The fight over the future of the Alpine Resort has spilled into the 2026 season, with the property’s landlord, Sagorac Enterprises, and its operator exchanging barbs.
Last week, Sagorac Enterprises issued a press release formally evicting Alpine Resort operator Randy Abrahams and his affiliated entities over lease violations and unpaid rent. According to a story published April 10 in the Peninsula Pulse, Sagorac Enterprises points to missed rent payments and a failure to meet other obligations — such as taxes, utilities and other contractual requirements — as grounds for eviction.
“We feel terrible for any affected potential third parties,” Sagorac said in a statement, “but it was patently unreasonable for the tenant and his team to expect that they could continue to occupy the shorefront parcel and to continue to make promises they couldn’t keep to their third-party guests without paying rent and while being in default on numerous other aspects of the lease.”
The Alpine Resort issued its own statement Saturday, saying it has terminated its ongoing negotiations with Sagorac Enterprises and had no knowledge of the issue until its access was blocked. The Alpine Resort said it had been negotiating the lease and repurchase of the waterfront parcels, blaming recent delays on sudden changes to the agreement.
The resort’s operators are now working to contact people who had planned to use the Alpine Resort for events and other purposes during the 2026 season. Meanwhile, Sagorac Enterprises said the site will remain closed until further notice.
The Alpine Resort property has been a source of disagreement for well over a year, when the idea of demolishing parts of the campus was first floated. Last November, 10 Egg Harbor residents filed a restraining order against the Village of Egg Harbor, the Zoning Board of Appeals and Sagorac Enterprises in an effort to stop the demolition of the Alpine Resort’s lodge building.
Last summer, the Egg Harbor Fire Department declared the building unsafe for occupancy at the beginning of the season but eventually allowed a portion of it to reopen for restaurant operations after some concerns were addressed.
