stick this up your negative creep ass dan!!!!!
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> Work Continues on Asbury Park Beachfront Plan
> <http://thecoaster.net/wordpress/?p=1067>
> By ELLEN CARROLL
>
> A plan for Asbury Park's landmark Fifth Avenue Pavilion on the
> boardwalk, which includes the former Howard Johnson's restaurant, is
> 95 per cent complete, said Larry Fishman, chief operating officer of
> Asbury Partners.
>
>
> "We expect to submit the plan with enhancements for the Convention
> Hall, the Casino and the power plant and the Fifth Avenue Pavilion
to a
> sub-committee (of the city) within two weeks," he said.
>
> Asbury Partners, the city's beachfront redeveloper, is partnering
> with the Washington D.C.-based Madison Marquette company on what a
new
> beachfront will look like complete with shops and entertainment.
>
> Last summer Asbury Partners said it was partnering with the firm
which
> will put together a plan for the boardwalk and the surrounding area.
> Madison Marquette was also going to discuss tenants for the
buildings.
> At the time a formal presentation was expected in November. It did
not
> take place.
>
> Deputy Mayor Jim Bruno is upbeat about the beachfront future.
>
> "They are very, very close to having this deal signed," Bruno
> said. "The devil's in the details. Our sub-committee has met
> with the representatives of Madison Marquette within the last week
and
> we are confident once these details are taken care of the contract
will
> be signed, sealed and delivered."
>
> Fishman said the former Howard Johnson's will have a "first
> class operator" by the summer.
>
> Madison Marquette will also bring a plan to the City Council which
will
> include an enhanced scope of work to retail on the boardwalk.
>
> "There is an awful lot of work to consummate a deal of this size and
> includes thousands of pages of documents," Fishman said.
>
> Asbury Partners has said $6 million will be spent to renovate and
> refurbish the city's boardwalk pavilions. Many of them have been
> neglected over the years and are rapidly deteriorating.
>
> Meanwhile, progress continues on condominiums and townhomes along
Wesley
> Lake and to the north of the Berkeley Cartertet. Occupants of Wesley
> Grove's first building, The St. James, are expected to begin moving
> in by the spring. Officials and city residents have been concerned,
> however, about the lack of progress on the retail and commercial
> components at the beachfront.
>
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