Developer Seeks final signoffs for 70‑unit Broadway project as board weighs three zoning waivers

Baxter Development Company LLC representatives asked the City of Kingston Planning Board to move forward with site plan review of a mixed‑use project at 615 Broadway and 35 Cedar Street that would create ground‑floor commercial space and roughly 70 residential units, while seeking three zoning waivers and awaiting a final easement/purchase agreement with the Salvation Army.

Project representative Natalie Quinn said the team has “moved from the regional approval. So we now have regional approval,” and that drafts of a regulatory agreement and the easement/purchase agreement had been submitted to the city’s corporation counsel for review.

Why it matters: The project proposes a publicly accessible plaza, on‑site parking and 20% of units designated as affordable under the city’s definition — roughly 14 units — making the site a major near‑term addition to downtown housing. The board must weigh the requested waivers against historic context and public‑access commitments, and the development cannot proceed to final filings until legal agreements and engineering sign‑offs are complete.

The developer presented design updates and…