGANSETT

J. Zwart and D. Wills to B. and M. Brown, 1922 Montauk Highway, .17 acre, Dec. 5, $610,000.

Byck Designs L.L.C. to R. Sternheim, 75 Leeton Road, .17 acre, Dec. 12, $900,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

P. Bigot to F. and H. Gallo, 444 Brick Kiln Road, 1.4 acres, Jan. 7, $942,500.

Narrow Lane Realty Co. to A. and E. Yoon, part of 125 Narrow Lane (vacant), Dec. 24, $850,000.

EAST HAMPTON

Papp Realty Ltd. to 7 Villa L.L.C, 7 Villa Avenue, .53 acre, Dec. 30, $560,000.

AMAGANSETT

M. Suplicki (by administrator) to A. and L. Gosman, 97 Mulford Lane, .15 acre, Dec. 18, $245,000.

131 Windmill Lane L.L.C. to Town of East Hampton, 131 Windmill Lane, .5 acre (vacant), Dec. 23, $585,000.

74 Mako Lane L.L.C. to R. and L. Schlapfer, 74 Mako Lane, .17 acre, Dec. 18, $2,500,000.

EAST HAMPTON

R. and U. Foulser to J. Ehlen and L. Hernandez, 85 Cooper Lane, .52 acre, Dec. 30, $1,192,500.

J. Leone to E. Zorotheos, 137 Accabonac Road, .25 acre, Dec. 27, $675,000.

AMAGANSETT

M. Potter to M. and T. McQuade, 2 Hamlin Lane, 1.85 acres, Dec. 2, $1,360,000.

B. Smukler to Weilman and Del Giudice, 72 Canvasback Lane, 3 acres, Dec. 12, $1,330,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

S. Held to Bridge Love L.L.C., 346 Lumber Lane, .59 acre, Dec. 20, $2,000,000.

FEM Building and Developmnt to R. and M. Kerson, 381 Lumber Lane, 1.04 acres, Dec. 18, $4,250,000.

J. Kenavan to J. Olken and E. Kelly, 61 Woodruff Lane, .54 acre, Dec. 23, $1,187,500.

EAST HAMPTON

AMAGANSETT

A. Dombrowski to Dune Crest Lodge L.L.C., 6 Dune Crest Way, .63 acre, Nov. 26, $3,200,000.

Norman David L.L.C. to Stewartia, L.L.C., 79 Surf Drive, .28 acre (vacant), Dec. 13, $937,500.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

Second Story L.L.C. to Bridge Love II, L.L.C., 354 Lumber Lane, .19 acre, Dec. 9, $650,000.

Halsey South Associates to T. and M. Weinstock, 100 Halsey Lane, 2.81 acres, Dec. 6, $12,200,000.

J. Petri to 55 Ambleside L.L.C., 55 Ambleside Lane, 2.49 acres, Dec. 10, $10,200,000.

EAST HAMPTON

Real estate in the Village of Sag Harbor has ascended to a plane where certain properties are commanding South of the Highway prices