North End History
BRIEF NORTH END REDEVELOPMENT HISTORY
2006 – NE declared area in need of redevelopment
2008 – NE Plan approved
- developer CMA and Wave
- up to 80 room hotel up to 65 ft high
- up to 80 condos up to 48 ft high
- up to 85 residences
- underground parking up to 3.5ft above ground
2011 – OGHOA NE committee drafts Construction Priorities document
- itemized transparency, preconstruction traffic study, order of construction, just in time deliveries only during business hours, design to decrease density
- approved by membership and presented to the NTC and is still relevant
NE Delay – law suit, Sandy, boardwalk repair, developer finance
September 9 2019 – NE Agreement approved by NTC
- Developer — MB@ and Wave = OGNED
- 40 room hotel with no conference space
- 39 condos (37 – 2 bedroom, 2 – 3 bedroom)
- 10 houses on Spray
- Retail on Boardwalk
- 140 underground spaces on one level
February 2020 – Planning board conditionally approved NE Agreement
- Need CAFRA approval from NJ DEP
- Need HPC approval
- Fire safety review
March 2021 – OGNED obtains NJDEP CAFRA approval (exp 3/2026)
June 2022 – HPC denies OGNED HPC Approval for NE
- October 2022 – HPC memorializes the HPC Decision document
- OGNED sues Neptune Township because it allegedly did not decide OGNED’s application within the legal time period
- Neptune Township filed motion to dismiss the lawsuit
- Court date for summary judgement repeatedly postponed
November 2022 – NTC announces a vote on a settlement with OGNED and an Amended NE Agreement that basically allows the NE to move forward without HPC approval
April 2023 – NTC voted to pass the NE Ordinance
- Next step is OGNED must get planning board approval of the Amended NE Site plans
September 2024 – Amended NE Site Plan is on the Planning Board Agenda
- At the last minute OGNED pulls out of the Planning Board meeting
- 2 private citizens had hired a lawyer, land use lawyer and architect. Their lawyer had found that there are 2 family homes that are outside the single-family zone