The Shirt Factory
Real estate developer Mike Piazza has transformed three industrial buildings, situated in midtown Kingston between the gallery scenes of the uptown Stockade district and downtown's busy riverfront Rondout, into mixed-use spaces. Located one mile from the Hudson River, the Shirt Factory, Pajama Factory and Kingston Media Center (formerly the Brush Factory) have been more than merely rehabilitated.

With both commercial and residential spaces, musicians, filmmakers, visual artists and small businesses add to the variety that makes up this community-within-a-community, which boasts a gallery that draws established artists from New York City, and a performance space that houses a theatre and music venue for notable performers.

Artists in the Hudson Valley
For those who are eager to leave the cramped quarters of New York City for affordable, ample space in a thriving community of artists, Kingston is an ideal location. Right in the heart of the mid-Hudson Valley, Kingston is only 90 minutes from New York City, and near the region's legendary arts colonies like Woodstock and Byrdcliffe, as well as major contemporary art museums such as Dia: Beacon, Hessel Bard and the Dorsky Museum at Suny New Paltz, in addition to a host of other cultural and artistic venues.

The entire region is quickly becoming a hub for transplanted artists from New York City as well as from all over the country and even abroad, and Mike Piazza, a veteran developer with over three decades' experience, is right at the center of things.