Downtown Core Redevelopment Plan

The purpose of the Redevelopment Plan is to serve as the principal tool to guide the revitalization of the Downtown Core Rehabilitation Area. The Downtown Core Rehabilitation Area will be reinforced as a compact community of higher density housing types in new or rehabilitated/expanded buildings with ground level retail or office uses, where appropriate, and within walking distance of employment and services, bus routes, recreation spaces, and civic uses. The Plan identifies three surface lots, two that are publicly owned and one that is privately owned, that would supplement the supply of public parking and serve as a catalyst for economic investment in the construction or expansion of properties in the area.

The Downtown Core Redevelopment Plan was adopted on February 26, 2019 and amended on September 24, 2019 to recognize the Robbins Parkway Redevelopment Area and the Arts and Culture District.

Downtown Core Redevelopment Plan Amendment #2 adopted 12-14-21

Downtown Core Redevelopment Plan animated simulation

Hooper-Caudina Redevelopment Plan

The goal of the Hooper-Caudina Redevelopment Plan is to promote the development of a campus for a new Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic for Ocean County, situated with convenient access to related services for veterans and the public at large. The relocation of the post office to the same campus and the connection of the campus with the adjacent office park where the County is planning on building new office facilities to house several County departments, including the Office of Veterans Affairs, will address multiple needs for veterans in a single destination. The redevelopment area would be connected to Seacourt Pavilion and the approved multifamily development adjacent to the Redevelopment Area will include affordable units for which veterans preference can be offered.

Guiding Objectives

The redevelopment of the Hooper-Caudina Redevelopment Area is to be guided by the following objectives:

• Provide health services and create new employment with convenient access to a mix of residential, business retail commercial and entertainment uses
• Encourage development that will help promote interconnected uses
• Ensure that all buildings are consistent with and enhanced by high-quality streetscape amenities
• Enable major new facilities to reenergize existing retail centers along the Hooper Avenue corridor and support the economic viability of the Ocean County Mall

The Hooper-Caudina Redevelopment Plan was adopted by Township Council on February 26, 2019. The redevelopment plan was amended to include Block 608, Lot 19.01 as "Subarea B" as Addendum No. 1 on May 26, 2020. In 2021, as the Township supported the efforts of its designated Redeveloper, FD Stonewater, inc. (FDS), towards winning the lease award by the Veterans Administration (VA) for a portion of the original Redevelopment Area, the impacts of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic on the Seacourt Pavilion Shopping Center, which had already lost a major tenant the year before, in addition to the uncertainty of development potential of the portion of the Redevelopment Area not included in the Hooper Avenue South Core Center, made it necessary to include Seacourt Pavilion in the Redevelopment Area. Including the Seacourt out-parcels presented an opportunity to realign the intersection of Caudina Avenue and the access road to Seacourt (Salerno Avenue) and to coordinate their development with the VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) that was awarded to FDS on July 30, 2021. Redevelopment Plan Amendment No 2, which incorporates the Seacourt Pavilion parcels as "Subarea C", was adopted on December 14, 2021.

Hooper Caudina Redevelopment Plan w Addendum No 2 Adopted 12-14-21

Hooper-Caudina Redevelopment 3D Model Animation-2021

Coates Pointe Redevelopment Plan

Coates Pointe was the original settlement near the current location of the Mathis and Tunney bridges over the Barnegat Bay along Route 37. The area between Fischer Boulevard and the bridges was designated as a redevelopment area in 2003. A redevelopment plan is being developed by the division staff.

Coates Pointe Model Animation