A cannabis cultivation facility is coming to Atlantic City. The move puts down roots for Agri-Kind, a Pennsylvania-based cannabis company, while showing more signs of growth for the budding industry in the state. It also holds significance for the diversification of Atlantic City’s economy as one of the largest non-casino and non-entertainment real estate transactions in the… Read more »
It’s only been about a year since Showboat Hotel owner Bart Blatstein broke ground on a $100 million indoor water park in Atlantic City, but as seen on Wednesday, the structure seems to have made significant progress. In announcing the groundbreaking last year, Blatstein said that the water park being erected just off the city’s boardwalk… Read more »
ATLANTIC CITY — The Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City is making space on what used to be its casino floor for a cannabis dispensary and lounge that could open as soon as this summer. The state is finalizing its approval of regulations on legalized consumption lounges, where customers can smoke, vaporize, or eat cannabis products… Read more »
The luxury and glass project to convert the former Atlantic Club hotel casino into a “condo-tel” means change for the Atlantic City skyline. It also means bringing a modern look for part of the Chelsea neighborhood. Plans call for striking exterior glass plating to reflect the ocean and the sky from 23 stories above the Boardwalk. It’s a design… Read more »
The Showboat Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is finishing up $50 million in renovations set to be done to coincide with the debut of its new $100 million indoor water park this summer. Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein, the Showboat’s owner, on Tuesday said the final phase of remodeling the hospitality property’s 800 rooms, suites, lobby… Read more »
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — Regal Cinemas’ Hamilton Commons Stadium 14 theater is set to close. The Black Horse Pike theater is one of 39 venues being shuttered by Regal’s parent company, Cineworld, beginning Feb. 15, according to records filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. Cineworld, which manages facilities in… Read more »
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement announced the December 2022 gaming results Jan. 17, which saw the state’s casinos end the year on a high note. Last month, casino win for the nine Atlantic City casino properties was $215.6 million, an 18% increase versus December 2021 ($211.8 million). “Even up against strong seasonal and… Read more »
MAYS LANDING — In the age of online shopping and truncated mall store rosters, shoppers such as Northfield’s Lindsay Arargil still enjoy a face-to-face buying experience. Arargil knows she could have bought clothes for herself from American Eagle online, but with free time on a Thursday about three weeks before Christmas, she wanted to try… Read more »
MARGATE — After 15 months and $2.4 million in restorations, Lucy the Elephant unveiled her new look Wednesday before a couple hundred fans. The elephant’s caretakers held a celebration that included city resident Dan Walsh singing the “Lucy the Elephant” song and speeches from Commissioner John Amodeo and Assemblyman Don Guardian, R-Atlantic. Police blocked off… Read more »
After years of neglect, the Ventnor Shopping Plaza on Wellington Ave has a new owner with a plan. Ventnor Plaza now getting a major facelift. Developer Mark Greco tells DownbeachBUZZ that as of Dec. 23, 2022, the following have signed leases or Letters of Intent: Pickle Juice, Indoor Pickleball Facility Burger King Starbucks Ivy Nail Salon… Read more »
