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Updated · The Real Deal · Jun 25
Sotheby's Lists 150 Acres of Former Martha Clara Vineyard for Nearly $20 Million
Updated
Updated · The Real Deal · Jun 25

Sotheby's Lists 150 Acres of Former Martha Clara Vineyard for Nearly $20 Million

2 articles · Updated · The Real Deal · Jun 25

Summary

  • $20 million is the asking price for more than 150 acres at 6025 Sound Avenue in Riverhead, carved from the former Martha Clara Vineyard and Big E Farm.
  • The land includes vineyard plantings, agricultural infrastructure, equestrian facilities and a 10,000-square-foot residence, but brokers say its biggest draw is 89 developable residential lots.
  • The sellers are keeping 50 acres with the tasting room and wedding venue after a Rivero Larrea family group bought more than 200 acres for $15 million in 2018 and rebranded the vineyard as RGNY.
  • The listing lands in a surging North Fork market where Marc Rowan's $23.5 million purchase of 110 acres set a local record, while large development plans have intensified tensions between locals and wealthy buyers.
  • That boom has spread beyond farmland: North Fork's median home sale price topped $1 million for the first time last year and was $999,999 in this year's first quarter.

Insights

With land prices soaring, are North Fork vineyards becoming more valuable as luxury lots than as wineries?
As billionaires buy up Long Island's North Fork, is its unique rural character for sale too?
Can local efforts to create affordable housing win against the wave of multi-million dollar land deals?