The Asbury Park waterfront, on the record.
Every contract, permit, plan and council transcript that shapes our boardwalk — in one place, free for any resident, reporter or researcher.
Choose your own adventure.
Four volumes, one record. Pick the story that fits where you are — they all lead to the documents.
The Adventure Begins
Start Here
New to the story? Seven stops explain the plan, the parties, the buildings, and the process in order.
Turn to Page 1The Paper Trail
The Atlas
Every document on the site, searchable by track, era, building, project, and party.
Turn to Page 42Blueprints & Permits
Under constructionThe Projects
The residential pipeline is being organized parcel by parcel. The tracker will return once addresses, stages, and governing documents are verified and cross-linked.
Turn to Page 88The Boardwalk's Bones
The Buildings
The Warren-and-Wetmore landmarks and what each is required to remain.
Turn to Page 112A document, a tip, an OPRA win: add it to the record.
If you've pulled a permit, filed an OPRA, or kept a copy of something the public doesn't have, the Open Record is where it goes.
Six things any resident should be able to look up.
- What governs the waterfront
Five instruments do the work: the Waterfront Redevelopment Plan, the 2002 Redeveloper Agreement, the CAFRA permit, the 2004 preservation easement, and the project-by-project SDAs.
- Who controls which properties
Asbury Partners is the master developer, owned by Star Holdings, the spin-off of what used to be iStar. Each parcel sits with a subsequent developer named in an SDA.
- Which buildings are protected
Convention Hall and the Paramount are bound by a recorded NJSHPO preservation easement that runs with the land.
- What public access is required
The boardwalk, the Grand Arcade through Convention Hall, and the Casino Arcade carry public-passage obligations under the WRP, the SDAs, and the easement.
- What approvals a project needs
Technical Review Committee, then City Council for the SDA, then Planning Board for site plan, with a parallel CAFRA review at NJDEP.
- Where the public can speak on the record
City Council and Planning Board hearings. Comments enter the record before any decision is taken.
“A redevelopment that touches everyone on the boardwalk deserves a record that’s open to everyone on the boardwalk.”
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