Downtown developer Carter Sackman and his Sackman Enterprises group has purchased the Cookman Avenue building which once housed the former Robert Legere Design Center. The purchase has no impact on the Robert Legere Design retail store, which continues to operate next door. “We are moving all of our Sackman New Jersey offices to this location; […]

Returning from the drawing board, local redeveloper Sackman Enterprises Wednesday presented proposals for three redevelopment projects in the city’s downtown that will require amendments to the Central Business District Redevelopment Plan. The project sneak peaks included the informally known Barry Slot Building [at right] located at 574 Cookman, the 711 Mattison Avenue site, and the […]

The Annual Lighting of the Menorah returns 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Kennedy Park, located in on Cookman Avenue in downtown Asbury Park. The event is held  in celebration of Chanukah – the commemoration of the Jewish rebellion during the Maccabean War and the miracle of the burning lamp. The eight-branched menorah is lit from left […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. There will be a 4:30 p.m. closed executive session. The public meetings begin at 6 p.m. with a  workshop session and is followed by the 7 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting. Public participation takes […]

Sackman Enterprises has asked the Asbury Park governing body for a plan amendment to construct a four story residential building at 512 Summerfield Ave, the site of a current parking lot. “What we are proposing is a 12-unit a residential dwelling,” Project Attorney Andrew Karas said. The property sits within the Central Business District [CBD] […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. A closed executive session will start at 4 p.m., followed by a 6 p.m. public workshop session and the 7 p.m. regular council meeting. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular […]

Parking in Asbury Park – or the lack thereof – has come to a head not only for residents but for the City and local developers. The conversation picked up momentum a couple weeks ago when longtime downtown resident Robert Weiner brought the matter up at a City Council meeting. Weiner, who has been following […]

Sackman Enterprises unveiled its design for the historic downtown Asbury Park Press Plaza bank building formerly owned by attorney Barry Slott during Wednesday night’s Asbury Park City Council meeting. In a 15-page packet distributed to the governing body, the concept behind adding a modern top to the ornate structure that once served as a pharmacy […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. There will be 5 p.m. closed executive session prior to the 6 p.m. public workshop session and 7 p.m. Regular Meeting. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on […]

Despite initial positive feedback with regard to an alternate design for a 60-unit residential complex Sackman Enterprises proposes at 545 Lake Avenue [at right], the Planning Board Monday night voted 7-2 against supporting a plan amendment needed to move alternate design forward. The project aims to transform the existing 59-stall parking lot between the Asbury […]