Where We Build: Brick Districts We Serve
Brick is a large shore township that runs from busy retail corridors to the bay and the barrier island, and we work across all of it. Our service area includes:
- The Route 70 & Brick Boulevard corridor – the township’s primary retail and commercial spine;
- The Route 88 corridor – a second commercial and retail axis toward Point Pleasant;
- The Ocean Medical Center area – the hospital campus and surrounding healthcare and professional uses;
- The Barnegat Bay waterfront – the bayfront neighborhoods, marinas, and parks;
- The barrier island (Normandy Beach) – the oceanfront section across the bay.
From a retail buildout on Brick Boulevard to a medical project near Ocean Medical Center or bayfront work along Barnegat Bay, Brick’s commercial construction spans retail, healthcare, and shore work—each with its own demands and rules.
Commercial Sectors We Build in Brick
Brick’s retail- and healthcare-driven economy supports a focused but active range of commercial construction, and Plescia delivers across its major sectors:
- Retail & restaurant – buildouts along the Route 70, Brick Boulevard, and Route 88 corridors and at centers like Brick Plaza;
- Healthcare & medical – outpatient centers and medical offices tied to Ocean Medical Center and Hackensack Meridian Health;
- Hospitality & shore – guest-facing and seasonal work along the bay and barrier island;
- Office & professional – commercial and medical-office space serving the township;
- Mixed-use & multifamily – corridor and residential-adjacent development;
- Institutional & municipal – civic, educational, and community facilities.
Each of these building types carries its own engineering, compliance, and logistics demands, and our experience across the full range is what lets us match the right approach to the right project.
Project Types We Deliver
Owners come to us for the full spectrum of commercial construction delivery, including:
- Ground-up construction of new commercial, retail, medical, and mixed-use buildings;
- Retail buildouts in active centers and along the corridors;
- Healthcare and outpatient buildouts with the specialized MEP and infection-control requirements medical work demands;
- Interior fit-outs and tenant improvements for retail, office, medical, and restaurant tenants;
- Coastal and bayfront construction, including flood-resilient detailing;
- Fast-track delivery for seasonal and competitive openings where time to revenue is critical.
Whether the work is a full ground-up build or a fast-track interior fit-out in an occupied building, we manage it as a single point of accountability from preconstruction through closeout.
The Route 70 & 88 Retail Corridors
Retail is the engine of Brick’s commercial economy. The Route 70 and Brick Boulevard corridor, joined by Route 88, carries a dense run of shopping centers, big-box stores, restaurants, and services—anchored by centers like Brick Plaza—that serve the township and the surrounding shore communities. Building here means retail and restaurant buildouts in active, occupied centers, work on busy commercial sites with their own traffic and access demands, and schedules tied to tenants and openings. Our experience with retail, restaurant, and occupied-site construction makes the Brick corridors a natural fit.
Healthcare, the Bayfront & Resilience
Beyond retail, Brick’s construction market runs on healthcare and the shore. Ocean Medical Center, part of Hackensack Meridian Health, anchors a significant healthcare presence, driving hospital-affiliated, outpatient, and medical-office work with its own infection-control and code requirements. Along Barnegat Bay and out on the Normandy Beach barrier island, bayfront and coastal construction means building for wind, flood, and salt exposure—realities made vivid by Superstorm Sandy, which hit Brick hard and put resilience at the center of shore building. Our experience across healthcare, hospitality, and coastal work lets us deliver across the township.
Local Regulations, Permitting & Logistics in Brick
Successful delivery in Brick depends on understanding the layers of review every commercial project passes through:
- The New Jersey Uniform Construction Code (UCC), enforced by the township’s construction official across the building, electrical, plumbing, and fire subcodes, with a Certificate of Occupancy issued only after final inspections;
- Brick’s Planning and Zoning Boards and the township’s commercial-corridor review;
- NJDEP and CAFRA coastal review for bayfront and barrier-island development, flood hazard areas, and stormwater;
- Flood-resiliency and elevation standards on the low-lying bayfront and oceanfront, shaped by Superstorm Sandy;
- County and NJDOT review for traffic and access on the busy Route 70 and Route 88 corridors.
Just as important are the logistics of building in a shore township: deliveries and staging on active retail and constrained bayfront sites, coordination with building management in occupied centers and the hospital, utility lead times with JCP&L, and traffic planning around Route 70, Route 88, and the Garden State Parkway—especially in summer. We build these realities into the schedule during preconstruction rather than discovering them in the field.
Representative Commercial Work
Plescia’s portfolio spans corporate, retail, hospitality, and healthcare-adjacent construction across the New York and New Jersey metro. A few projects that reflect the range of sectors and building types we deliver:
- Restoration Hardware: large-format retail buildout of the kind the Brick corridors demand.
- Arbory Wellness: wellness and healthcare-adjacent facility work.
- Marriott: hospitality construction of the kind the shore market demands.
These projects reflect the sectors, building types, and standards we bring to commercial work throughout Brick.
Your Brick Construction Partner
Plescia Construction & Development serves Brick from our Morristown headquarters, with a portfolio that spans the retail, healthcare, and hospitality work the township is built on. We know New Jersey’s construction officials, review boards, and the realities of building on the shore—and we manage every project as a single point of accountability, aligning owners, designers, municipal officials, and trade partners around a clear schedule and a predictable result. For owners building in Brick, we deliver big-market capability with genuine local insight.
Frequently Asked Questions
What parts of Brick does Plescia serve?
We serve all of Brick Township, including the Route 70 and Brick Boulevard corridor, the Route 88 corridor, the Ocean Medical Center area, the Barnegat Bay waterfront neighborhoods, and the Normandy Beach barrier-island section.
Does Plescia build retail projects on the Brick corridors?
Yes. Retail is the heart of Brick’s commercial economy, concentrated along Route 70, Brick Boulevard, and Route 88 and at centers like Brick Plaza. We deliver retail and restaurant buildouts in active, occupied centers, managing the busy commercial sites, traffic and access demands, and tenant-driven schedules this work requires.
What types of commercial projects does Plescia build in Brick?
We deliver across retail, restaurant, healthcare and medical, hospitality and shore, office, mixed-use, and institutional commercial work. Project types range from ground-up retail and medical construction to interior fit-outs, coastal and bayfront work, renovations, and fast-track tenant improvements.
Does Plescia build healthcare projects near Ocean Medical Center in Brick?
Yes. Ocean Medical Center, part of Hackensack Meridian Health, anchors a significant healthcare presence in Brick. We deliver outpatient and medical-office construction with its specialized MEP and infection-control requirements, and we have the experience to work on and around an active hospital campus.
What should owners know about permitting and regulations in Brick?
Commercial projects follow the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code and are permitted and inspected by the township’s construction official, with Planning and Zoning Board review on the commercial corridors. Bayfront and barrier-island work involves NJDEP and CAFRA coastal review and flood-resiliency and elevation standards shaped by Superstorm Sandy, and busy corridors can require county and NJDOT traffic review. Engaging the right officials early and submitting complete, coordinated documents is the most effective way to keep approvals on schedule.