FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 3, 2025
Mayor Noble Announces RFEI for N. Front Street Parking Lot
KINGSTON, NY – Mayor Steven T. Noble is pleased to announce that the City of Kingston has issued a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) to partially or fully redevelop the municipal parking lot at 65-67 N. Front Street.
Mayor Noble said, “The objective is to return this parcel of N. Front Street to the original look and feel of a historic Main Street. We put the parcel up for RFP in 2019 and didn’t receive any proposals. Now, we are interested in hearing from developers with proposed projects that will integrate with the surrounding neighborhood and Stockade Historic District, that possibly keeps some of the existing parking, while significantly expanding our housing and commercial opportunities.”
The property at 65–67 North Front Street is an approximately 0.7-acre site in the Uptown Business District. The lot was created in the 1960s to serve as a municipal parking lot with roughly 60 spaces, and it has recently received significant green-infrastructure improvements. The site is located within the Stockade Historic District, listed at the local, state, and national levels in 1975, and is subject to review by the Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission. The City of Kingston seeks submissions from qualified respondents demonstrating the technical, design, and financial capacity to deliver a large-scale redevelopment.
Under the City’s recently adopted form-based zoning code, the site is zoned as T5 Main Street. This allows for a wide variety of uses and building types and for higher density residential and/or mixed-use development. The City is seeking a development partner that can deliver creative solutions to reduce reliance on traditional on-site parking, lowering both development costs and environmental impacts.
The City recognizes that the existing municipal lot is well used by visitors and residents of the Uptown Business District, and public parking plays an important role in supporting the economic vitality of Uptown businesses. While the primary objective is to unlock the site’s development potential, proposals that thoughtfully incorporate a portion of parking—whether to support commercial uses, residential tenants, or shared public access—will be considered.
Bartek Starodaj, Director of Housing Initiatives, said, “In response to the housing shortage, the City of Kingston has been reviewing municipally owned property for potential redevelopment. Though a similar effort in 2019 did not lead to any proposals, updated zoning makes full or partial redevelopment of this site more feasible. Redevelopment of this site could lead to the restoration of the historic streetscape along North Front and boost commercial activity and housing options in one of Kingston’s most walkable neighborhoods. Together, these factors make revisiting the redevelopment effort both reasonable and promising.”
The municipally owned N. Front/Crown Street parking lot is not part of this RFEI. The City has no plans to offer this property within an RFEI process.
The RFEI can be found here. Proposals are due February 6, 2026.
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. Visit https://kingston-ny.gov/housing.