05.17.2021 Government Town to officially close on purchase of three downtown buildings for Town Square plan Riverhead Town will officially close on the purchase of three East Main Street properties Tuesday to begin transforming the area into a Town Square, officials said Monday. “This is...
07.02.2020 Business Town outlines plan to purchase three downtown buildings as part of ‘town square’ development A proposal to buy three buildings on East Main Street in downtown Riverhead for up to $5.5 million will be the subject of an upcoming public hearing. The purchases...
03.26.2019 Government Crackdown on downtown properties results in more than 100 violations Riverhead Town has issued more than 100 violations to properties in downtown Riverhead and the owners of three downtown properties have been issued notices to remedy unsafe conditions, according...
04.26.2016 Government Landmarks Commission OKs demolition of several E. Main St. buildings Riverhead Town’s Landmarks Preservation Commission on Monday approved the demolition of the former Sears building and three buildings east of it, on the conditions that they be replaced with...
07.17.2015 Business Long-vacant former Sears building sold to mixed-use developer Roughly a week after town officials discussed condemning the vacant former Sears building and three nearby buildings on East Main Street, the properties have been sold, owner Shelley Gordon...
07.07.2015 Government Eminent domain downtown appears to have support of town board Saying he’s fed up with the owner of several long-vacant buildings in downtown Riverhead, Supervisor Sean Walter says he is now in support of considering condemnation of the former...
05.06.2013 News Mixed-use plans being mulled for downtown’s ‘Sears building’ The former Sears building in downtown Riverhead, which has been vacant since the national company left town in 2006, could soon have new life. Representatives for the building’s owner,...