Bill Barlow

ATLANTIC CITY — If you think of the Absecon Lighthouse as the gnomon of a sundial, hour after hour each day through the year, its shadow falls on empty lots.

That could change under a redevelopment plan under agreement with developer K. Hovnanian, to include 159 new townhomes in the South Inlet neighborhood.

It’s one of several redevelopment plans in the works, with agreements in place for development at Bader Field, the Claridge Hotel and elsewhere. The former airport at Bader Field could include an automobile-centered project, including a track and retail space.

That proposal has drawn significant interest, but it’s one of several moving forward under New Jersey’s redevelopment law, which gives communities wide authority to work with developers in areas that have been dec

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