TOMS RIVER - With the building now under new ownership, the Ramada Hotel by Wyndham of Toms River has closed for good, part of a plan to convert the hotel's rooms into office suites.

“We thank all of our patrons and guest for 32 years of business,” the hotel’s owner, Hotels Unlimited of East Windsor said in a statement to What’s Going There. ”Our decision to sell the Ramada was based on significant interest in converting the building to meet the office needs of the local community."

Last month, the Toms River Planning Board approved a plan by Westwood Two LLC to convert the Ramada into a 51,100-square-foot office building.

The hotel will be converted into 104 high-end office suites, according to a Linked In post by Steven Vegh, president of Westwood Realty Associates. It was sold for more than $22.3 million, the post states.

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The office building includes 969 square feet of meeting rooms and a 15,000-square-foot restaurant, according to the Planning Board's resolution. An existing tent area, two extended-stay buildings, containing 52 units, and a ballroom will remain.

Located on Route 9 near the intersection of Route 70 and Lakewood, the hotel sits on more than eight acres. In 2014, it underwent a ceiling to floor renovation project. And for the last two summers, it served as home for the Jersey Shore BlueClaws, whose players could no longer stay with host families as they had traditionally done because of the pandemic.

The hotel closed on Nov. 1.

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"We have built many happy memories and deep ties within the Toms River area, and these ties will grow as we continue to operate the nearby Days Hotel by Wyndham Toms River and Hilton Garden Inn Lakewood hotels," Hotels Unlimited said.

Hotels Unlimited also owns Sheraton in Eatontown, Holiday Inn Express in Neptune and West Long Branch, Radisson in Freehold and DoubleTree by Hilton in Tinton Falls.

David P. Willis, an award-winning business writer, has covered business and consumer news at the Asbury Park Press for more than 20 years. He writes APP.com's What's Going There and Press on Your Side columns and can be reached at dwillis@gannettnj.com. Join his What's Going There page on Facebook for updates.

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