Trip Brooks steps down as Sackman’s representative
Helped manage and develop major downtown Asbury redevelopment projects
Trip Brooks, the top representative of developer Carter Sackman for his Asbury Park projects, has resigned his position from Sackman Enterprises.
The resignation took effect yesterday. In an email, Brooks said “I am looking to continue to be involved in my community with my sights on new opportunities.”
Brooks — shown above at the Savoy Theater site — worked for Sackman Enterprises from 1990 to 2003, returning again in 2008. He has had a home in Asbury Park since 2000. During his five-year break from Sackman, Brooks worked in development in New York City where his daughter attended school, he said.
Sackman Enterprises owns the Steinbach’s building, the Post building and the former Asbury Park Press building — all completed redevelopment projects in downtown Asbury Park. In addition, Sackman is currently rehabilitating the art deco 550 building on Cookman Avenue, as well as constructing a multi-screen movie theater next door.
Sackman is a contract purchaser of the Kinmonth Building on Mattison Avenue which houses the long-shuttered Savoy Theater. Sackman has proposed reopening the theater as a performance space and constructing 64 studio apartments in the remainder of the building, which is now used for offices. That project is pending before the planning board.
Brooks helped develop the concept for these projects and guide them through the approval process. He also interfaced with the media and tenants on behalf of Sackman. Brooks and his wife Alecia were minority owners in the Press Room bar in the rear of the Press building, but Brooks said they are no longer involved in that project.
Founded thirty years ago, Sackman Enterprises is based in New York and specializes in historic preservation projects, according to the company website which can be accessed here. Sackman holds both residential and commercial properties which it manages itself, the website states.
