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Tisbury ZBA unanimously approves permit for Kuehn’s Way
The Tisbury zoning board of appeals (ZBA) Thursday unanimously approved a comprehensive permit for Kuehn’s Way, a 20-unit, $6.3 million affordable housing project proposed by the Island Housing Trust...
View ArticleBusiness Brief: Island Real Estate welcomes René Jackson
Realtor René Jackson has joined Island Real Estate. According to a press release, Ms. Jackson is a year-round Vineyard Haven resident, and has more than 14 years experience in the real estate industry....
View ArticleBusiness Brief: Feiner Real Estate donates $25,000 to local charities
In 2016, as part Feiner Real Estate’s Client’s Choice program, they donated $25,000 to 14 Island nonprofits of their buyers’ and sellers’ choosing. According to a press release, the program is...
View ArticleDon’t call tiny houses ‘tiny’ in Chilmark
At least one Chilmark selectman thinks tiny houses might just be too small. But the consensus at the board of selectmen (BOS) meeting on Jan. 11 was that they are a housing idea that should be pursued....
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Realty trust buys historic home at Seven Gates Farm in Chilmark
Word has spread this week that former Secretary of State John F. Kerry has bought an historic house at Seven Gates Farm, on Harlock Pond Road in Chilmark. According to the Massachusetts Land Records...
View ArticleBusiness Brief: Adam Rebello joins Ocean Park Realty
Adam Rebello, a lifelong resident of Oak Bluffs, has joined Ocean Park Realty as a sales agent. A graduate of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, he has been in the restaurant business on the...
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Modular housing goes upmarket
Updated Saturday, April 29, 12 pm* It was 2008, and the housing market had tanked, along with the rest of the economy. Bill Potter, a traditional builder on the Island, needed a good idea. He and his...
View ArticleBusiness Brief: Feiner Real Estate donates $2,500 to M.V. Community Services
Feiner Real Estate has announced its recent “Client’s Choice” donation of $2,500 to Martha’s Vineyard Community Services. According to a press release, buyers, after consideration, selected MVCS...
View ArticleBusiness Brief: RE/MAX On Island celebrates successful 2016
The agents at RE/MAX On Island recently celebrated their successful year in 2016 with an award presentations and dinner. According to a press release, Nic Korba of Oak Bluffs, a 2002 graduate of MVRHS,...
View ArticleReal Estate Transactions: January 11 – 15, 2016
Chilmark Jan. 11, Linda J. Wank, successor Personal Representative of the estate of Mary Elizabeth Cronkite, sold 2 Boulders End to Linda J. Wank, trustee under the will of Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.,...
View ArticleMartha’s Vineyard Hospital buys Admiral Benbow Inn
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has purchased the Admiral Benbow Inn, a seven-room bed and breakfast on New York Avenue in Oak Bluffs, for $1.375 million. The Victorian-style inn will be used for...
View ArticleIHT receives $390,000 grant for Water Street affordable apartments
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston has awarded the Island Housing Trust a $390,000 grant through the Edgartown National Bank for the construction of six new energy-efficient rental apartments in...
View ArticleOak Bluffs Planning Board signs off on Southern Woodlands permit
In a decision with far reaching consequences for the town of Oak Bluffs, the Oak Bluffs Planning Board (OBPB) unanimously approved the amendments to the 2004 special permit for the Southern Woodlands...
View ArticleWater Street affordable housing set to be erected Friday
Rome wasn’t built in a day, but apparently six affordable apartments in Tisbury can be, if all goes according to plan this Friday. Construction is scheduled to begin at 8:30 am, Friday morning, on the...
View ArticleOak Bluffs reaps $1.15 million with close of Southern Woodlands deal
Over a decade in the making, the sale of the Southern Woodlands property in Oak Bluffs is finally complete ten months after Paul Adamson, a Boston-area developer and Edgartown seasonal homeowner...
View ArticleIHT will describe newest development in West Tisbury
West Tisbury has selected the Island Housing Trust to develop three duplex clusters consisting of nine rental apartments at 565 Edgartown Road on town property behind the fire station. In an effort to...
View ArticleDukes Academy passes the real estate school torch
Dukes Academy, long the only real estate school on the Vineyard, has announced the sale of its Classroom Education Division to Erik Hammarlund, who operates Academy of MV. According to a press release,...
View ArticleJohn F. Newsom joins Dockside Real Estate
John F. Newsom of Oak Bluffs has joined Dockside Real Estate. According to a press release, Mr. Newsom has been a summer resident of Martha’s Vineyard since 1947. He moved to the Island full-time in...
View ArticleLampost looks to serve up employee housing on Circuit Avenue
Looking to the past to handle a contemporary problem, the owners of the Lampost, the venerable nightclub, bar, and restaurant on Circuit Avenue, originally built as a four-story hotel in the Victorian...
View ArticleShort-term rental tax is forecast to pass the State Senate
As part of annual budget legislation, the State Senate is expected to approve a tax on short-term rentals via the web such as Airbnb, the State House News Service reported. The tax would be at the same...
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