36 Briar Brae before

Briar Brae Rd Home Sells for $1 Million & Other Recent Darien Home Sales

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These properties recently were sold in Darien, according to records in the Town Clerk’s Office:

36 Briar Brae Road — Estate of Irene Ohrn to 36 Briar Brae LLC of 393 Webbs Hill Road, Stamford, sold July 23, filed July 24, $1,000,000 — PICTURED
31 Holly Lane — John Vaught and Lynne Vaught to Gary McAnly and Ann Epperly, sold and filed July 24, $3,400,000

18 Libby Lane — Dennis Zinkand and Suzanne Zinkand to John Vaught and Lynne Vaught, sold July 24, filed July 27, $1,604,500
500 Hoyt St. — Frank Rondano Jr. to Dominique Murrle, sold July 24, filed July 28, $2,647,500
148 Mansfield Ave. — Trustees Gregory Birsky and Karen Bursky to Patrick Houlihan and Sally Houlihan, sold July 27, filed July 29, $1,567,500
95 Pembroke Road — Jan Truebner to Bart deBie, sold July 27, filed July 29, $1,750,000
125 Holmes Ave. — Lawrence Lehan and Susan Lehan to Simon McKay and Caroline McKay, sold July 28, filed July 29, $1,410,000
9 Beach Dr. — Henry Wilson and Lynne Wilson to Lawrence Lehan and Susan lehan, sold July 28, filed July 29, $2,075,000

309 Noroton Avenue Darien CT

Real Estate Review: Recent News, Features and Advice for Aug 2

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Here’s the week’s real estate news on Darienite.com and elsewhere for the week ending Sunday, Aug. 2:

The picture on the Home page with this article is from 309 Noroton Ave., which recently changed hands. On Darienite.com:

Darien Open Houses on Tokeneke Beach Dr, West Ave & Elsewhere This Weekend
Proposed Noroton Shopping Center Replacement Project: Maps & Renderings
Concord Ln Home Goes for $1.4 Million & Other Darien Home Sales
Darien Real Estate Report for July 23 to 30
Noroton Ave Home Goes for $2.48M & Other Recent Darien Home Sales

ELSEWHERE:

The Right Approach: Transition Your Children to their New Home (Realty Times)

Buying and selling advice:

5 Ways to Handle the Eyesore Next Door Before You Sell (AOL Real Estate)
Real Estate Ranks Tops Among Investments (Realtor Magazine)

5 Ways To Improve Curb Appeal (RealtorMagazine)
Making the Most of an Open House Visit (Zillow.com)
Three Ways to Write a Tempting Offer When Buying a Home (AOL Real Estate)
Winning a Bidding War (Realty Times)
How to Prevent a Home Closing Catastrophe (Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Real Estate — hat tip to Betsy Nolan on Twitter)

Real estate news:

Connecticut Leases Now Require Notice of Sprinkler Systems for Rentals (David Popoff on Active Rain)
Pending Home Sales Dip in June, Down from May’s Nine-Year High (Forbes)
Mortgage Rates Dip Back Below 4% (Realtor Magazine)
Homeownership rate drops to lowest since 1967 (CNBC)
What’s Causing the Record Home Prices? (Realtor Magazine)
Housing Supply Falls Further, Feeding Prices (CNBC)

Home improvement:

Eight Smart Ways to Make a Small Kitchen Look Larger (Realty Times)
The True Costs of Owning a Pool (U.S. News via AOL Real Estate)
When to DIY or Hire a Pro (Dwell Beautiful)
The Practical and Fun Guide to Revamping Your Kids’ Bedrooms

Home owning:

Reverse Mortgages 101 For Seniors and Their Heirs (Realty Times)
Fannie Now Lets Underwater Home Owners Turn Homes into Rentals (Hartford Courant)
Calculator: Was My Home a Good Investment? (CNN/Money)

Pond Weed House Darien Picabu Wikipedia

Darien Open Houses on Tokeneke Beach Dr, West Ave & Elsewhere This Weekend

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Here’s Realtor Elaine Falkenberg‘s list of open houses in Darien and Rowayton this weekend:

See also: Darien Real Estate Review: Recent News, Features and Advice, Aug. 2

Address

Town

Price

Date & Time

1 Tokeneke Beach Drive

Darien

$3,675,000.00

Sunday, 1-4:00 PM

213 Rowayton Avenue

Rowayton

$3,200,000.00

Sunday, 12-4:00 PM

77 Roton Avenue

Rowayton

$2,998,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

1 Peabody Lane

Darien

$2,850,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

72 Nearwater Lane

Darien

$2,795,000.00

Sunday, 12-2:00 PM

10 Pine Point Road

Rowayton

$2,795,000.00

Sunday, 2-4:00 PM

67 Salem Straights

Darien

$2,625,000.00

Sunday, 2-4:00 PM

86 Roton Avenue

Rowayton

$2,295,000.00

Sunday, 2-4:00 PM

51 Rowayton Avenue

Rowayton

$2,250,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

337 Brookside Road

Darien

$2,095,000.00

Sunday, 1-4:00 PM

14 Farm Creek Road

Rowayton

$1,999,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

18 Edgewood Road

Darien

$1,875,000.00

Sunday, 2-4:00 PM

80 Highland Avenue

Rowayton

$1,795,000.00

Sunday, 2-4:00 PM

26 Range Road

Rowayton

$1,725,000.00

Sunday, 2-4:00 PM

103 West Avenue

Darien

$1,650,000.00

Saturday, 2-4:00 PM

7 Davis Lane

Darien

$1,595,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

201 Middlesex Road

Darien

$1,475,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

55 Roton Avenue

Rowayton

$1,450,000.00

Sunday, 2-4:00 PM

63 Roton Avenue

Rowayton

$1,399,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

7 Fresh Meadows Lane

Darien

$1,350,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

87 Gardiner Street

Darien

$1,325,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

332 Rowayton Avenue

Rowayton

$1,280,000.00

Sunday, 12-2:00 PM

7 Stony Brook Road

Darien

$1,150,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

545 Hoyt Street

Darien

$1,010,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

8 Patton Drive

Darien

$799,000.00

Sat.2-4 & Sun.1-4 PM

6 Old Witch Court

Rowayton

$765,000.00

Saturday, 10-12:00 PM

363 Hoyt Street

Darien

$690,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

5 Woodbine Street

Rowayton

$680,000.00

Sunday, 2-4:00 PM

285 West Avenue

Darien

$680,000.00

Sunday, 4-6:00 PM

5 Ridgewood Road

Rowayton

$649,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

 [Picture: The Pond-Weed House, which is NOT one of the open houses in town this weekend — more information here.]

309 Noroton Avenue Darien CT

Noroton Ave Home Goes for $2.48M & Other Recent Darien Home Sales

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These properties recently were sold in Darien, according to records in the Town Clerk’s Office:

18 Waverly Road — Charles Whatrton and Terryl Wharton to Peter Franchetti, sold July 10, filed July 23, $1,550,000
225 Old Kings Hwy. S. — Meghan Therry to 225 Kings Highway LLC, sold July 23, filed July 24, $1,750,000
25 Driftway Lane — 25 Driftway Lane of 475 Steamboat Road, 2nd Floor, Greenwich, to Henry McIntire, sold July 23, filed July 24, $2,875,000
31 Holly Lane — John Vaught and Lynne Vaught to Gary McAnly and Ann Epperly, sold and filed July 24, $3,400,000
309 Noroton Ave. — Harry Yergey to Richard Bianco, sold and filed July 27, $2,480,000 — PICTURED
16 Raiders Lane — Seeley Hubbard, William Hubbard III and Suzanne Okie to Molly Watkins, sold July 24, filed July 28, $2,647,500

Editor’s note: The listing for 36 Briar Brae Road was removed from this article in order to go into another article.

2 LaForge Road Darien CT

Darien Real Estate Report for July 23 to 30

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Here’s this week’s highlights, new listings, price changes and titles passed from Deirdre McGovern’s weekly report on real estate in Darien and Rowayton:

Darien/Rowayton Real Estate Transactions for July 23- July 30, 2015

This week’s Darien highlights:

9 New to Market Listings in Darien
Avg Price for New to Market Listings: $1,134,444
6 Price Reductions in Darien
13 Closed Sales in Darien
16 Open Houses in Darien

This week’s Rowayton highlights:

1 New to Market Listings in Rowayton
5 Price Reductions in Rowayton
2 Closed Sales in Rowayton
14 Open Houses in Rowayton

New Listings

Address
Town
Sq Feet
Price

213 Rowayton Avenue
Rowayton
3188
$3,200,000.00

59 Kensett Lane
Darien
4500
$2,095,000.00

383 Middlesex Road
Darien
4508
$1,899,000.00

18 Five Mile River Road
Darien
3449
$1,395,000.00

43 Hillside Avenue
Darien
2610
$1,195,000.00

17 Sunnyside Avenue
Darien
1505
$939,000.00

8 Patton Drive
Darien
1788
$799,000.00

68 Hecker Avenue
Darien
1454
$650,000.00

379 West Avenue
Darien
1995
$649,000.00

81 Hoyt Street
Darien
1612
$589,000.00

Price Changes

Address
Town
Original Price
Previous Price
Current Price

87 Goodwives River Road
Darien
$3,895,000.00
$3,895,000.00
$3,395,000.00

69 Roton Avenue
Rowayton
$2,549,000.00
$2,549,000.00
$2,495,000.00

24 Maplewood Drive
Darien
$2,575,000.00
$2,575,000.00
$2,295,000.00

6 Pond Street
Rowayton
$1,829,000.00
$1,829,000.00
$1,649,000.00

22 Sunswyck Road
Darien
$1,649,000.00
$1,649,000.00
$1,465,000.00

55 Roton Avenue
Rowayton
$1,795,000.00
$1,795,000.00
$1,450,000.00

3 Pond Ridge Lane
Rowayton
$1,399,000.00
$1,399,000.00
$1,199,000.00

20 Birch Road
Darien
$1,349,000.00
$1,349,000.00
$1,199,000.00

29 Fairfield Avenue
Darien
$975,000.00
$975,000.00
$960,000.00

6 Old Witch Court
Rowayton
$785,000.00
$785,000.00
$765,000.00

285 West Avenue
Darien
$819,000.00
$819,000.00
$660,000.00

Title Passed

Address
Town
Listed Price
Sold Price

31 Holly Lane
Darien
$3,295,000.00
$3,400,000.00

25 Driftway Lane
Darien
$2,975,000.00
$2,875,000.00

16 Raiders Lane
Darien
$3,495,000.00
$2,647,000.00

309 Noroton Avenue
Darien
$2,500,000.00
$2,480,000.00

181 Leroy Avenue
Darien
$2,225,000.00
$2,225,000.00

95 Pembroke Road
Darien
$1,950,000.00
$1,750,000.00

18 Libby Lane
Darien
$1,729,000.00
$1,604,500.00

21 Nickerson Lane
Darien
$1,585,000.00
$1,440,000.00

19 Fairfield Avenue
Darien
$1,295,000.00
$1,303,000.00

29 Craw Avenue
Rowayton
$1,099,000.00
$1,000,005.00

2 Laforge Road [Pictured]
Darien
$995,000.00
$975,000.00

2 Hollow Tree Ridge Road
Darien
$1,050,000.00
$915,000.00

11 Thomas Place
Rowayton
$925,000.00
$875,000.00

40 Sedgwick Village Lane
Darien
$875,000.00
$817,500.00

500 Hoyt Street
Darien
$429,000.00
$352,500.00

 

The picture accompanying this article on the home page is of 2 LaForge Rd., Darien, on the list of properties with “title passed.” —

 

 

4 Concord Lane Darien CT

Concord Ln Home Goes for $1.4 Million & Other Darien Home Sales

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These properties recently were sold in Darien, according to records in the Town Clerk’s Office, including the sale of property at 53 Contentment Island Road for $19 million-plus, a property transfer that also includes islands and oyster beds:

4 Concord Lane — Amanda Smith to Simon Jones and Stephanie Jones, sold July 8, filed July 16, $1,415,000 — PICTURED
8 Delafield Island Road — Paget MacColl and M. Campbell MacColl to Robert Callagy and Andrea Callagy, sold July 17, filed July 20, $2,661,400
53 Contentment Island Road and Islands — Edward A. Felder Revocable Trust to the Ole Andreas Halvorsen Revocable Trust, sold and filed July 20, $19,050,000
“The oyster beds off of [sic] 53 Contentment Island Road” — a separate transaction between the same two parties as just above, no money listed as having changed hands
40 Sedgwick Village Lane — William Gasdaska Jr. and Roger Cyl to Charles Townsend and Jill Townsend, sold July 20, filed July 21, $817,500
18 Leroy Ave. — Charles Claffey and Rebecca Claffey to John Dempsey and Bridget Tobin, sold July 20, filed July 22, $2,225,000
5 Crane Road — Castaway Bay II LLC, Donald Young and Susan Young to Brian Handy and Cynthia Handy, sold July 21, filed July 22, $2,655,000
56 West Ave. —  Brian Coczenasz and Lindsey Koczenasz to Nicholas Everdell, sold July 21, filed July 22, $785,000

SEE ALSO:

LaForge Rd Home Sells for Almost $1M & Other Darien Home Sales
Darien Real Estate Review: July 26
Proposed Noroton Shopping Center Replacement Project: Maps & Renderings
Post Road Commercial Property Sells for $2.85 Million

Proposed Noroton Shopping Center Replacement Project: Maps & Renderings

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The presentation on July 21 from the Palmer family’s proposed redevelopment of the west side of the Noroton business district is now available online at the Darien town government website. Darienite.com has posted the 18-page document here:

(All renderings are copyrighted by Newman Architects, PC, whether or not that shows in the screen grabs of individual pages shown here. Click on a picture for an enlarged version, or for an even bigger version, go to the town government website.)

Bates-Scofield House Darien Historical Society

Darien Real Estate Review, July 26

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Here’s the week’s real estate news on Darienite.com and elsewhere for the week ending Sunday, July 26:

On DARIENITE.COM:

Open Houses in Darien & Rowayton This Weekend
LaForge Rd Home Sells for Almost $1 Million & Other Darien Property Sales
Post Rd Commercial Property Sells for $2.85 Million
Darien Real Estate Report for July 16 to 23
VIDEO: Watch the Full Presentations of the Downtown, Noroton Heights Redevelopment Proposals
Statement by David Genovese on His Post Rd/Corbin Dr Redvelopment Project
Two BIG Proposed Projects Would Change the Face of Downtown, Noroton Heights
And from last week: In Latest Darien Home Sales, Coachlamp Lane Home Goes for $1.54M

ELSEWHERE:

Buying and selling advice

How to Tell Sellers Their Home is an Eyesore (Realtor Magazine)
Top 10 Reasons Why Your Purchase Offer Was Rejected (Rochester Real Estate Blog)
Home Features Buyers Want and Ones That Might Be Turn Offs (Dwell Beautiful)
Three Strategies for a Quick Home Sale (AOL Real Estate)
Add a Dash of Style and Curb Appeal with Just a Little Cash (AOL Real Estate)

Real estate news:

Existing Home Sales Surge, Prices Hit Record (USA Today)
No Housing Bubble in Sight (Realtor Magazine)
Sales of U.S. Homes Unexpectedly Fall to Seven-Month Low (Bloomberg)
FHA Reduction in Mortgage Insurance Appears to be Working (MarketWatch)
Condos Left Behind in Housing Rebound (Wall Street Journal, subscription required)

Home improvement:

The 8 Most Financially Savvy Home Improvements You Can Make (HouseLogic website)
Where to Spend $10,000 if You’re Remodeling (AOL Real Estate)
Home Security Doesn’t Have to Be Expensive (AOL Real Estate)

 

2 LaForge Road Darien CT

LaForge Rd Home Sells for Almost $1M & Other Darien Home Sales

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These properties recently were sold in Darien, according to records in the Town Clerk’s Office:

183 Leroy Ave. — Donald Faulkner III and Mary Faulkner to terrence Donnelly and Amy Dunkin, sold July 15, filed July 16, $2,025,000

2 LaForge Road — Paul Bamundo and Claire Bamundo to Lauren Mikan, sold July 15, filed July 17, $975,000 — PICTURED

5 Shipway Road — Elizabeth Van Munching to Dominic Megna and Julie Jones, sold July 15, filed July 16, $1,650,000

49 Kensett Lane — CL Darien Partners LLC, ,,,,,,,, to Eloy Nava and Diane Nava, sold July 10, filed July 17, $1,870,304

9 Raymond Heights — Dominic Megna and Julie Jones to Carl Van Duyne and Kathryne Van Duyne, sold July 16, filed July 17, $875,000

227 Leroy Ave. — Geoffrey Hoffman and Stephanie Solomon to Michele Karr, sold July 16, filed July 17, $1,280,000

11 Old Stone Road — Robert Callagy and Andrea Callagy6 to William Feng and Weining Fu-Feng, sold and filed July 17, $1,199,000

7 Homewood Lane — Sean Sullivan and Rita Sullivan to Andrew Phelps and Alexis Phelps, sold July 17, filed July 20, $2,070,000

1540 Post Road Darien CT

Post Road Commercial Property Sells for $2.85 Million

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A commercial tract with two buildings along the Post Road, across the street from Spring Grove Cemetery was sold this month for $2.85 million. The property at 1540-1574 Post Road was sold July 16 by Post Partners LLC of 220 Atlantic St., Suite 600, Stamford to an entity called 1540-1574 Boston Post Road Realty LLC, with an address at a home on Raymond Street in Darien. The sale was filed in the Town Clerk’s Office the same day. According to a listing on Loopnet.com, 1540 Post Road is an 8,5,86-square-foot office building, and 1574 Post Road is a 4,540-square-foot commercial building which has housed a Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes Inc. (one of that company’s 80 locations) since 2005. David Lerner Associates previously had a location on the first floor of the 1540 Post Road building but is no longer there.

Stephen Tyng Mather Home

Open Houses in Darien & Rowayton This Weekend

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Here’s Realtor Elaine Falkenberg’s list of open houses in Darien and Rowayton this weekend:

Open Houses

Address

Town

Price

Date & Time

175 Brookside Road

Darien

$4,199,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

77 Roton Avenue

Rowayton

$2,998,000.00

Sunday, 4-6:00 PM

10 Pine Point Road

Rowayton

$2,795,000.00

Sunday, 2-4:00 PM

67 Salem Straits

Darien

$2,625,000.00

Sunday, 2-4:00 PM

86 Roton Avenue

Rowayton

$2,295,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

7 Ledge Road

Rowayton

$2,195,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

14 Farm Creek Road

Rowayton

$1,999,000.00

Sunday, 2-4:00 PM

7 Sunwich Road

Rowayton

$1,995,000.00

Sunday, 3-5:00 PM

34 Walmsley Road

Darien

$1,899,999.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

18 Edgewood Road

Darien

$1,875,000.00

Sunday, 2-4:00 PM

51 Dubois Street

Darien

$1,825,000.00

Sunday, 2-4:00 PM

4 Rowayton Avenue

Rowayton

$1,795,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

26 Range Road

Rowayton

$1,725,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

6 Pond Street

Rowayton

$1,699,000.00

Sunday, 2-4:00 PM

5 Prospect Avenue

Darien

$1,350,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

11 Harriett Lane East

Darien

$1,330,000.00

Sunday, 1-4:00 PM

8 Little Brook Road

Rowayton

$1,199,000.00

Sunday, 1:30-3:30PM

2 Denhurst Place

Darien

$1,029,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

16 Park Place

Darien

$799,000.00

Sunday, 12-2:00 PM

5 Ridgewood Road

Rowayton

$649,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

3 Deane Street

Rowayton

$649,000.00

Sunday, 1-3:00 PM

Photo on the Home page accompanying this article: The Stephen Tyng-Mather Home (1964), at 19 Stephen Mather Road. It was the longtime family home Stephen Tyng Mather (1867–1930), an industrialist and conservationist who championed the creation of the National Park Service in 1916 and served as its first director (from the Wikipedia article on the house).

Darien Real Estate Report for July 16 to 23

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Here’s this week’s highlights, new listings, price changes and titles passed from Deirdre McGovern’s weekly report on real estate in Darien and Rowayton:

Darien/Rowayton Real Estate Transactions for July 16- July 23, 2015

This week’s Darien highlights:

4 New to Market Listings in Darien
Avg Price for New to Market Listings: $2,776,000
9 Price Reductions in Darien
11 Closed Sales in Darien
9 Open Houses in Darien

This week’s Rowayton highlights:

2 New to Market Listings in Rowayton
6 Price Reductions in Rowayton
2 Closed Sales in Rowayton
12 Open Houses in Rowayton

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New Listings

Address
Town
Sq Feet
Price

114 Nearwater Lane
Darien
5567
$4,295,000.00

17 Crane Road
Darien
5359
$3,990,000.00

26 Range Road
Rowayton
4335
$1,725,000.00

6 Oak Crest
Darien
2390
$1,469,000.00

5 Prospect Avenue
Darien
3374
$1,350,000.00

2 Old Field Road
Rowayton
3238
$1,139,000.00

Price Changes

Address
Town
Original Price
Previous Price
Current Price

188 Long Neck Point Road
Darien
$24,500,000.00
$24,500,000.00
$22,000,000.00

1 Searles Road
Darien
$4,995,000.00
$4,995,000.00
$4,495,000.00

10 Pine Point Road
Rowayton
$2,999,000.00
$2,999,000.00
$2,795,000.00

17 E Beach Drive
Rowayton
$2,650,000.00
$2,650,000.00
$2,495,000.00

34 Walmsley Road
Darien
$1,950,000.00
$1,950,000.00
$1,899,999.00

51 Dubois Street
Darien
$1,875,000.00
$1,875,000.00
$1,825,000.00

6 Great Hill Road
Darien
$1,749,000.00
$1,749,000.00
$1,599,000.00

7 Fresh Meadows Lane
Darien
$1,545,000.00
$1,545,000.00
$1,350,000.00

160 Old Kings Highway N
Darien
$1,395,000.00
$1,395,000.00
$1,350,000.00

34 Wilson Avenue
Rowayton
$1,049,000.00
$1,049,000.00
$1,019,000.00

66 Witch Lane
Rowayton
$1,075,000.00
$1,075,000.00
$975,000.00

16 Park Place
Darien
$825,000.00
$825,000.00
$799,000.00

223 Middlesex Road
Darien
$819,000.00
$819,000.00
$799,000.00

6 Old Witch Court
Rowayton
$785,000.00
$785,000.00
$765,000.00

5 Ridgewood Road
Rowayton
$745,000.00
$745,000.00
$649,000.00

Title Passed

Address
Town
Listed Price
Sold Price

8 Delafield Island Road
Darien
$2,795,000.00
$2,661,400.00

5 Crane Road
Darien
$2,295,000.00
$2,655,000.00

62 Rowayton Avenue
Rowayton
$2,795,000.00
$2,225,000.00

7 Homewood Lane
Darien
$2,795,000.00
$2,070,000.00

183 Leroy Avenue
Darien
$2,295,000.00
$2,025,000.00

27 Walmsley Road
Darien
$1,729,000.00
$1,729,000.00

56 Coachlamp Lane
Darien
$1,695,000.00
$1,540,000.00

18 Peterick Lane
Darien
$1,625,000.00
$1,445,000.00

4 Concord Lane
Darien
$1,425,000.00
$1,415,000.00

227 Leroy Avenue
Darien
$1,299,000.00
$1,280,000.00

244 Rowayton Avenue
Rowayton
$1,295,000.00
$1,200,000.00

11 Old Stone Road
Darien
$1,299,000.00
$1,199,000.00

9 Raymond Heights
Darien
$799,000.00
$875,000.00

The picture on the Home page accompanying this article is of the Pond-Weed House on the Post Road, the oldest house in Darien.

Palmer TV79 Redevelopment Meeting

VIDEO: Watch the Full Presentations of the Downtown, Noroton Heights Redevelopment Proposals

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You can now watch the presentations on the redevelopment proposals for large parts of downtown Darien and the Noroton Heights shopping district on TV79 online and on cable television. TV79 announced the availability of the videos Thursday morning. The on-demand Vimeo version is on this Web page. The video shows the full special meeting of the Planning & Zoning Commission, which met jointly with the Architectural Review Board. The meeting lasted just over 2 1/2 hours.

Statement by David Genovese on His Post Rd/Corbin Dr Redevelopment Project

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This is the statement David Genovese, CEO of Baywater Properties, gave before the Planning & Zoning Commission and Architectural Review Board on Tuesday before describing his development proposal (main article here) for the area bounded by the Post Road, Corbin Drive and Interstate 95. Eight highlights from his remarks:

“Our goal for tonight, however, is a simple one.  We want to start a dialogue with you and the people of Darien, and we want to get your feedback on our ideas for what we believe is a catalyst for taking downtown Darien to the next level.” “When I started working with a group of volunteers on the Darien Revitalization effort in 2003 with the objective improving downtown, we would hear often from residential brokers in Darien about how they would avoid driving through downtown when touring homes with potential homebuyers who were considering Darien as well as New Canaan.” “We will be looking at creating affordable units for sale and/or for rent, and we are also researching the possibility of creating a building which could provide supportive housing for adults with special needs.” “The demographic trends in Darien are incredible, but unsustainable.  Between 1990 and 2010, the population of the town increased by something like 5 percent, while the school age population increased by 80 percent.”

Brewer Genovese July 21 2015

Two BIG Proposed Projects Would Change the Face of Downtown, Noroton Heights

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Downtown Darien and the business district of Noroton Heights would be massively changed with proposed redevelopment projects of a type not seen since the highway was built through town, according to descriptions presented Tuesday by the owners. David Genovese, principal with Baywater Properties, which already owns a large part of downtown, and his architects described how the block between Corbin Drive, the Post Road and Interstate 95 would be torn down and replaced with somewhat more retail space, new apartment buildings and a five-floor office building. _____________________________________

See also:

TV79 video of the entire meeting
David Genovese’s entire statement to the Planning & Zoning Commission and Architectural Review Board
Picture galleries for each proposal presented below. _____________________________________

Greg Palmer, an owner of Palmer’s Market and the Noroton Heights Shopping Center, described how the present shopping center (at the west end of the commercial district) would be replaced with multi-story buildings containing stores on the ground floors, more apartments above and some underground parking. Teams for both property owners gave the first description of their development ideas at a special joint meeting of the town Planning & Zoning Commission and the Architectural Review Board on Tuesday in a jam-packed Town Hall room.