Town of Ulster OKs construction of medical office building

By WILLIAM J. KEMBLE Correspondent

TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. The Town Board has approved construction of a medical building on a U.S. Route 9W site where deteriorating cement structures have been an eyesore for years.

Construction could start as soon as May, according to a representative for developer MHMG-KM Kingston.

The unanimous vote allowing the developer to build an 83,440-square-foot facility, which will be occupied by Mid-Hudson Medical Group practices, came during a board meeting on Thursday.

The former Miron Building Products site on which the building will be constructed is across Route 9W from Adams Fairacre Farms and next to the southbound entrance to U.S. Route 209.

Project manager Larry Boudreau said the only changes the developer has made since a January presentation to town officials was eliminating access to the property from Grant Avenue, which borders the north and west sides of the site, and adding a lane for right turns into the site from southbound Route 9W.

Boudreau said the state Department of Transportation did not want that (Grant Avenue) access, and the reason why is that it is too close to the railroad (tracks). They gave a lot of reasons for safety issues that included people ... turning on the tracks.

Mid-Hudson Medical Group, whose doctors work in more than two dozen disciplines, is based in Dutchess County and has offices in Rhinebeck, Red Hook, Livingston, Brewster, Hopewell Junction and Fishkill.

Last year, Kingston-based Pine Street Pediatric Associates became part of the group and is expected to have an office in the new Ulster building while also maintaining its Midtown Kingston office.

Brian Cohan, a property representative for the developer of the Ulster building, said there will be about 150 employees in the new medical building.

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