Bommer was the buyer of the third priciest deal of the year: the $75 million purchase of 16 Gin Lane in Southampton, which he bought from shoe mogul Vince Camuto. Brokered by the Corcoran Group’s Tim Davis and Peter Huffine, the Camuto house went into contract in August for $27 million over the initial ask of $48 million, and after only six weeks on the market. The nine-bedroom, 10,000-square-foot English Tudor–style mansion is set...
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Yes! Suck it, everyone else. Bite us, Greenwich, Connecticut. The Hamptons will not be denied when it comes to laughable real estate prices! We must say, though, that if any property is worth that kind of dosh, it’s this one. 60 Further Lane, the 18-acre showplace lovingly designed by Christopher Browne and Andrew Gordon before their deaths, had been sold for a recordbreaking $147 million to Barry Rosenstein, head of activist...
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Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton are ditching Sagaponack this summer for an Amagansett summer rental. Last year, the presidential couple spent a few weeks in August in an $11 million beach house on 3.5 acres in Sagaponack. But this summer, Bill and Hillary are moving farther east to Amagansett, a source told the New York Times. Chelsea Clinton was unable to join her parents in the Hamptons last summer as she was putting the finishing...
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News came last month that B. Smith’s, a stalwart of Long Wharf in Sag Harbor, was not going to open this spring as usual. Instead, noted restaurateur Richie Notar will open a branch of his hot midtown eatery Harlow in the space. We talked with Richie about his plans for the place, his history in the Hamptons, and his relaxed take on summer dining. Why take over B. Smith’s? I’ve lived in the Hamptons for years and...
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When you think of the Hamptons you think of laying on the beach with a cold drink in your hand. Check out the best beaches the east end has to offer....
Read MoreAnother Water Mill estate, this one directly on Mecox Bay, was built in 1919 and recently underwent a massive five-year-long restoration. Now comprising 11 bedrooms and 15 bathrooms, the massive structure combines turn-of-the-century splendor, complete with grand entertaining rooms, with the latest 21st century technology installed by a team of designers and architects, who replaced just about everything inside, from the plumbing,...
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