Oneonta hopes Dietz Street project will help downtown By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com After years of planning, as part of a downtown revitalization initiative, community leaders broke ground at the site of the Dietz Street loft project Friday April 30, in Oneonta, with the hope of revitalizing and bringing “greater vibrancy” to the city’s downtown. Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig, state Sen. Peter Oberacker, R-Maryland, Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich, Empire State Development Deputy Director Allison Nowack and other…
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Developer Shows Off Artist’s Loft Successes By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com BEACON – Developer Ken Kearney, founder of Kearney Group, got a call one day from a friend. “He said, ‘Have you heard of Oneonta?’” he recounted. “I sent my son Sean up to take a look and he said, ‘Get up here, I think you’ll like it.’” Kearney, who has built artist lofts in Peekskill, Beacon and Poughkeepsie, has received approvals to put one of his affordable…
Lofts On Dietz’s Parking, Energy Raised As Issues SEQRA To Start Next Month; Groundbreaking Next Summer By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Two citizens raised concerns about parking – a third called for “net zero” energy efficiency – when developer Ken Kearney outlined plans for a 64-unit art colony, The Lofts on Dietz, to the city Planning Commission last evening. “As an artist, the building is an excellent concept, one we should embrace,” said Michael Stolzer, who…
Tonight, Planning Commission Briefed Developer: Artist Lofts Transform Downtowns By JENNIFER HILL • Special To AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Oneonta is the right place at the right time. That was Hudson Valley developer Ken Kearney’s assessment to a packed Chambers in Tuesday’s Common Council meeting of the positive impact his proposed development, Lofts on Dietz Street, would have on Oneonta’s downtown. With evidence of positive results from two recent developments with artist lofts and middle-income apartment in Peekskill and Poughkeepsie, Kearney’s…
1ST DRI HOME RUN 40 ARTIST LOFTS, 26 APARTMENTS, PLANNED ON DIETZ Father-Son Development Team Will Brief City Council July 16 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Attention, Oneonta: The Lofts on Dietz are coming. Common Council will vote Tuesday on making Parkview Development & Construction, Inc., a father and son development team from the Hudson Valley, Ken and Sean Kearney, the “preferred developer” on a local version of Artspace – 40 lofts for artists and another…