Asbury Ocean Club hotel, currently underway by waterfront redeveloper iStar, is on track to open this summer, project officials announced Wednesday in a written news statement. The 54-room luxury beach hideaway in the sky, complete with locally-inspired designs and views of water or dunes from its terrace, is located along Ocean Avenue between Third and […]

Asbury Park’s master waterfront redeveloper iStar has released a closer look inside its Asbury Ocean Club Surfside Resort & Residences. The images and new website falls in line with what was a planned Summer 2018 sales launch and, for the first time, we hear directly from award-winning global architect Gary Handel and designer Anda Andrei. […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, I am responding to the looming construction crane being lit up at night as a sign of iStar’s progress on the waterfront. I do think it’s a great idea for iStar to start communicating much better with the citizens of the town about what progress is being made. There is a […]

Asbury Park property values have increased by 20 percent over last year, according to a 2018 Assessment Report released Wednesday. But that increase does not translate into a definitive tax increase, Tax Assessor Eric Aguiar said. Instead the figure represents the strength of the local real estate market. “The City’s real estate market continues to […]

Madison Marquette’s Fourth Avenue Pavilion redesign was unveiled Tuesday before the city’s Technical Review Committee [TRC], an advisory subcommittee comprised of Planning Board members charged with vetting application within the waterfront redevelopment zone. Located across the street from 1101 Ocean, waterfront redeveloper iStar’s current 17-story high rise project, the boardwalk redeveloper presented a plan that […]

Two previously approved applications came back before the Asbury Park Planning Board Monday to seek modifications to their site plans. First up was waterfront redeveloper iStar and its team behind the 1101 Ocean Avenue project, the long awaited transformation at the twice failed site last pitched as the Esperanza. With a scheduled Spring 2019 completion […]

Asbury Park’s waterfront redeveloper iStar has launched an internship program aimed at offering local residents construction training opportunities.  The internship program addresses a long voiced complaint that city 20-somethings are in need of employment opportunities.  “iStar is committed to workforce development in Asbury Park,” Senior Vice President of Land and Development Brian Cheripka [at right] […]

In the annual State of the City address delivered Wednesday, City Manager Michael Capabianco [below right] cited highlights from 2016 and laid out a framework for the year ahead and beyond. He acknowledged continued work with partners, like the Asbury Park School District and its Board of Education, the Asbury Park Housing Authority, Interfaith Neighbors, […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by the 7 p.m. regular council meeting. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda include: • Executive Session City Council discussions […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda include: • Executive session discussions re […]