The future of the three surface parking lots in the city’s waterfront redevelopment area should be determined by the next city council meeting on April 17, city manager Terence Reidy said at last night’s meeting. “I don’t know what the exact final plan is going to be,” Reidy said, “but [it will incorporate] the type […]

The city is currently in negotiation with iStar Financial and Madison Marquette to create a new agreement governing the use of three surface parking lots in the waterfront redevelopment area, city manager Terence Reidy said. Reidy expects the issue to be resolved within the next 30 days, and says the lots will definitely be available […]

The city council unanimously approved a waterfront infrastructure financing plan at the Feb. 20 council meeting — but not before a presentation and a public hearing on the proposed agreement. Mayor Ed Johnson, Deputy Mayor John Loffredo, Councilwoman Sue Henderson and Councilman Kevin Sanders were present and voted yes on the ordinances that put the […]

Two representatives of the Monmouth County Parks Commission presented the first round of plans for a park in the Bradley Cove area to the Deal Lake Commission last night. The park — referred to as BCOP, or Bradley Cove Oceanfront Park — would occupy three to 10 acres of land in the Bradley Cove and […]

Asbury Park’s city council is scheduled to meet in council chambers tonight, with a closed executive session starting at 5 p.m.; a workshop session at 6 p.m.; and a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Items on the agenda include: • A report on crime from Police Chief Mark Kinmon during the 6 p.m. workshop session. […]

A former Salvation Army residence for retirees has been purchased by iStar Financial for redevelopment. The building, located on Fifth Avenue, has eight floors, as well as an extension to the east with four floors. It has been vacant since 2004, according to Brian Cheripka, iStar’s vice president of land. The brick building [pictured above […]

Demolition of two buildings located in the former stump yard on Cookman Avenue began today. Crews started to demolish the two structures, located on a block between the Wesley Grove condominiums and Kennedy Park, at about 9 a.m. this morning. The larger structure with white awnings has functioned as both a bank and the local […]

Waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners is set to demolish four buildings over the next one to three weeks. Two of the buildings are located in the same block as the area known as the stump yard on Cookman Avenue. Asbury Partners began to level the stump yard yesterday. The two buildings on Cookman are a former […]

Workers yesterday began chopping the tops off of the wood pilings in the Cookman Avenue lot known by locals as the stump yard. The property, which is owned by master redeveloper Asbury Partners, is a vacant lot full of wooden pilings whose tops are visible above the ground. Some of the stumps are adorned with […]

Madison Marquette is set to test a lighting system on the boardwalk that is “more than just lights,” according to its director of retail services Carrie Turner. Turner attended last week’s council meeting to pitch the lighting system to the governing body with the help of city engineer Joe Cunha and iStar Financial vice president […]