Kingstonian On Breakfast Agenda

‘A Transformative Project For Uptown’

Uptown Kingston certainly has seen a renaissance in recent years, but the proposed $52-million Kingstonian project would take that to another level.

You can learn all about the mixeduse project—and even hear from the developers—at the Chamber’s next breakfast meeting from 7:30-9 a.m. on Nov. 16 at Wiltywck Golf, 404 Steward Lane in Kingston. The breakfast sponsor is Kimlin Energy Services.

Chamber President Ward Todd said the morning will also feature the Chamber’s first “Breakfast Meets Mixer” program, providing business leaders an opportunity to network and make important business connections in a mixerlike setting.

The breakfast speakers after the mixer will be Joe Bonura Jr. of JM Development Group in New Windsor, Patrick Page of Page Properties in Newburgh and Brad Jordan, owner of the Herzog Supply Co. in the Kingston Plaza.

The Kingstonian would be built on the site of the city’s former threestory parking garage in Uptown and an adjacent warehouse—once the original Kingstonian Hotel-belonging to Herzog’s.

The end result would be a new 420-car parking garage, 129 apartments, a 32-room boutique hotel and 8,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, which may house restaurants, small retail shops and maybe even a bank tenant along North Front Street and the new pedestrian plaza.

Those behind it say it will create a “sense of place” for the community, blend cohesively with the adjacent Stockade District and enhance the viability of the area.

The development will further tie together disparate parts of the neighborhood with a publicly accessible, open-air pedestrian plaza and create a community hub that will attract visitors and residents alike.

“I am honored to be involved in such a worthwhile project that will create a community centerpiece in the Stockade District,” Jordan said.

“Uptown will see an economic boom with the addition of more than 250 residents and hotel guests who will be active consumers in this area, ensuring the economic vitality of Ulster County’s most important commercial base.”

Bonura agreed and said the