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<\/a>A new shopping center planned for Silverton, Toms River, will include a Pizza Hut. (File Photos)<\/p><\/div>\r\n
Land cleared on Hooper Avenue in Toms River’s Silverton section, just over the border from Brick, will become a strip mall — and the first announced tenant is a drive-thru Pizza Hut that will be relocating from Brick Boulevard.<\/p>\r\n
R.J. Brunelli, the broker and landlord for the project at 1882 Hooper Ave., announced the owner of Brick Boulevard Pizza Hut has signed the lease for the 1,800 square-foot endcap location of the future strip mall, which sits just south of Church Road Walgreens and the Hinds Road jughandle in Toms River’s Silverton section.<\/p>\r\n
A summer 2022 opening is anticipated for the restaurant, which will focus on take-out and delivery, announced the developer.<\/p>\r\n
Work clearing the undeveloped parcel began early September, and Brunelli announced via a press release from Jaffe Communications that Pizza Hut would be its first tenant.<\/p>\r\n
“Mario Brunelli, the R.J. Brunelli VP & Principal who represented the landlord on this first signed lease for the property, noted that Pizza Hut will be relocating from a nearby site in Brick Township,” according to Jaffe’s press release.<\/p>\r\n
The project will become a new 12,600-square-foot retail center with traffic access via Hooper Avenue as well as Hinds.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
The building would measure 140 by 90 feet, with space for up to seven tenants on the 1.738 acre lot.\u00a0 March Construction is overseeing the construction.<\/p>\r\n
Toms River has had its own Pizza Hut for decades, the location at 211 Route 37 East. Over the pandemic rumors began circulating that a Pizza Hut would replace the Charlie Brown’s which had recently closed. The Planning Board approved Brunelli’s site plan in April.<\/p>\r\n
\u00a0The zone allows for businesses including a drive through, and the current marketing materials from R.J. Brunelli & Co. mention \u201cseeking restaurants, day cares, auto stores, and urgent care centers.\u201d<\/p>\r\n
The strip mall will include a parking lot with 49 spaces would have entrances and exits to both Hooper Avenue and Hinds Road.<\/p>\r\n
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