Kleban Properties to redevelop Fairfield theater closed since 2011

After being dormant for nearly a decade, Fairfield’s historic Community Theatre has found new life thanks to Kleban Properties and Sacred Heart University, the Connecticut Post reported. The Fairfield-based school has signed a 10-year lease for the site, which is now set to be redeveloped by Fairfield-based Kleban Properties as it negotiates a purchase of the property at 1410 Post Road. On the site will rise the new Sacred Heart University Community Theater, which expects to open next year and serve as a performing arts venue and arts and education facility, according to local news reports. “What we plan… is going to be absolutely transformative,” Kleban Properties chairman Albert Kleban told the outlet. “This is going to change Fairfield’s center dramatically.” Kleban and Sacred Heart estimate that the cost of redeveloping the theater, which opened in 1920 and closed in 2011, will be between $3 million and $5 million. [CTPost]

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