The Kinsley Building

The Kinsley Building was built by Martin & Hall Architects as an investment property for the heirs of Sarah B. Cranston. The building was originally built as an office building with stores on the ground floor and offices on stories 2-5.

Cornish Associates’ adaptive reuse project was led by the team at Union Studios Architects and completed in 2015. Following renovations, the building now offers 7,020 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor with 34 apartments on stories 2-5.

- Use
- Residential, Commercial
- Built
- 1912
- Project Completion
- 2015
- Architect
- Martin & Hall Architects, Union Studios Architects
- Commercial SF
- 7,020
- Residential Units
- 35

The History of The Kinsley Building

1913

The Kinsley Building is built by Martin & Hall Architects as an investment property for the heirs of Sarah B. Cranston, with offices on stories 2-5 and retail stores on the ground floor.

1915

The building is home to a wide variety of small businesses and offices, located directly adjacent to the Nickel Theater, soon to be replaced by the Albee Theater.

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1975-1978

The building is bought by downtown developer Henry Kates, who leases the ground floor to the Army Armed Forces recruiting center.

1978

Kates sells the building to a Dutch investment group represented locally by Didier Sartor. The Kinsley Building is their first investment in the United States. Kates stays on as manager of the property.

1992

The building sits at 85% vacancy with over 24,000 square feet of vacant class C office space.

1998

The building's upper stories remain vacant while a nightclub on the ground floor struggles to retain its licenses.

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2008-2013

New owner, Johnson & Wales University, abandons the building, moving their offices to another of their campus properties with plans to sell the building. The Kinsley Building sits vacant for 5 years.