The City’s newest boutique hotel – Asbury Ocean Club – set open during the July Fourth holiday weekend, is now accepting reservations, iStar officials have confirmed. The 54-room luxury hotel, designed to bring an effortless beach lifestyle to the Jersey Shore, occupies the fourth floor of the 17-story mixed-use curved glass structure by the same […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, An underlying social condition in Asbury Park is being exacerbated by a membership-based pool club on the land east of Ocean Avenue between Sixth and Seventh avenues. Waterfront redevelopers iStar and Madison Marquette gained approval for the pool club through an outdated 2002 Waterfront Redevelopment Agreement and a 2004 dated […]

The Asbury Park City Council approved conceptual plans Wednesday night for the controversial beach club waterfront redeveloper iStar plans to construct blocks from its Asbury Ocean Club high rise development. The 24,000 square foot members-only beach club at 1500 Ocean Avenue, located between Sixth and Seventh avenues on privately owned land across from the North […]

To the Editor: Asbury Park is one of New Jersey’s hottest emerging cities. Tagged by one publication as the “Coolest Small Town in the Country,” the City has been the subject of articles by national and international publications, which have noted its comeback and growth of wealthy residents. Asbury Park has a high population of […]

Salt School hospitality training for 140 perspective employees began Saturday morning at the Monmouth County Boys and Girls Club, located at 1201 Monroe Ave. This is the fourth rendition of the intensive course aimed at educating participants in the art of receiving and serving guests of hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues. This time around, the […]

iStar, Asbury Park’s waterfront redevelopment company, has announced the launch of a community website that will not only outline details of their investment in the 1.4 square mile community but also provide a forum for public feedback. The website, asburyparkwaterfront.com, went live Thursday morning, one day after an estimated 250 people turned out to a […]

A presentation of iStar’s beach club plans, to be located at 1500 Ocean Ave, has prompted city officials to change its next meeting venue. The Asbury Park City Council Feb 13 meetings will be held inside the Asbury Park High School Auditorium, officials announced today. “With iStar’s expected presentation of the beach club, we are […]

The Asbury Park City Council has announced a public participation meeting will be held from 7 to 9 pm Jan. 15 at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, located at 600 Monroe Ave. The charrette-style meeting will allow attendees to vet proposed draft design options for the North End Boardwalk area, which includes refurbishing the boardwalk, upgrading […]

The redevelopment of a long abandoned apartment building that sits a block away from the waterfront on Second Avenue has cleared its first hurdle in the construction application phase. Located at 215 First Avenue, the residential complex made its way through the Technical Review Committee and is set to be unveiled before the City Council […]

The Asbury Park City Council announced Friday the beginning of a public comment period for the North End Boardwalk Project. Comments from concerned residents, visitors and businesses for proposed improvements to the North End Boardwalk area will be collected via online and by handwritten submission through Dec 23, according to a written statement on the […]