The City of Kingston has chosen a development team for a housing project to be built on city-owned property at 25 Field Court. The team selected to develop the site is a partnership between Affordable Housing Conservancy, Fulcra Development, and Sisters of Charity Housing Development Corporation.
Kingston had issued a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) seeking out qualified applicants to be considered for selection as the site developer.
“We were pleased with the proposals we received and the exciting ideas for 25 Field Court,” Mayor Steven Noble said.”The selected project team proposed a high-density, affordable residential rental project with both retail and community-serving spaces on the ground floor and will make a meaningful connection to the Midtown Linear Park and surrounding neighborhood. The project team’s proposal really understood the character and personality of Midtown and proposed partnering with local non-profits for new commercial spaces. We are thrilled to work with the project team to bring this Midtown development to fruition.”
The details of the site plan still are being worked out but it is expected that the project will include approximately 100 new rental units offering a mix of unit sizes, along with new ground-floor commercial space. A significant portion of the new units will be for affordable housing. The development is to be called The Parkline.
The development team issued a statement saying, in part, “We appreciate the city’s continued leadership in advancing affordable housing and look forward to working closely with the Kingston community, the City of Kingston, and Ulster County to transform a long-vacant, contaminated site into a sustainable and thriving contribution to Midtown.”
Kingston acquired the site in April 2024. It is approximately 0.85-acre in a mixed commercial and residential area in the Midtown part of Kingston, directly adjacent to the Midtown Linear Park and near the Broadway business corridor. The property has frontage on two roads, 125 feet of frontage along Field Court, and approximately 120 feet of frontage along O’Neil Street. The property currently contains an unoccupied single-story 12,000 square foot brick building constructed in 1966, and has a parking lot fronting Field Court and another parking lot facing O’Neil Street.
Under the City’s recently adopted form-based zoning code, the site is zoned as T5 Flex, which allows for a wide variety of uses and building types. Any site sales are dependent upon the approval of the City of Kingston Common Council.
In 2024, Mayor Noble set a goal of approving 1,000 units of housing by 2030. Since that time, almost 300 new housing units have been approved in the city.
