Credit: Ben Nandy and News 12 Hudson Valley
After years of planning and construction, developers are celebrating the completion of the first phase of a $1 billion project meant to keep tourists in Hyde Park more frequently, for several days at a time.
Thomas Mulroy of T-Rex Capital Group, an investor in the Bellefield at Historic Hyde Park along Route 9, wanted to create something to boost tourism but also promote local food, wine and history that draw visitors to the area.
“We’ll have almost $150,000 worth of artwork,” Mulroy said, “mostly from the FDR and the local Hudson Valley area, local artists.”
The art pieces will be displayed and hung before this May’s grand opening. The soft opening was in January.
Mulroy said the overall vision for the area is for a sustainable agrifood destination.
