Well, maybe. The mixed-use property is listed this week with Enzo Morabito of Douglas Elliman for $13.9 million. This is prime real estate adjacent to the new John Steinbeck Park, with current tenants 7-Eleven, Sing City Chinese restaurant and Water Street Wine & Spirits. Located at 22 Long Island Avenue / 22 West Water Street, the 0.67-acre property comprises a circa-1950 15,000-plus-square-foot commercial building with eight retail units, four office suites and a total of 30 parking spaces.
Why “maybe”? Because Southampton and Sag Harbor Village are discussing purchasing the property with CPF funds, according to the Sag Harbor Express. What to do with it, town officials don’t know–maybe add parking to the new park, maybe use the building for something else commercial.
Not that anyone listens to us, but we tend to think this is a mistake. We sometimes shop at the 7-Eleven or the liquor store and these are handy businesses to have downtown. We thought it was a mistake when East Hampton purchased the former Star Room property and turned it into a park, too. Downtowns need to have businesses for residents to pick up their Slurpees, liquor and General Tso’s, and towns need more jobs, not fewer. That said, we don’t live in Sag Harbor nor Southampton, so take it for what it’s worth. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
- 22 Long Island Avenue, Sag Harbor [Elliman]
22 Long Island Ave, Sag Harbor, NY 11963
Agree it should stay retail/commercial, as it already is. People need more places to buy food and necessities not fewer.