While I am thrilled that Bay Street Theater is finally going to have a permanent home in Sag Harbor, I’m very concerned about the bargains that appear to be in the works to make that happen. Even more disturbing, I am receiving much of my information outside of Bay Street Theater’s official presentation on the project.
Word on the street is that the developer backing the theater’s new home has bought up a substantial number of properties in Sag Harbor (all the buildings on Rose Street, the Dodds & Eder building, one house on Bridge Street plus more in the works) to make the project economically viable.
While I doubt that anything can be done legally to prevent the singular ownership of all those properties by one developer, I feel strongly about transparency and strict adherence to the zoning code. One developer should not be able to use the leverage that owning so many properties might bring to secure variances.
I hope Bay Street Theater will share not only the plans for the theater building and surrounding landscape, but all the development their backers have attached to the project.
Renée Shafransky
Sag Harbor
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