With beach season looming and more traffic expected near the city’s shoreline, officials currently have no plans to reopen Water Street. Water Street, a road parallel to First Avenue, was closed for the expected construction of an outlet mall with water views called The Haven. The development has become a sore spot for residents, as several blocks of shoreline neighborhood — once with the promise of economic development potential to grab commuters off the highway to grow the city’s tax base — have rotted behind a chain-link fence for roughly a decade. Borer said the city has reached out to Simon for updates on those 10 permits. Those outstanding permits are currently preventing any police or public works inspections from moving forward, she said, and that using the street as “leverage” is more complicated than it seems. Simon Property Group did not respond to an emailed request for comment Friday. Although Simon Property Group still owns the property, Borer said she has had multiple discussions with them about finding a buyer in her first two months in office.
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