Housing construction in Westport slowed slightly in May from the month earlier and is down compared to 2003, the state Department of Economic and Community Development said today.

State housing activity also slowed in May compared to April, but unlike Westport, overall Connecticut activity is up year-to-date compared to last year, the department said.

The agency said Westport authorized 10 new housing units in May compared to 13 in April. Westport year-to-date in 2004 has authorized 44 new units compared to 50 in the same period in 2003.

The department said all Connecticut towns and cities authorized 942 new housing units, a 2.8 percent increase compared with 916 in May 2003.

Property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period June 14-18, 2004:

Mark P. and Marilyn Johnson to Chistmas Lake Associates LLC, 336 Wilton, Road, $1,500,000.

Land Group Inc. to Royal Bank of Scotland, 52 Cross Highway, $2,288,500.
22 Crawrford Road.: sold for $1.8 million. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Pauline W. Preston to Ron Marin, 127 Newtown Turnpike, $600,000.

Westbank Shopping Center Associates to Westbank Shopping Center Associates LLC, 221 Post Road West, $3,400,000.

Robert S. Charney to Gregory B. and Dana R. Pearce, 17 Ferry Lane East, $2,020,000.

W R M LLC to Brian Keith and Robyn Wright Green, 22 Crawford Road, $1,800,000.

Nancy Anne Pinkham to Thomas Pinkham, 27 Turkey Hill Road North, $491,539.85.

The Westbank Shopping Center at 221 Post Road West has been sold to Westbank Shopping Center, LLC, a local investor, for $3.4 million, it was announced today.

The 8,400-square foot retail center built in 1966, has four tenants a dry cleaner, liquor store, nail salon and restaurant. 
Westbank Shopping Center: sold for $3.4 million. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

The announcement was made by HK Group, the Westport-based commercial realtor.

Westbank had been owned since 1986 by Westbank Shopping Center Associates, a partnership with Vasilios Nikifordis of Norwalk as general partner.

Property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period June 7-11, 2004:

Christos Menenlaou Ioanna Pinotsi to Andrew Case Braskamp, 6 Drumlin Road, $555,000.

Kara Riggle Edwards to Darlene and Paul Letersky, 19 Roosevelt Lane, $1,520,000.

William J. McGuinness to Mary Ellen Sullivan, 15 Remlin Court, $604,000.

Michael J. Geraghy Trust to Richard A. and Margaux G. Fuchs, 79 Clinton Ave., $750,000.

Susan Oliver Trust to Richard A. and Margaux G. Fuchs, 79 Clinton Ave., $750,000.

Property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period June 1-4, 2004:

Brett H. and Jennifer L. Dennett to Robert J. Halderman, 6 Renzulli Road 8.54 percent Westport, $420,000.

Lisa Clyne to David J. Schaefer, 104 Newtown Turnpike, $765,000.
10 Partrick Lane: sold for $900,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Amy M. Chan and Ka-Bun Lam to Elena and Philip Mironova, 26 Crescent Park Road, $332,000.

Mark A. and Ann Tegen Hill to Scott Lavina Ind & Trust, 12 & 6 Cockenoe Drive, $2,400,000.

Elaine S. Horelik to David D. Squires, 20 Cross St., $225,500.

Lena Rodino to Carol S. Weissenberg, 241 Sturges Highway, $679,100.

One of Westports best known landmarks, the former Westport Public Library building, was sold today for $11.95 million, according to a filing in the Town ClerkҒs office.
The old library: pricetag $11.95 million. WestportNow.com photo

A Westport-based partnership, whose principals include real estate investors David Waldman and Drew Friedman, sold the building at the intersection of Post Road East and Main Street to Winwest Library LLC of Greenwich.

The Winwest group also owns the former Eddie Bauer building diagonally across the street where a new Tiffany store will open in the fall.

The old library building tenants include Starbucks, a furniture store and a clothing store.

Property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period May 24-28, 2004:

David A. and Victoria Vance Harrell to Peter Jiser, 21 Guyer Road, $624,900.

Kenneth and Jacqueline Gattoni to John C. and Amanda J. Wilson IV, 5 Pebble Beach Road, $899,000.

Irene E. Cosgrove Trust to William G. Cohen, 19 Baker Ave., $381,250.

Irene E. Cosgrove to William G. Cohen, 19 Baker Ave., $381,250.

Michael and April Book to Royal Bank of Scotland, 1 Crawford Road, $2,010,000.

The Westport Representative Town Meeting (RTM) tonight approved postponement of the towns real property revaluation to 2005.

It acted by unanimous vote after First Selectwoman Diane G. Farrell, in a reversal of her previous position, promised an independent, third-party audit of the assessorҒs office.

It was discovery of a backlog in building permits in the assessors office Җ some going back to 1998— that prompted Farrell to announce March 4 that she would seek to postpone the revaluation.

Since then, Gov. John G. Rowland has signed a law enabling Connecticut municipalities, by action of their legislative bodies, to postpone revaluations for up to three years.

Property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period May 17-21, 2004:

Jill and Maarten Nederlof to Stephen Kent Curry, 41 Old Road, $1,425,000.

Brooke M. Dojny to Eric and Jennifer Ross, 39 Burr Farms Road, $985,000.

Waler and Karen Joelson to Wikram and Ashima S. Nair, 28 Colony Road, $938,500.

Ruth Solway to Richard C. Montanaro, 15 St. John Place, $614,250.

Wanda J. Knoebel to Jeanne W. DeSalvo, 12C Cross Highway, $475,000.

Property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period May 10-14, 2004:

Phyllis Komansky to Ileen Thomas, 2 Evergreen Ave., $750,000.

Mark S. and Rosemarie Bauer to Adam Schoor and Annie Moy, 6 Hyatt Court, $929,000.
50 Gorham Ave.: sold for $1.65 million. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Richard F. and Kara P. Williams to Jennifer B. Kleiner, 4 Keyser Road, $1,105,000.

Curtis A. Maddock to Elmer VanBuren and Phyllis Jean Crager, Unit 105 35 Bridge St., $151,385.30.

John David and Linda L. Duebendorfer to Thomas H. and Cynthia S. Bonafair, 111 Sturges Highway, $3,350,000.

Land Goup Inc., to Panagiotis Ninios and Lori-Ann Belcastro, 50 Gorham Ave., $1,650,000.