Landmark Place housing opens

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KINGSTON – Landmark Place, a new $25 million affordable housing complex, celebrated its grand opening in Kingston on Tuesday.

The complex, located at the former Alms House site on 300 Flatbush Avenue, includes 66 affordable apartments for those 55 and over, including 35 reserved for seniors who need supportive services to live independently.

The Alms House and another new building known as Landmark West comprise the complex, about an equal distance from the Route 9W commercial area in the Town of Ulster and the interior of the City of Kingston.

“It’s really one project. The whole concept was to historically redo the Alms House, known as Landmark West and create a new structure,” said Kevin O’Connor, CEO of RUPCO, which bought the land and built the project.

The pandemic helped send housing pricing soaring 30 percent in 2021 in Ulster County, the second highest rate nationwide. O’Connor said that and the pressure from New York City for housing, foreclosures and the conversion of residences into Airbnb short-term rentals have all contributed to the constant need for affordable housing here.

“It’s critically needed. The lack of affordable housing, really across the country today is unbelievable,” said O’Connor. “Here in New York, here in the Hudson Valley, we have just not been able to keep up and create enough homes. Part of response has to be the creation of new units.”




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