POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — The future of a $15 million development project is now uncertain after the building at 19 Academy Street in Poughkeepsie collapsed into another building on Monday. 

The city brought in Highground Industrial to survey the damage and do any necessary demolition work. 

"I would say the two buildings are total losses, 17 and 19,” said David Hoehmann, president of Highground Industrial. "The other buildings, I’m not sure. That’s going to be up to the city to determine."

The city says a partial demolition of 19 Academy will happen Wednesday morning. 

"The complexity involves trying to save the structures adjacent to this building with the falling debris coming down from seven stories," says Hoehmann.

19 Academy was one of the buildings included in a redevelopment proposal on the agenda for the planning board meeting Tuesday.

"This is quite a disappointment, we’ve obviously hit a roadblock," says City of Poughkeepsie Planning Board Chairman Robert Levine. 

Levine says that because of the developments they'll put the public comments for the project on hold until at least July. He says the project was aimed to help revitalize that part of downtown. 

"We also want to bring people into the city," said Levine. "We’re trying as best we can to make Poughkeepsie a walkable city and to the extent that it’s not walkable, bikeable."

The proposal for 19 Academy was set to include commercial space as well as studio, one bedroom and two bedroom apartments, with some marketed as affordable housing.

"The idea is to get as many people in the downtown area who can both work in the downtown area, live in the downtown area and be entertained," says Levine.

The chairman says the collapse of the historic building might hinder current plans for redevelopment, but there are still plenty of projects in line to boost the area.

"This is obviously a setback but by no means is it going to stop progress in the city of Poughkeepsie," says Levine.  

Developers have not yet released information on their future plans for the project, but new plans would have to include next steps for 19 Academy.