Community Developers hope to revive downtown area Renovated Broadway building will include theater cinema and shops By Travis Bishop Eme'ald Contributor Kugene's historic Broadway building is in the midst of rimov.i lions th.it could bring sparks of life back to the ( it\ s depressed downtown area, s.lid developer Mark Dooiuin I loon.in and his assoc iate on this project Scott Hemet, both graduated from the 1 hiiversitv's Master ot An hitei tore program m li)H2. Since that time, thev have c ooperated on several projec ts in eluding the renovation ot a similar building in Kalamazoo, \lic hi gan in l‘)H8. Bernet. a resident of San Diego, is currenth out ot town and could not be reached for comment Denman said tics partner lias made several three to four du\ trips to Kilgore- to work on the project and would continue to do so until the renovations were complete The two developers originally became interested in the building when thev helped develop a new lac ditv for Wings Kuterprises a personal development center, on the second tloor of the building When this phase of tin* project was completed in lamiarv thev turned their attention to the rest ot the building. Doon.m and Iternet see the Broadway building as a vital part ot the larger projec 1 of bringing life li.u k into the dovv utovv n area in stead of furthering the "urban spraw 1" that Kugene has seen "Basically. 1 think our underlying interest in the building is to make some kind ot contribution to the urban environment in terms of using existing buildings and spac e to make the area a little’ denser." lineman said, "It seems like something that the down town is in need of and is going to be a populai spot for (elks to go." I’artic ularlv important to the projec.t has been the involvement ot Siuslaw Valiev Hank, lineman said "They've been really progressive in terms ot really supporting this projec t and it wouldn't tie happening without then enthusi asm behind it." he said The building has been renamed (Ilf Broadway and will house several restaurants amt shops as well as a 12 I seat movie anil arts theater Five tenants, inc luding a pi/./a-bv the slice' e one ession and a neon-light shop, have already committed to occupy space' in tile' renovated building. The' Off Broadway theater, owned and operated liv Steve Hove will carry several unicpie e tiar.ie ter istie s that other theaters don t offer, including roc king chair seating and a c ry room so e rv ing tod ellers won t disturb other moviegoers Hove' said tie wants to see the theater bee ome a place where cus turners can ex pee t to see tilings that e annot be seen at ottie'r c me mas. including live theatric al performanc es that will v irtually split time with the movies Additionally, the theater will foe us on local and regional talent, showcasing local photographers and painters on the walls of the lobby The selection of tdnis at the' (111 Broadway theater will reflect Hove's feeling that many good films simply bypass ! tic Kiigene an'a bee ause they are not shown at one of the c hain theaters in town I will always be looking for films that wouldn't otherwise get a chance to show in Kugene. Hove said I here' are a lot ot je'vvels out there that just aren't m ttic■ main line so the'V don't get shown here '' l ie ket jirie e's for the ne'u theater will tie lower than the chain theaters in town Hove said Price's will average' around S4 at), hut there will be several eiise eiunts me lulling a student rate tflat e until Photo bt s«*4ii 1‘irtlnn I ni\ersit\ .in hitet lure ^riiilu.ites M.irk llonn.in ,uul Si oil lin net hope th.it In renin.itini; the historit Itrn.nlw.n builtling thin (.111 brim• h.u A some lile to the ihn\ nlinx n m.ill drop thr pri( c n! tii kels In about S I Stunt; (it tilt' tenants m the building will have a l.n>»»■ role in ex posing people to hugene's downtown area that normally wouldn't have that i ham e. Doonan said "I think two major elements are Wings and the theater," he said "Wings can |usl bring tolks down here that wouldn't lie downtown normally, hotli tolks trout in town and I think something like tai or 7(1 percent of their c limits are from out of low u I'he same with the theater I think it's what brings tolks down town other than folks that are normally working down here and it also extends the hours as well Oft Uroadwav is tentatively scheduled to open near the end of September hut Doonan said that could easily change "We ye been shooting for the laigene I elebratiun as an opening date he said "It's really been dependent on these last three tentative lime line ( onuuitments though, so I think it s going to be lighter What the developers yvould like to see < rented is a plate that could druyy people down to Kugencs labeling dovyntovvn mail. 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