Toms River planners approve 128 apartments near Seacourt Pavilion

Jean Mikle | Asbury Park Press

Show Caption Hide Caption Apartments approved near Toms River's Seacourt Pavilion Toms River's Planning Board has approved 128 apartments for land near the Seacourt Pavilion.

TOMS RIVER - Luxury apartments are coming to a parcel of vacant land behind the Seacourt Pavilion shopping center.

The Toms River Planning Board has approved Kaplan Co.'s proposal to build Camelot at Seacourt, an apartment complex that will be built on 17 acres of land not far from the intersection of Bay and Hooper avenues.

The development will include eight buildings, along with an in-ground pool, ground pool, community center, tot lot and dog park.

Thomas E. Monahan, the Toms River lawyer who represented Kaplan before the planning board, said the apartments would be "high-end rentals," with one bedrooms going for about $1,800, and two bedrooms for more than $2,000 a month.

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The project is included in Toms River's affordable housing plan, and 28 of the apartments will be set aside as affordable units.

In a settlement reached in 2016 with the affordable housing advocacy group the Fair Share Housing Center and developer Dover Shopping Center Associates, Toms River officials agreed to provide 1,285 units of affordable housing here through 2025.

The wooded property, which Monahan has been vacant for at least 30 years, is located off Caudina Avenue, near the parking lot for the AMC Loews Seacourt 10 movie theaters. The land is zoned for multi-family housing.

Watch the video above to see photos of the area where the apartments will be built.

Highland Park-based Kaplan owns and operates 15 other apartment communities in New Jersey, including Arbors at Raintree in Freehold Township and Camelot at Marlboro.

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The company has also built commercial properties as well as thousands of single-family homes, including the Four Seasons adult community in Lakewood.

Monahan said the apartment complex will have manager living at the site.

There will be 283 parking spaces at the complex, according to a state Coastal Area Facility Review Act (CAFRA) permit that Kaplan's president, Jason Kaplan, received in May 2016.

CAFRA permits are required for developments located within New Jersey's coastal zones.

Jean Mikle: 732-643-4050, @jeanmikle, jmikle@gannettnj.com