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24 October 2011
The Essex & Sussex: Spring Lake, New Jersey
Façade Restoration Project
CSR Group: Consultants and Owner’s Representatives
It was the last of the grand hotel buildings, elegant despite its enormity. The Essex & Sussex towers over Spring Lake's south end pavilion and dwarfs beach-front mansions on either side. The American flag atop the roof cupola is lighthouse-high. From the penthouse balcony below it, on a clear day, the new, rectangular high-rises of Long Branch can be seen to the north. On a clear summer night, there's a neon glow from the Point Pleasant Beach amusements. The Hotel was built in 1914 a century ago by Martin Maloney, whose gas light company lit Philadelphia and other eastern cities.
The Essex and The Sussex was converted into an oceanfront condo building with studio, one or two bedroom homes. The public rooms were painstakingly restored and updated for today’s lifestyle. There are 165 homes in The Essex and The Sussex –. It is an age-restricted, luxury building, with price tags and monthly maintenance fees high enough to keep the building in landmark tone.
Leon Cohen, Executive Vice-President of CSR Group said “The Essex & Sussex is no longer a summer resort. The owners are year-round residents, living in modern units behind the Federal style facade of yellow stucco and brown terra cotta bricks. Being exposed to the oceans winds and uninviting rainfalls made this building a difficult one to waterproof while maintaining the character and original details where possible. We were lucky to work with Taylor Management and their consultants and develop an organization to complete this work successfully. CSR Group acted as Owner’s Representatives for the façade Restoration & Waterproofing Project completed in 2011.
