Residents press safety, parking and loading concerns as developers present 320 Asbury Avenue plan; board continues review to April 6

The Asbury Park Planning Board on Tuesday heard a detailed presentation and extended public comment on a proposed three‑building redevelopment at 320 Asbury Avenue by APW Redeveloper. Attorney Jennifer Phillips Smith opened the application saying the submission seeks preliminary and final major site plan and subdivision approval to split the existing triangular lot (Block 3801, Lot 1.02) into two lots and build in two phases: Phase 1 would include a five‑story multifamily building with 50 units and a row of nine townhomes; Phase 2 would add a three‑story mixed‑use building with roughly 5,000 square feet of ground‑floor commercial space and eight residential units.

"The proposal this evening is for a subdivision to take the 1 lot and turn it into 2 lots," Jennifer Phillips Smith told the board, laying out the three‑building program and saying the applicant will present a civil engineer, two architects and a planner.

The applicant’s civil engineer, Laina Barone of French & Parello Associates, was accepted as an expert and gave the site and engineering testimony. She told the board the existing lot totals about 1.94 acres and the proposed subdivision would create Lot 1.021 (approximately 1.49 acres) and Lot 1.022 (about 0.44…