Posts Categorized: Atlantic City Market

More Troubles Ahead for Hamilton Mall

Hamilton Mall Finds More Trouble

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 »

Lucy the Elephant Reveals New Look

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 »

Upgraded Ventnor Plaza to Feature Indoor Pickleball and More

Pickleball Court at Ventnor Plaza

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 »

The Future of Atlantic City Raceway

AC Raceway

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — The Atlantic City Race Course had long been a local landmark. Celebrities and politicians, rock stars and sports legends made appearances there, drawing in thousands of visitors and bringing life to the township and its neighbors. It is today populated with overgrown weeds and deteriorating stands, having been closed for seven years…. Read more »

Wawa’s Are All Over South Jersey, But Not Atlantic City

Wawa not in Atlantic City but everywhere else in South Jersey

South Jersey may be Wawa country, but its borders end at the sign that reads, “Welcome to Atlantic City.” The resort may offer all kinds of amenities, from beautiful beaches to gambling to first-class restaurants, but you can’t get an Italian shorti here. And no one will say exactly why. Wawa has a reported 983… Read more »

Atlantic City’s First Live Entertainment to Open on Boardwalk at Caesar’s

Live Entertainment Coming to Caesar's Palace in Atlantic CIty

Atlantic City’s iconic Warner Theatre will be resurrected by Spiegelworld – producers of ground-breaking shows including the Las Vegas megahit Absinthe – opening in June 2023 at Caesars Atlantic City, as the city’s only permanent live entertainment destination: The Hook. In 1929, an icon was born on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Dubbed the “Wonder Theatre… Read more »

Post Brothers Propose $3 Billion New Neighborhood for Atlantic City

Atlantic City Bader Field Development

A pair of big-name Philadelphia developers are teaming up to propose a $3 billion mixed-use project at Bader Field in Atlantic City, the latest plan pitched for the long-vacant site.  The proposal from Tower Investments CEO Bart Blatstein and Post Brothers’ CEO Michael Pestronkand President Matt Pestronk calls for 10,000 residential units, 200,000 square feet of retail space and 100,000… Read more »

Luxury Condos Planned for Former Atlantic Club Site

ATLANTIC CITY — Developers of the Boardwalk property that once housed the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel say the building will be renovated into luxury condominiums. Rocco Sebastiani, the principal for Colosseo Atlantic City Inc., the New York investment and construction firm that owns the Atlantic Club, said plans are in the works to renovate the Boardwalk… Read more »

Ventnor Plaza Owner Plans Revitalization for the Offseason

The Ventnor Plaza will get a much needed facelift during the offseason, as its new owner plans to add restaurants, new tenants, solar panels, electric car charging stations and more landscaping in an effort to beautify and revive the languishing shopping center. Atlantic County tax records show the land and buildings are valued at a… Read more »