{"id":15357,"date":"2023-12-27T02:02:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T07:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=15357"},"modified":"2023-12-27T05:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T10:03:57","slug":"seaside-heights-sells-two-properties-following-auction-house-motel-sale-in-limbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2023\/12\/seaside-heights-sells-two-properties-following-auction-house-motel-sale-in-limbo\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaside Heights Sells Two Properties Following Auction, &#8216;House-Motel&#8217; Sale in Limbo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script id=\"0c863e88460c4f55ba5e5d66084f1fc8\">(new Image()).src = 'https:\/\/capi.connatix.com\/tr\/si?token=e6ca17a0-9f6c-402e-8f17-7db2585f0eb0&cid=209cb62d-f20d-41b1-885d-a317d66dc464';  cnx.cmd.push(function() {    cnx({      playerId: \"e6ca17a0-9f6c-402e-8f17-7db2585f0eb0\",      mediaId: \"d0fac880-daa3-4302-840c-09cf1607193a\"    }).render(\"0c863e88460c4f55ba5e5d66084f1fc8\");  });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Seaside Heights officials last executed contracts with the owners of two yet-to-be-developed properties on the northern edge of town, with a similar resolution to sell a slightly-more more high-profile lot is in temporary limbo.<\/p>\n<p>The borough entered into a contract to sell two properties on Dewey Drive, which is set along the southern end of Route 35 at the entrance to the island, but is technically <a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2023\/10\/seaside-heights-subdivides-two-lots-located-in-toms-river-territory-will-sell-both\/\">under the jurisdiction of Toms River<\/a> despite having been owned by the borough. Now, new owners will take title to the properties, which are located next to the &#8220;Welcome to Seaside Heights&#8221; sign near Hiering and Central avenues. The &#8220;welcome&#8221; sign will be retained by the borough, which <a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2023\/12\/seaside-heights-to-auction-off-three-residential-properties-this-week\/\">kept a small portion of the property<\/a> so it could remain.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14717\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lots_sale_seaside_heights_1463-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Lots on Dewey Drive in Toms River, owned by Seaside Heights, Sept. 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14717\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14717\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lots_sale_seaside_heights_1463-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Lots on Dewey Drive in Toms River, owned by Seaside Heights, Sept. 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lots_sale_seaside_heights_1463-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lots_sale_seaside_heights_1463-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lots_sale_seaside_heights_1463-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lots_sale_seaside_heights_1463-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lots_sale_seaside_heights_1463-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lots on Dewey Drive in Toms River, owned by Seaside Heights, Sept. 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14719\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lots_sale_seaside_heights_1465-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Lots on Dewey Drive in Toms River, owned by Seaside Heights, Sept. 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14719\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14719\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lots_sale_seaside_heights_1465-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Lots on Dewey Drive in Toms River, owned by Seaside Heights, Sept. 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lots_sale_seaside_heights_1465-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lots_sale_seaside_heights_1465-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lots_sale_seaside_heights_1465-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lots_sale_seaside_heights_1465-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lots_sale_seaside_heights_1465-2048x1150.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lots on Dewey Drive in Toms River, owned by Seaside Heights, Sept. 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Borough Administrator Christopher Vaz said each of the Dewey Drive lots sold for $325,000, plus a 10 percent premium of $32,500 that is paid to the auctioneer. The plots were purchased by a developer known as Dewey OB Group, LLC.<\/p>\n<p>The property that normally would have gotten the most attention upon sale \u2013 229 Franklin Avenue \u2013 has not been transferred to a new owner quite yet. The oddly-developed lot was previously home to a free-standing multi-family home with a medium-sized motel-style building in its own backyard. The building has been used as a motel and apartment building over the years, eventually being purchased by the borough after years of repeated code violations and frequent police activity.<\/p>\n<p>The borough&#8217;s redevelopment plan for the site calls for three townhomes to be built there.<\/p>\n<p>While the auction did generate interest in the property, including written offers, it did not receive any formal bids, said Vaz. That has put the borough council in a position wherein its members have to choose how to proceed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15273\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/229_franklin_prop_1638-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Demolition of the property at 229 Franklin Avenue, Seaside Heights, Dec. 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15273\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15273\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/229_franklin_prop_1638-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Demolition of the property at 229 Franklin Avenue, Seaside Heights, Dec. 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/229_franklin_prop_1638-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/229_franklin_prop_1638-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/229_franklin_prop_1638-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/229_franklin_prop_1638-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/229_franklin_prop_1638-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demolition of the property at 229 Franklin Avenue, Seaside Heights, Dec. 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14444\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/franklin_house_motel_1391-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The property at 229 Franklin Avenue, Seaside Heights, N.J., Aug. 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14444\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14444\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/franklin_house_motel_1391-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The property at 229 Franklin Avenue, Seaside Heights, N.J., Aug. 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/franklin_house_motel_1391-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/franklin_house_motel_1391-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/franklin_house_motel_1391-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/franklin_house_motel_1391-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/franklin_house_motel_1391-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The property at 229 Franklin Avenue, Seaside Heights, N.J., Aug. 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13367\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/229frank_1_982-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"229 Franklin Avenue, Seaside Heights, N.J., March 2023 (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13367\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13367\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/229frank_1_982-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"229 Franklin Avenue, Seaside Heights, N.J., March 2023 (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/229frank_1_982-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/229frank_1_982-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/229frank_1_982-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/229frank_1_982-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/229frank_1_982-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">229 Franklin Avenue, Seaside Heights, N.J., March 2023 (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The council must decide &#8220;whether to initiate a new auction, or request negotiations with persons that submitted written offers,&#8221; Vaz said.<\/p>\n<p>The borough received five offers for the property, ranging from $55,000 to $360,000.<\/p>\n<p>The Franklin Avenue property was demolished several days before Christmas. The borough purchased the property last fall for $1.1 million utilizing state grant funding aimed at acquiring and redeveloping blighted properties.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2023\/12\/seaside-heights-sells-two-properties-following-auction-house-motel-sale-in-limbo\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seaside Heights officials last executed contracts with the owners of two yet-to-be-developed properties on the northern edge of town, with a similar resolution to sell a slightly-more more high-profile lot is in temporary limbo. The borough entered into a contract to sell two properties on Dewey Drive, which is set along the southern end of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[2197,2539,1959,20],"class_list":["post-15357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-229-franklin-avenue","tag-dewey-drive","tag-featured","tag-seaside-heights-nj-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/229frank_1_982-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-3ZH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}