ASBURY PARK - The push to get more people to the Shore beyond summer is underway, embodied by a new layout for a waterfront staple.

With an eye toward expanding year-round traffic, Asbury Park Boardwalk developer Madison Marquette is launching new designs for the Fourth Avenue Pavilion and Fifth Avenue Pavilion, which would both see more foot traffic.

Plans include adding commercial space, new restaurant offerings and "reimagined versions of existing retailers," according to Adam Nelson, a spokesman for Madison Marquette.

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The Asbury Park Planning Board recently approved the redesign plan. The work is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2018.

The Fourth Avenue Pavilion, containing almost 30,000 square feet of rentable space, will get new commercial office space on its second floor. It will be the first of its kind on the boardwalk. It will also get a rooftop deck with ocean views.

Turning Asbury Park into a year-round destination has been a top goal of the local business community. Sylvia Sylvia-Cioffi, executive director of the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce, said the pavilions' expansions and renovations will help in that effort.

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"We're certainly trying to inform our summer visitors and local neighboring cities that we are open 12 months a year and there are cool things to do here," Sylvia-Cioffi said.

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The neighboring Fifth Avenue Pavilion will get a new rooftop entertainment venue that will seat more than 250.

It will contain 32,000 rentable square feet and 7,000 square feet of outdoor terraces, according to Madison Marquette.

The Fifth Avenue Pavilion is currently home to the Robinson Ale House and McLoone's supper clubs, which will continue at the site, Nelson said. He declined to specify the cost of the new renovations.

More details of the project are expected to be unveiled on Monday with full renderings on display in the Casino Arcade

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The company owns or runs more than 20 million square feet of high-end retail and mixed-use projects in the U.S. It has managed the redevelopment of the boardwalk for the past decade.

Tim McLoone, owner of The Robinson Ale House and Tim McLoone's Supper Club in the Fifth Avenue Pavilion, said he was encouraged by the new redesign plans.

"Now is the time to really go for it, we’re going to be expanding in our pavilion," McLoone said. "The great thing is, there’s so much progress in the city in general."

Austin Bogues 732-643-4009; abogues@gannettnj.com