Long Beach Township is moving forward with plans to procure the land on which the closed M&M Steam Bar sits, at 13301 Long Beach Blvd. in Beach Haven Terrace, and build pickleball courts and parking on the lot. The Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance at its Monday, May 3, meeting to authorize “the acquisition of real property … by purchase or condemnation.”

Prior to the ordinance’s adoption, attorney Stuart Lederman of the firm Riker Danzig, representing client Barrier Island Enterprises,…