EASTHAMPTON — “I just want to sell it,” says Dennis M. Courtney, owner of the 34-acre property at 93-99 Northampton Street where a large “For Sale” sign has gone up in front of Tasty Top ice cream.
Courtney, trustee of a family trust that owns the land, put a $3 million price tag on the property that has a special permit approved for a 45,400-square-foot supermarket retail plaza until Nov. 8, 2019.
Courtney declined to comment on previous plans for a Stop & Shop retail plaza on the site of the Tasty Top ice cream stand and Easthampton Golf driving range based on a special permit originally applied for in 2010. A new owner would inherit the special permit.
Proto Group of Connecticut, the real estate brokers for the property, list the site as having 494 feet of frontage to Route 10 and estimate 15,000 cars pass it per day.
This past February, an Easthampton woman was arrested and charged for allegedly stealing a $850 painting from Nash Gallery on Cottage Street that depicted customers lining up at Tasty Top at dusk, a pink-and-white soft-serve swirl on its iconic sign.