Representatives from the Asbury Park Waterfront redevelopment campaign are soliciting opinions from the general public about what they would like to see on the Asbury Park Waterfront as plans to redevelop the area move forward. The group is managed by iStar Financial, the majority owner of Asbury Partners. Asbury Partners are the master developers of […]

A discrepancy between how many exterior style elements should be included on the Vive townhomes has slowed the delivery of certificates of occupancy needed to transfer ownership of some of the finished homes to buyers. Members of the Asbury Park planning board and representatives of iStar Financial discussed the apparent discrepancy at a planning board […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: I have always been a big supporter of Madison Marquette and many of the progressive things the company did in Asbury Park over the past 5-6 years. However, it is amazing what a little friendly “competition” [or collaboration] can accomplish! Over the past year, Madison Marquette has pretty much “pulled […]

Waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial has sold the first group of 14 town homes it offered for sale at the Vive complex at the corner of Asbury Avenue and Kingsley Street,  according to Tiffany Miller, a spokesperson for iStar Financial. There are 28 units total, and the second group of 14 will be offered for sale […]

Waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial has established rates for its new “Summer Experience” beach packages. The packages, which are being sold at both seasonal and daily rates, include access to a beachfront station that will house lockers, air-conditioned bathrooms, private showers and changing stations in the southern waterfront area. Shaded hammock gardens will also be made […]

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 […]

Despite an in-depth presentation on curb bump-outs at last week’s council meeting, the council once again saw a tie vote, meaning curb extensions will not be allowed at the Vive condominium site on Kingsley Street any time soon. City redevelopment and planning director Don Sammet and iStar Financial vice president of land Brian Cheripka delivered […]

The city is set to liven up some of its crosswalks in the waterfront redevelopment area with colors and artwork, including crosswalks at the three-way intersection of Cookman and Asbury Avenues and Kingsley Street [shown above]. “The intent is to draw attention to pedestrian crossings,” city redevelopment and planning director Don Sammet said at the […]

A dilapidated Cookman Avenue building that once housed two long-closed entertainment venues is expected to be demolished within 60 days. The structure was last the home of the Club Phoenix, a go-go rock bar open for about a decade until the late 1990s. Previously, the building had housed the Odyssey gay nightclub from the early […]