New Canaan Ski and Sport will close Saturday, after three years on Main Street, according to its owner.
Ski & Sport occupies a Main Street building whose street-level businesses also include Connecticut Muffin, Donald Rich Antiques and Greenwich Pharmacy. Credit: Michael Dinan
The owner of 112 Main St.—a building that dates to 1880, tax records show, and includes Ski and Sport (at number 110) as well as Connecticut Muffin and Donald Rich Antiques—last week gave the provider of skis and related apparel and equipment notice to vacate, Susan Alberino said.
“We loved our little spot here, we absolutely loved it,” Alberino told NewCanaanite.com. “This year business was off and I don’t know why, or what to attribute it to. But in talking to a few of the other retailers in the immediately area, everybody has the same problem.”
New Canaan Ski and Sport had occupied a commercial space in downtown New Canaan from 1976 to 2012, mostly on Main Street opposite Morse Court. It opened in its current spot, formerly Suburban Couture, in August 2016.
The building is owned by a limited liability company whose principal resides in Las Vegas, according to records on file with the Connecticut Secretary of the State.
Ski and Sport still has a physical location at 877 Post Road East in Westport and is launching a “concierge rental program,” Alberino said, “where we will go to your house and fit you for rental equipment and you can either drop it off in Westport or we will have a concierge for pickup.”
What’s left at the shop on Saturday will be sold for 50% off, she said.