Editor, Asbury Sun, On behalf of Save Asbury’s Waterfront [SAW], I wish to respond to three statements made in the Asbury Park Sun’s Dec 5th article regarding iStar’s beach club plans. 1) “During the design process, iStar met with members of the local community to discuss the project…” The last public-wide meeting where information about […]

iStar, Asbury Park’s master waterfront redeveloper, will move forward with plans to build an oceanfront beach club, according to a news statement released Wednesday afternoon. The publicly traded company submitted plans to the City Wednesday for its one-story club to be located on Ocean Avenue between Sixth and Seventh avenues. The project will boast a […]

The Asbury Park City Council has suspended all paid meter parking from noon to 6 pm Saturdays between Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, city officials have announced.   “Asbury Park is a great place to get your holiday shopping done,” Councilperson Yvonne Clayton said in a written statement. “Our independent retail has everything you need for […]

Following an over 2 hour long public session that centered on concerns about an infrastructure redevelopment project currently underway along the north beach area of Asbury Park, the City Council unanimously voted to halt the project. City Manager Michael Capabianco read the resolution, citing public opposition to environmental concerns, public access, loss of public beach, […]

The grassroots group organized to halt a current boardwalk and parking lot infrastructure improvement project by iStar, the city’s master waterfront redeveloper, has organized a rally and press conference ahead of the 6 pm Thursday City Council Workshop meeting in Council Chambers at 1 Municipal Plaza [Bangs Avenue entrance].   iStar will outline the project […]

Environmental concerns along Asbury Park’s waterfront have taken center stage once again.  A recently launched north end infrastructure improvement project by iStar – the city’s master waterfront redeveloper, resulted in the Friday morning launch of a petition to halt the redevelopment. Save Asbury Park, the grassroots group behind the fight to preserve a swath of […]

Over 60 iStar executives and staffers recently played hookie in the midst of a busy week. Headquartered in New York, iStar is the waterfront master developer responsible for the The Asbury, Asbury Lanes, and Asbury Ocean Club developments. Donning their signature grey tees, the New York and local employees spent Wednesday morning giving the Boys […]

The Asbury Park City Council approval of lot by lot development in the waterfront redevelopment region is the first amendment to its agreement with master waterfront redeveloper iStar in 16 years, city officials announced via a written news statement Monday. The amendment also creates new procedures for property owners to pay their share of the […]

The Asbury Ocean Club reached its pinnacle last month, a distinction that was celebrated with a topping out ceremony. According to one of the 320-members of the Sordoni construction crew, the ceremony is a historic rite of passage in the industry that represents a bow to the gods for entering into their air space. Today the tradition […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, The past few years, each spring, at least two flatbeds of palm trees are planted at the former VIVE sales office site between Cookman and Lake avenues, then dug up and trucked away in the fall. Not once have I heard anything but such comments as “tacky,” “ridiculous,” “this isn’t Florida,” and “where do they go […]