A $17.3 million renovation of the Strand Theater on Fulton Street will result in new facilities for cultural organizations Bric Arts and Urban Glass. The Economic Development Corp. and Dept. of Cultural Affairs are overseeing the revamp, which will be designed by Leeser Architecture. Bric will gain about 20,000 extra feet of space in the repurposed theater, and Urban Glass will have a ground-floor gallery in the building. Per a press release from Bric, the Strand was built in 1918 as a vaudeville theater and later became a movie house, then a bowling alley in the ’50s, then a manufacturing space. The renovation is expected to be completed in 2010.
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