Developer's estimate
What was reported
- Conshohocken firm The How Group bought the condemned Seaspray complex in late 2025 for $5.96 million and has started gutting it for demolition
- Its VP of development estimated two-bedrooms in the mid to high $700,000s and three-bedrooms near $900,000. Prices have not been set
- The replacement is four stories and 43 units, with an outdoor pool, cabana seating and the first green roof in Ocean City. The build runs about three years
The story
The How Group of Conshohocken, Pa. bought the condemned Seaspray complex in late 2025 for $5.96 million and has started gutting the interiors ahead of demolition. Going up in its place is a four-story building with 43 condo units.
Planning board documents show 87 off-street parking spaces. The plans include an outdoor pool with cabana seating, a fitness center, EV charging and a green roof, which would be the first in Ocean City.
Prices have not been set. The developer's vice president of development estimated two-bedrooms in the mid to high $700,000s and three-bedrooms near $900,000. Demolition happens in 2026, construction starts in early 2027, and he put the build at about three years.
The Seaspray dates to the 1950s as a motel. It was converted to condos in 1981 and was red-tagged unsafe for human occupancy in 2024.
Reported by OCNJ Daily. This is a summary in our own words; the full report is theirs.
Our take
Shore redevelopment gets priced against what it cost the developer to buy the condemned complex and clear the site. If you are looking at new construction and open to going inland, the same budget tends to buy more house.
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