Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation
The Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation, a private non-profit corporation was established to purchase and rehabilitate the Lansdowne Theater as a place of public entertainment. The reopening of the 1,280 seat theater will catalyze the revitalization of Lansdowne’s historic business district and make the arts, especially live music, more accessible to patrons from throughout the Philadelphia region.
Once restored, the theater will be operated by one of the region’s leading independent music promotion companies. They will program the theater with nationally and internationally known classic rock, singer-songwriters and adult-alternative music. The Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation retains a block of dates on which it will provide community programming.
The design has been completed for the restoration of the historic theater and building addition.
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As of January 2022, the design team comprised of:
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Atkin Olshin Schade Architects (architectural design)
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Acentech (audio-visual and acoustics consultant)
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Bruce E. Brooks & Associates (mechanical and electrical engineer)
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Columbus Construction (construction manager)
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E.B. O’Reilly & Associates (HVAC engineer)
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H. Gilroy Damon Associates (civil engineer)
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Keast & Hood Structural Engineers (structural engineer)
Because so many of the original seats were long ago removed or damaged all of the seats were removed. The new seats will be replicas of the original.
Remediation of asbestos throughout the building was completed in January 2022.
We await funding decisions from several public entities. We are hopeful that the project will receive commitments during the late winter/early spring to complete the $16 million project cost.
As soon as 100% of the funds necessary are secured a 12-month construction project will be undertaken.
Board of Directors
Robert Jara
President
John Carpenter
Vice President
Brian Flounders
Treasurer/Secretary
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Louis Pavone, CPA
Assistant Treasurer
Robert Correia
Steve Eberle
Nathan Hall
Suzanne McShane Hall
Donna Kelly Romero
Stephanie Strassel
Matthew Schultz
Executive Director/CEO
Advisory Committee
Joseph Mettimano
Todd Murray
Lou Wheeler
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Development Consultants
JNA Capital, Inc.
Fattah Capital Advisors, LLC.
Legal
Law Office of Michael J. Stutman, LLC
Government Relations
Mission Government Relations
Lenders
WSFS Bank
Reinvestment Fund
Historic Tax Investor
WSFS Bank
Design and Construction
Columbus Construction, Construction Manager
Atkin Olshin Schade, Project Architect
Keast & Hood, Structural Engineer
IMEG, MEP Engineer
H. Gilroy Damon Associates Inc., Civil Engineer
Acentech, AV/Acoustician
Historic Tax Credit Advisors
JNA Capital, Inc.
Powers & Company, Inc.
Novogradac
The Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation is a non-profit corporation operating under Section 501(c)3 of the IRS Code. The HLTC was established in 2006 to restore and reopen the now-shuttered 1927 Lansdowne Theater. The theater is located at 29-37 North Lansdowne Avenue in the heart of historic Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.
Matt Schultz
CEO's Note: We're already seeing the economic benefit of the theater being active. The Lansdowne Theater Building is presently home to nine businesses with a total of twenty employees. When the theater reopens and attracts 100,000 patrons annually even more jobs will be created in the theater and in the surrounding business district.
We’d love to hear from you!
31 N. Lansdowne Ave. | Lansdowne, Pennsylvania 19050
info@lansdownetheater.org | tel: 1610.622.1234