Category: Real Estate - Page 156

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Comings & Goings: Jewelry by Sara Kennedy Closing

After 45 years in business, Jewelry by Sara Kennedy Cellar Workshop at 44 Railroad Place will close Jan. 14. Kennedy, who began her business on Avery Place in 1969 and has been in Saugatuck since 2006, said she will retire to Tucson, Ariz, where she has purchased a home after going there for 47 years. She recalled she moved to Westport when was in seventh grade, two years after her father purchased Compo Acres Pharmacy. “I want to tour the country,” she said. “I want to explore, to paint, to sculpt, to enjoy a physical freedom.” As for leaving Westport, she said: “I value my many relationships in Westport. I even have customers from the same family for three generations.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Tuesday, December 30th, 2014

WestportNow Teardown of the Day: 37 High Point Road

An application for a permit to demolish the house at Westport’s 37 High Point Road, off Long Lots Road, is in process. Built in 1966, the one-story ranch has 2,766 square feet and is situated on a 1.27-acre property. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Little Change in Pace of Residential Demolition, Construction

There was little change in the pace of residential demolitions in Westport this year, the Building Department said today. New residential construction also was little changed.

Westport issued 118 demolition permits this year versus 106 last year, it said. It noted that 20 of this year’s permits were at one site – the Westport Housing Authority’s Sasco Creek Village complex at 1655 Post Road East.

Since WestportNow began monitoring and compiling demolition statistics 10 years ago for its popular WestportNow Teardown of the Day series, the rate has hovered around 100 a year –- about 1 percent of the town’s housing stock.

There were 109 new residential building permits issued in 2014 versus 103 a year ago. New commercial permits numbered 15 versus 3 in 2013, the Building Department said.

—Dave Matlow

Comings & Goings: Cake Suite Closes

UPDATE After a five-year run, Cake Suite, 47 Saugatuck Ave., near Dunville’s Restaurant, has closed. Owner Michelle Klem of Fairfield said today it closed on Dec. 20 and “had nothing to do with the economy or anything like that. All was going well. But I needed to change my lifestyle.” She said she needed to devote more time to her 12-year-old son. But she said she will continue to work with wholesale customers and area caterers, teach baking classes, and is researching a book on operating a bake shop. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Monday, December 29th, 2014

WestportNow Teardown of the Day: 5 Yankee Hill Road

An application for a permit to demolish the house at Westport’s 5 Yankee Hill Road, off Compo Road South, is in process. Built in 1965, the 1-3/4-story custom ranch has 3,841 square feet, is situated on a 1.39-acre property and changed ownership in October for $2.7 million. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Westport Property Transfers Dec. 8 – 12, 2014

Westport property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period Dec. 8 - 12, 2014:

Michael and Jennifer Cigolani to Elizabeth Reisman, 5 Woods Grove Road, $690,000

Royal Bank of Scotland to David Bukzin, 52 Cross Highway, $1,700,000

Elinore and Walter Bagdon to Kevin C. O’Connor, 78 Valley Road, $567,500

Jonathan V. Brundige and Michelle L. Murphy to Alexander Jay and Denise M. Decastro, 54 Marion Road, $1,020,000

Wednesday, December 24th, 2014

WestportNow Teardown of the Day: 142 Compo Road N.

An application for a permit to demolish the house at Westport’s 142 Compo Road North is in process. Built in 1964, the one-story raised ranch has 1,680 square feet, is situated on a .5-acre property and, according to real estate sources, a sale is pending for $760,000. Because the house was built more than 50 years ago, the application will be reviewed by the Westport Historic District Commission. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014

WestportNow Teardown of the Day: 3 Davis Lane

An application for a permit to demolish the house at Westport’s 3 Davis Lane, off Old Road, is in process. Built in 1970, the one-story raised ranch has 1,300 square feet, is situated on a .51-acre property and changed ownership last month for $645,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Saturday, December 20th, 2014

All Gone: 39 Spicer Road

The house at 39 Spicer Road, off Hillspoint Road, was demolished today. Built in 1940, the two-story conventional had 1,668 square feet, was situated on a .5-acre property and changed ownership last month for $620,000. It was the WestportNow Teardown of the Day on Nov. 8, 2014. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com