FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 8, 2026

Mayor Noble Announces Affordable Housing Development Partner for 25 Field Court

Transformative Vision Will Turn Long-vacant, Polluted Site into

The Parkline, a Mixed-use Affordable Development along

the Midtown Linear Park

KINGSTON, NY – Mayor Steven T. Noble is pleased to announce that the City of Kingston has chosen a development team for the 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. This experienced team has a track record of delivering design-forward, affordable and mixed-income housing projects in urban areas and was judged by an evaluation committee as best meeting the objective to create a community-oriented development that aligns with the goals of the Midtown Thriving planning process, adds much needed affordable and deeply affordable housing, and remediates pollutants on the site to the satisfaction of the New York DEC.

Mayor Noble said, “We were pleased with the proposals we received and the exciting ideas for 25 Field Court. 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.”

While the project team will finalize the size of the development as predevelopment activities continue, Parkline is anticipated to include approximately 100 new rental units, offering a mix of unit sizes, along with new ground-floor commercial space. Pending finalization of the financing structure, a significant portion of the new units will be designated as affordable and deeply affordable.

The development team said, “We are honored to be selected by the City of Kingston to redevelop 25 Field Court. The Parkline is envisioned as a mixed-use project delivering deeply affordable housing, activating the ground floor with community-serving uses, and reconnecting the site to the Midtown Linear Park. 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.”

The City of Kingston acquired the site in April 2024, an approximately 0.85-acre site in a mixed commercial and residential area in Midtown, 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.

Bartek Starodaj, Director of Housing Initiatives said, “I would like to thank the evaluation committee members who carefully reviewed the proposals for this site, and I am thrilled that a team of this caliber will be working in Kingston to bring much-needed housing to a site that has been an eyesore in the heart of Midtown for far too long.”

The City is currently working to designate the area of Midtown that includes 25 Field Court as a Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) as part of the Midtown Thriving project, and as part of that work, has received public input on priorities for redevelopment for vacant and underutilized sites in the BOA area. Once the area is designated as a BOA, the site would be eligible to receive additional tax credits and state grants. More information about this program and potential benefits are available at https://dos.ny.gov/brownfield-redevelopment.

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.

Mayor Noble established the Department of Housing Initiatives in 2020 to support housing planning in the City of Kingston. The Department manages housing-related grants, supports the construction of new market-rate and affordable housing, develops policies to protect existing residents, and addresses the connection between housing and sustainability, health, and mobility. The Department also reviews the disposition of city-owned property suitable for housing development and collaborates with local and regional housing organizations.

In 2024, Mayor Noble set an ambitious goal of approving 1,000 units of housing by 2030. To date since 2024, almost 300 units have been approved. Since 2018, approximately 900 units of housing have been approved. 

 For more, visit https://kingston-ny.gov/housing.