Excellence Award Spotlight: Newburgh East End II

The Preservation League of NYS is thrilled to recognize the Newburgh East End II project with a 2024 Excellence in Historic Preservation Award.

Completed in 2023, East End II is RUPCO’s largest project to date. This $37-million scattered-site development includes 24 building sites spread across a 7-block radius located in New York State’s second-largest historic district. East End II includes the restoration of 10 vacant historic buildings and added new construction on 12 vacant lots – creating a total of 61 new, mixed-income homes plus a community space. The project includes ten apartments for formerly unhoused persons who now receive rental subsidy and case management services from an Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI) grant through the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports. In addition, RUPCO partnered with local nonprofit LYNC to adapt and reuse the former United Methodist Church as a commercial and community service hub called “Highpoint.”

Now in its 40th year, the League's annual Excellence Awards program allows us to shine a light on the people who are using historic preservation to make all our lives better —through exemplary restoration projects, indispensable publications, individual action, and organizational distinction.

More info about Newburgh East End II can be found at https://www.preservenys.org/blog/rupc...

Project Team: RUPCO, developer and managing agent; Funding partners include NYS Homes and Community Renewal, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports, NYSERDA, Orange County, Raymond James & Webster Bank; Community partners: Lync, the City of Newburgh, and the Newburgh Community Land Bank. Coppola Associates and Dutton Architecture are the project architects.