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After famously declaring that she will never marry again, Christie Brinkley tells New York magazine that she plans to move to her Sag Harbor house if, and when, she sells Tower Hill. (The Bridgehampton property is on the market for $30 million.) She bought the Sag Harbor house in 2003. "I just want to be here," she told the magazine. "I mean, look at this. I just want to be here." Brinkley gave the interview at another house, across the street. She bought that one last year for $10 million for her parents. They never moved in; now it's Brinkley's office. Catch up on all her properties here.

Ex-spouses Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel spent part of the July 4 weekend, along with daughter Alexa and a group of family and friends, eating barbecue and “blowing off some steam” at Joel’s harborfront home in Sag Harbor, according to People.com.

Joel purchased the home in 2001 for nearly $8 million according to published reports.
The once-married couple have quite a collection of Long Island houses in their seperate portfolios, including Brinkley’s Bridgehampton estate, Tower Hill, currently on the market for $30 million, and Joel’s Centre Island estate, Middlesea, listed for sale at $32.5 million.

Joel also owns two adjacent homes in Sagaponack for which he paid a total of about $30 million. Brinkley listed another Water Mill cabin for sale last year for $7.9 million before changing her mind and pulling the property off the market.

Lana DeGeorge Santorelli has sold her oceanfront home on Flying Point Beach in Water Mill for $8.9 million. The two-parcel property overlooks Mecox Bay, with a boardwalk to the beach. The home has three levels of decking, eight bedrooms and 5 ½ baths.

Santorelli is an author, poet and owner of The Lana Santorelli Gallery, an art exhibition space in Manhattan. She is married to Lenny Santorelli, founder of Complete Management Solutions, a global equity and fixed-income research distribution firm.

The buyer of the 1.1-acre spread is listed on property records as Flyingpointstar LLC. Sources indicate that the name behind that corporation is real estate developer David Edelstein, president of Tristar Capital, LLC. Among the projects that Edelstein’s company has been involved in are the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, and the W South Beach Hotel and Residencesin Florida.

Jay Flagg of Prudential Douglas Elliman had the exclusive listing. Flagg, who brought both the buyer and the seller to the deal, says that the proerty had multiple bidders.

Other homeowners on Flying Point Road include comedian Mel Brooks and supermodel Christie Brinkley.

Alexa Ray Joel will perform next weekend at a benefit for Save Sag Harbor, a community organization working to keep chain stores from spoiling the historic character of the village. Joel, featured in a video interview on Hamptons.com, says, “I’ll always have a place in my heart for all of Long Island, but who am I kidding, I favor Sag Harbor …it’s the one place that hasn’t changed.”

Joel's parents own at least $100 million in Long Island real estate between them. Her mother is supermodel and real estate maven Christie Brinkley whose Bridgehampton estate, Tower Hill, is on the market for $30 million. Her father is musician Billy Joel, who recently purchased Roy Scheider’s Sagaponack home for almost $17 million and whose Centre Island estate had been on the market for the past year for $32.5 million. The listing expired this week, although his former listing agent says he'll still sell.