189 Lander Street, Newburgh, NY 12550

Property Description

Positioned within Newburgh’s vibrant East End Historic District, this 1924 block-and-brick commercial building offers nearly 8,000 square feet of versatile space across two expansive levels. Leveraging the city’s unique hillside topography, each floor features independent, at-grade street access via dedicated drive-in loading bays—offering seamless logistics for creative studios, workshops, or light manufacturing. The structure was originally built as a garage and machine shop, serving as an early dealership for Hudson and Patterson automobiles and housing utility fleets for Bell Telephone and Central Hudson. Today, it stands ready for its next chapter. A complete construction plan set, by local architect Chris Berg of Fifth Street Architecture, has been fully approved by the Architectural, Zoning, and Planning Boards, clearing the way for conversion into a creative studio and workshop complex. This approved plans can be amended to suit your specific vision, subject to local permissions. Architectural & Structural Highlights: The Upper Level (Lander St): Features a 10' x 10' rolling door and an intact steel truss roof system allowing for wide-open, column-free spans. Ceiling heights reach 10'9" at the truss base and vault to 16'3" at the apex, ready to support a new EPDM roof system above. The Lower Level (Chambers St): Features an 8'8" x 8'3" rolling door with 9' clearances from the concrete slab to the bottom of the steel girders. Light & Access: Concrete slab floors span both levels while some of the original steel-sash windows line the facade, ready for restoration or replication to flood the entire space with extraordinary four-sided light. The Driveway: The sale includes the recently re-acquired rear ramp driveway at 189 Chambers Street, securing rare and coveted off-street loading and access. Zoning & Tax Incentives: Shovel-ready, the property is located within the Downtown Neighborhood overlay (Zoned Residential Medium with an existing Com 1 site classification). Investors and developers can take immediate advantage of the National Park Service Historic Tax Credit program: Part 1 is approved, and Part 2 is fully completed and ready to transfer to the buyer, unlocking substantial historic rehabilitation incentives. Located within the Newburgh designated Opportunity Zone, offering incoming buyers or equity partners capital gains tax advantages, including tax-deferred growth and potential total exclusion of gains on the new investment if held for 10+ years. Taxes listed are inclusive of the 2026 assessment total and tax total for for the two combined parcels at 189 Lander and 189 Chambers.