A proposal to redevelop a 0.76-acre lot on North California Avenue in Atlantic City’s Chelsea neighborhood recently moved forward when members of the city’s planning board voted to approve the project plans.
Officials voted to approve an application by Chapman 122 N California to subdivide the parcel at 122 North California Avenue into nine new lots during the board’s regular meeting on September 1. Documents the board made public state that the applicant intends to develop nine two-story single-family homes, each with a garage.
The townhouses will include a garage for multiple vehicles, a driveway for additional parking space, and two front decks on the first and second floors. Each townhouse, according to an architectural drawing the board made public, includes three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. The drawing shows the living quarters span approximately 1,600 square feet.
A review of the proposal from Barnegat-based engineering and consulting firm Artheon states the lot was created in July 2025 when the city’s zoning board of adjustment approved a resolution to subdivide the pre-existing lot and to maintain the existing non-conforming use. The nine new lots required a combined 13 new variances for lot widths and front and rear yard setbacks, according to the report.
The proposal also includes improvements such as concrete driveways, sidewalks, granite curb, and attached outdoor showers.
Records from the Atlantic County Board of Taxation show the lot is owned by Margate City-based firm Chapman Real Estate Holdings LLC. The parcel contains a two-story, 10,068-square-foot commercial building that was built in 1960.
Chapman Real Estate paid $295,000 for the parcel in April, despite its assessed value of $471,000.
While most new development in Atlantic City has been concentrated in neighborhoods in the northeast of the city, the Chelsea neighborhood is slowly changing. Jersey Digs reported in June that New York-based Colosseo Atlantic City secured approvals from the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority to develop 74 townhouses on South Montpelier, Boston, and Sovereign avenues, as well as Pacific and Atlantic avenues. That project will redevelop 3.37 acres near the former Atlantic Club Casino Hotel, which closed in 2014.
