From the Chicago Tribune:
“In a pivot away from developers and controversial Evanston high-rises, Northlight Theatre says it has made a fresh plan for a new home. Northlight said Friday that it has signed an option agreement to purchase (and then demolish) an existing Evanston building located at 1012-1016 Church Street in the near north suburb, and then build a new, low-rise theater that it says will be "transformational" for the 45-year-old non-profit theater.
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“The suggestion of this building, Evans said, came from the restaurant owner Amy Morton, whose eatery The Barn would be adjacent to the new theater (and would continue to operate, likely to the benefit of both institutions). Jones said that if fundraising and construction went according to plan, the goal would be to open the new theater in the fall of 2021, coinciding with the end of the current lease at the North Shore Center.”