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Imperial Theater team seeks $14.5 million to rehabilitate Mohawk landmark
Summary
Developer Julie Fay and the Imperial Theater Mohawk Alliance told the Healthy Neighborhoods Committee the project has stabilized the 1912 theater, secured federal historic tax credits and three $100,000 rounds of city predevelopment grants, and is seeking capital to complete a $14.5 million rehabilitation and a new performing-arts annex.
The Imperial Theater Mohawk Alliance updated the Cincinnati Healthy Neighborhoods Committee on plans to restore the 1912 theater and build a 450-seat performing arts and education annex, saying the total project cost is about $14.5 million and that more fundraising and city partnership will be needed to finish construction.
Julie Fay, the developer, and Marilyn Highland, Imperial Theater project director, said Fay bought the deteriorated theater in 2014, stabilized the building, installed a new roof, secured federal historic tax credits and won three rounds of the city’s Neighborhood Catalytic Capital Investment Program (NCCIP), each…
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