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Cape May hotel owners are modernizing while respecting the city’s Victorian history

Change is coming as bed-and-breakfasts continue to disappear, and longtime beachfront hotel owners are retiring and selling out.

Eustace Mita, poses for a photo in front of a former theater along Beach Ave. in Cape May, N.J. Wednesday, April 20, 2022. The Avalon-based Icona Resorts plans to build what its founder says would be Cape May's first new hotel in more than 50 years.
Eustace Mita, poses for a photo in front of a former theater along Beach Ave. in Cape May, N.J. Wednesday, April 20, 2022. The Avalon-based Icona Resorts plans to build what its founder says would be Cape May's first new hotel in more than 50 years.Read moreJose F. Moreno/ Staff Photographer