A horse-racing track, pier, and golf course were built near the Ocean Park Casino.

Kinney convinced the Santa Fe Railroad to extend its Inglewood line north to his resort.

When his partner Francis Ryan died in October 1898, his widow's new husband, Thomas H. Dudley, sold their half interest to a group of men, Fraser, Gage and Merritt Jones.

Kinney focused on developing the southern end of the property, which he made into Venice of America.

[1] In December 1916, the commissioners of Santa Monica selected the site for the Ocean Park branch Carnegie library at 2601 Main Street.