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 […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, I am responding to the looming construction crane being lit up at night as a sign of iStar’s progress on the waterfront. I do think it’s a great idea for iStar to start communicating much better with the citizens of the town about what progress is being made. There is a […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, After patting himself on the back for the wonderful things they have accomplished, iStar VP Brian Cheripka started pointing the finger at Madison Marquette for their failure to develop the casino building. (“IStar annual community update asks for unity” posted Aug 1.) In my humble opinion, if it were not for […]

[UPDATE: The time and location of the TRC meeting has been changed. It will take place at 5 p.m. in the second floor conference room of the municipal complex, located across from the city manager’s office at One Municipal Plaza.] The Asbury Park Technical Review Committee [TRC] is scheduled to meet Thursday in council chambers at […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, As the summer comes to a close and fall creeps up on us I look at Asbury Park and wonder, what does the future holds for us? It was another successful summer for the beachfront and major development is finally coming to to the West Side. The two projects on […]

An exterior wall that runs along the Ocean Avenue side of Asbury Park’s famed concert venue The Stone Pony has a new look. An 8-foot chain link fence has been replaced by an 11-foot masonry wall on the eastern perimeter. The white wall, which extends slightly down the southern side along the perimeter of the […]

Master waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial is currently exploring options on how to preserve Asbury Lanes, a retro bowling alley built in 1961 that has been operating as a music venue for the past ten years. IStar has submitted plans to the city to develop a 110-room boutique hotel in the long-vacant Salvation Army building on […]

As part of the waterfront redevelopment project, demolition has begun on a Grand Avenue building that last housed a Felix Fox paint store. The brick structure [above] had been hollowed out as of Tuesday morning. Demolition of the structure is expected to take two weeks, according to Brian Cheripka, vice president of land for iStar […]

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 […]

The broken concrete that occupied the space between Stella Marina and the old carousel building is being transformed into a waterfront plaza for use until the time comes when the Casino area is redeveloped. The site is part of the area being redeveloped by boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette under the waterfront redevelopment plan, although waterfront […]