Beehive Co-op to Get New Owners, Name Change

Mount Kisco's will have new ownership by the end of this week, current owner Petra Geiger announced Monday.

Beehive designers Dawn-Marie Manwaring and Margaret Mullen formed a partnership and purchased the store, she wrote. The deal will close on Sept. 1.

"They will bring fresh ideas, new energy and vitality to the business and I think you will find the changes exciting. I am personally looking forward to seeing the shop thrive in the years ahead," Geiger wrote in her announcement.

The ownership change will also bring a slightly different name to the store: Beehive Designer Collective. 

Geiger wrote that her decision was based on reducing her workload.

"Over the past 6 months I made the decision that owning both the Mt. Kisco store and a growing online business (www.beehivestyle.com) has become too much for one person to manage well. Luckily, I found enthusiastic new owners within our community of designers."

Geiger wrote that she will rent space at Beehive as a vendor. 

Beehive has been a local fixture for roughly four years, according to Geiger.