We are pleased to announce the former Prison for Women property, which has sat unchanged for 22 years, will be re-developed into an exciting mixed-use community called Union Park Kingston. On Nov. 1, 2022, exactly 28 months after the original applications were filed, Kingston City Council approved the necessary rezoning of the property by a …
The Union Park Kingston project will be discussed and voted upon at the Oct. 6 City of Kingston Planning Committee meeting. For more information on the meeting, visit the City of Kingston’s website. For relevant project documents, visit our Documents page or see the project listed on the city’s DASH tool.
Due to the many break-ins into the building and theft of copper wiring and plumbing, the City of Kingston has given permission for us to commence the limited removal of interior copper wire and plumbing. No interior demolition of the building and no heritage features, cells, or locking mechanisms will be removed during this phase. …
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If you were one of the many who attended the Oct. 7 Planning Committee meeting, you might have heard some questions about heritage. The seasoned heritage professionals among us might have been able to follow the conversation with little issue, but for the rest of us: what did it all mean? Heritage Conservation Strategy A …
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If you want to visit Kingston for a short stay of a few days or a weekend, there are lots of great options: from traditional hotels, to historic boutique hotels, to bed and breakfasts, and more. (We’re biased, but The Frontenac Club is one you should definitely check out!) What if you’re staying for several …
Our project appeared before the City of Kingston Planning Committee on Thurs., Oct. 7. You can see the Notice of Public Meeting for more details. In advance of the meeting, both the City and our team have received a number of letters about the project – the majority positive. We’ve uploaded them to our site …
When you take a walk in your old neighbourhoods, your mind inevitably turns to memories from years gone by. The convenience store where you spent way too much money on candy as a kid. The coffee shop where you took your first date. The burger joint where you had your first summer job. Small businesses …
A key feature of our proposed designs for the former Prison for Women involves open space – a lot of it, in fact. The full site is approximately eight acres, and just shy of 75 percent of the land will be left as parks, walkways, and roads. Within this (almost) 75 percent, Union Park Kingston will …
You may have seen a crew of trailers and people onsite at the former Prison for Women recently. But they don’t belong to a construction crew – they’re a TV crew! Mayor of Kingstown, starring Jeremy Renner, is about the fictional McLusky family, a powerful family of prison operators in Kingstown, Michigan. Naturally, a show …
