Rumors continue to swirl that pop icon Madonna is intent on buying a Bridgehampton horse farm.
Though no papers have yet been signed, according to a local real estate heavy hitter who spoke on term of anonymity, the singer is in fact close to purchasing the 26-acre Wild Ocean Farm on Mitchell Lane in Bridgehampton to sign several of her horses.
But the insider stressed that the secret deal between current owner Kelly Klein, the ex-wife of designer Calvin Klein, and her friend and fellow horsewoman, Madonna, could be killed due to rampant gossip and intense press speculation.
Earlier this year, the singer changed her main locale from London, where she had divided a dwelling with husband Guy Ritchie, to the Upper East Slope of Manhattan, where she purchased an apartment. She`s been a fairly regular visitor to the East End lately and this past April, she was injured in a pin while riding horseback at photographer Steven Klein`s West Kill Farm in Bridgehampton.
The Mitchell Lane property owned by Ms. Klein was formerly owned by neighbor and lifetime East Ender Benny Graboski. His father and father purchased the commonwealth in 1928 after settling in this country from Poland and exploited it grow potatoes, once the most prolific work on the East End.
Mr. Graboski took over the home farm in 1955 after his mother died. He subsequently sold the 26-acre agriculture-restricted plot to actress Stefanie Powers, best known for her office as Jennifer Hart in the tv series "Hart to Hart," and her cousin, Geri Bauer.
Ms. Powers and Ms. Bauer kept horses on the property, as has Ms. Klein. And since the soil is zoned restricted for agricultural use only, and not residential use, Madonna will not be allowed to build a home on the earth should she purchase the plot.
Mr. Graboski expressed respect for the horse people who have been his neighbors over the last several years, and likewise for the individual who might be the newest addition to the area. "While recent owners have been high profile, the horse farm operations have been low key. The horses have been well taken charge of and the barns and paddocks have been very well maintained," he said. "They have been really good neighbors and I`m certain that will take on with Madonna. We welcome her to the neighborhood."
There has likewise been talking that Mary is concerned in buying an adjoining 23-acre property as well. That part of state is presently in press for a joint purchase of development rights by Suffolk County and Southampton Town, according to Southampton Town Councilwoman Nancy Graboski, who is married to Benny Graboski.
During a phone interview on Monday morning, George Simpson, owner of Suffolk Research Service, reported that no deed had yet been filed on the property, but he added that the arrival of Madonna is naught but good word for the East End.
"That`s what feeds the Hamptons is celebrity," he said. "If P. Diddy throws a party, then the cost of real estate goes up."
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