Category: Real Estate - Page 98

Sunday, October 18, 2026

WestportNow Teardown of the Day: 3 Tanglewood Lane

An application for a permit to demolish the house at Westport’s 3 Tanglewood Lane, in the Old Hill section, is in process. Built in 1920, the two-story colonial has 3,153-square feet, is situated on a one-acre property and changed ownership in December for $832,500. 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

Wednesday, February 1st, 2017

Comings & Goings: Nefaire Spa Opens

Nefaire Spa, specializing in facials, massages, chemical peels, has opened at 141 Post Road East, next door to Westport Pizza. Founder Michael Chang (c), pictured with his staff, is a resident of the Danbury area and former analyst at a privately owned financial services company. More information is available at http://www.nefaire.com. The 2,000-square feet space was formerly occupied by Healthy Choice Organic Mattresses, which closed in August. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Real Estate Report: Spring Market Looks Promising

By Judy Szablak

Special to WestportNow

While Westport has seen a slower real estate recovery than the rest of the nation on average, the deposit activity is better than it has been for months, and the spring market looks promising.

Featured Home: This home at 34 Maple Lane is listed at $1,499,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Photo courtesy of Halstead Property Westport

The most recent S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index shows the national price index rose 5.6 percent for the year, with the New York MSA experiencing a 2.4 percent gain.

Westport’s prices have managed to remain constant year over year, even with a slight drop of approximately 4 percent in unit sales. Even more optimistically, Westport sales have not seen an impact at all.

The most recent mortgage rate increases that had not occurred yet due to the two-month lag time of reporting these national statistics are expected to have an effect on affordability and unit sales on a national basis. However, we are not expecting that here.

Tuesday, January 31st, 2017

Sign Installation Within Reach

Today’s snow did not stop installation of a new Design Within Reach sign on the former U.S. Post Office building at 154 Post Road East. As first reported by WestportNow last June (see WestportNow June 8, 2016) the building is the new Westport home of the furniture retailer. It was occupied until a year ago by the Post 154 Restaurant. A worker on site said the store, which formerly leased space on Elm Street, plans to open by the end of February. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

A Peak Inside New Design Within Reach

Workers were completing the interior installation today of the new Design Within Reach furniture store at 154 Post Road East. The longtime home of the U.S. Post Office and, until a year ago the Post 154 Restaurant, will see the official opening of the store by the end of February, according to a worker on the site. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Monday, January 30th, 2017

Previously Denied, Developer Offers New Text Amendment

By James Lomuscio

With his high-rise Riverwalk project denied last March, Westport developer David Waldman has a newly proposed text amendment he hopes will pass muster when the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) meets Thursday night.

The former Save the Children building at 54 Wilton Road. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Elements that remain from the first proposal include a riverfront boardwalk from Bartaco to the end of the Wilton Road property and welcoming to the property a town-sponsored pedestrian bridge over the Saugatuck River from Parker Harding Plaza.

Text amendment 725 to be submitted by his attorney William J. Fitzpatrick is a reworked version of the previous Riverwalk amendment and one Waldman says will be more pleasing to the commission since it is consistent with the 2007 Plan of Conservation and development (POCD).

On March 3, the P&Z by a 5 to 2 vote denied the Riverwalk amendment. (See WestportNow March 3, 2016) It would have facilitated a two-story, 25,000-square-foot office building and a 47-foot tall residential building for between 15 to 17 condominiums at the 2.45-acre former Save the Children site at 54 Wilton Road overlooking the Saugatuck River.

Sunday, January 29th, 2017

Comings & Goings: Anthony’s Nursery Closes

Anthony’s Nursery and Garden Center, 492 Main St., has closed. Owner Tony Palmer said, “I can’t compete with the big box stores like Stew Leonard, Home Depot and the internet too. The days of the mom and pop nursery business are gone. This business has become a money pit to me, I can’t keep it going.” Palmer said he opened the business in April, 2010 after acquiring it from his uncle Philip who operated the business as Palmieri Nursery from 1942 to 2008. “I’m now fortifying my landscaping business, T. Palmer Landscaping Company, LLC,” Palmer said. “We won’t have a retail site, but will be able to supply all landscaping needs.” In recent years Westport’s other nurseries that closed include Geiger’s and nearby Daybreak Nursery. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Friday, January 27th, 2017

Westport Property Transfers Jan. 9 – 13, 2017

Westport property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period Jan. 9 – 13, 2016:

Linroy Henry and Gary Johnson to Mary P. Moody, 25 Crescent Road, $405,000

Roger C. and Karen M. Eickhoff to Cheryl Viviano, 2 Belaire Drive, $955,000

Thursday, January 26th, 2017

Teardown of the Day: 28 Little Fox Lane

An application for a permit to demolish the house at Westport’s 28 Little Fox Lane, off Red Coat Road, is in process. Built in 1954, the two-story custom contemporary has 9,260-square feet, is situated on a 3.11-acre property and last changed ownership in November 2007 for $3.4 million. 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

Comings & Goings: Chico’s Closes Doors

Employees of Chico’s, 61 Main St., part of the clothing chain offering women’s fashions, were packing up today. The store, whose lease is expiring, has been subject to repeated flooding on Main Street in recent years, closing four times since 2011 by flood waters. Customers were directed to Chico’s in Fairfield, Milford and Stamford Town Center. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com