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FUNDING OK’D TO HELP WITH APARTMENTS, LAFAYETTE THEATER BACKSTAGE PROJECT
The former Valley Oaks Health offices on Main Street will be converted into studio apartments and retail space, backed by a back stage green room for the city’s renovations of the Lafayette Theater, according to plans outlined this week for the Lafayette Economic Development Commission.
The work, dubbed the Bohemian Theater Project, will include 33 studio apartments with 600 square feet of retail space at 610 Main St.
Developer Andy Gutwein said the property was part of a deal that included a former parking lot on the other side of the 600 block of Main Street, which was used for Luna Flats, a mixed use project of apartments and commercial space completed three years ago. The building has been vacant since Valley Oaks moved to a new location.
The city is lining up a $610,000 forgivable loan to Upper Main Development LLC to help with the project – a move given initial approval Thursday by the Lafayette Economic Development Commission The proposed loan will be up for approval by the Lafayette City Council Oct. 5 and the Lafayette Redevelopment Commission Oct. 22.
A portion of the building will be set aside for a Lafayette Theater dressing room, with direct access.
Meanwhile, work continues next door on Long Center renovations that were estimated to cost $19.4 million, as the city looks to bolster the former movie house at 600 Main St. into a downtown entertainment venue.
