OCEAN CITY – The beach equipment rental business remains lucrative judging by the results of a recent auction of the parcels in the downtown area.
During Tuesday’s meeting, City Clerk Diana Chavis announced the results of an auction for the downtown beach rental franchise parcels in the downtown area south of 27th Street. The town’s beach equipment rental franchise parcels, or informally beach stands, are auctioned in a three-year cycle with geographic areas including the north end, the middle and the south end.
The latter were either auctioned to new operators or saw their options for renewal picked up. There was one midtown parcel including three blocks from 57th to 59th streets that was also auctioned because the previous successful bidder defaulted on his payment arrangements to the town.
The south section up for grabs last month included 34 parcels, of which 14 were auctioned. On the other 20 parcels, the prior successful bidder exercised his or her right for renewal. All in all, the December auction resulted in $418,500 for the downtown section, representing an increase from the $337,580 collected when the section was last auctioned three years ago.
In some cases, the new successful bids increased considerably from when the parcels were last auctioned three years ago. For example, the parcel at the Inlet increased by 61%, while the parcel at 3rd Street increased by 63% and the parcel at 12th Street went up by 47%. There were some parcels that saw their successful bids decline this time around by about 22% or 23%, but in most cases the values continued to increase. Incidentally, the three-block parcel from 57th to 59th streets went to the successful bidder at $17,000, representing an increase over the $10,000 previous bid on which the operator eventually defaulted.
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