The Planning Board Monday night approved an amendment that advances Lakehouse Music Academy and Recording Studio owner Jon Leidersdorff’s plan to expand west into a neighboring three-story property. The amendment, similar to one obtained in 2011 for the current structure, is needed because Leidersdorff’s planned recording studios and classrooms uses are not a permitted use […]

An affordable housing development is one step closer to being built on the city’s West Side. The Asbury Park planning board approved an application for The Michaels Organization, one of the master developers of the Springwood Avenue redevelopment area, to build a mix of 64 residential townhouse and multi-family units on vacant lots within the Springwood […]

The Asbury Park Planning Board Monday gave unanimously approval to back the city’s effort to preserve a tract of land on the northern beachfront set for development. Board members will supply the city’s with a letter in support of their effort to secure Green Acres funds. If secured, the funds will be used to purchase […]

The Asbury Park City Council made some changes to the city’s planning board at their July 2 meeting. The terms of City Councilman John Moor, who serves as the council’s representative to the board, and board members Seresa Grillo and Robert Feinstein were up. The council voted to reappoint Moor and Grillo. But in a […]

A new, nearly 10,000 square foot building proposed for the corner of Main Street and Fourth Avenues received preliminary approvals from the city’s planning board Monday, and final approvals largely hinge on a parking waiver that will have to be decided by the Asbury Park City Council. The vote was 5-2. Planning Board members Mayor […]

Boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette last night received the approval of the city’s planning board to amend the way in which it will commission an artist to complete a boardwalk art project. The vote was 4-0. The project is an “exterior feature,” or what Madison Marquette has dubbed “the art wall,” [shown above] located on the […]

Mayor Myra Campbell and Councilman John Moor will join the planning board as new members, while city manager Terence Reidy has been reappointed to the board. The appointment of Campbell [above center] and Reidy are by act of the mayor, which was announced at Wednesday’s council meeting. The appointment of Moor [right] is made by […]

The planning board was scheduled to hear an application for a large-scale expansion of Johnny Mac’s at its meeting last night and later vote on the matter, but it was tabled because officials said plans came in late to City Hall. John McGillion, the Main Street tavern’s owner, said he was unaware of a deadline […]

An 11-story building located in downtown Asbury Park is set to be refurbished after the planning board approved the owners’ proposal Monday night. Known as the Gas Building, the art deco structure at the corner of Bangs Avenue and Emory Street dates back to the 1920s, said Jim Watt, a co-owner and the architect of […]