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Kirwin and Simpson public facilities, and to social, economic, and flexibility, ease of operation, and versatility while inception. Darlene (Dee) Smolik, President of
ecological sustainability. artfully balancing the requirements of clients and PSL, personally guides the Client through the
Contact Information: those of the communities in which they practice. project financing but also works with the Client
Alastair Simpson Our historic theatres include the Cincinnati to identify the project challenges, opportunities,
Unit 11-13, Globe Industrial Estate, Towers Road, National Trust Insurance Services Music Hall; King’s Theatre in Brooklyn; Paramount and solutions throughout the entire project
Grays, ESX RM176ST, England Theatre in Charlottesville, VA; Paramount Theatre process. Dee can address Historic Tax Credit
sales@kirwin-simpson.com Contact Information: in Cedar Rapids; and Saenger Theatre in New spending evaluations, accounting issues, cash
+44 (0)1375 379200 Kevin Sullivan, Client Executive Orleans. flow challenges, entity structure, project tracking,
http://www.kirwin-simpson.com 10150 York Road, Suite 420, Cockeysville, MD reporting, operations transition, and Wind Down.
21030 Dee’s first-hand knowledge on all these aspects,
Company Description: kevin-sullivan@mdpins.com Plymouth Soundings, LLC extensive experience, proven results, and
Based in the UK, Kirwin & Simpson are a fourth- (410) 547-3176 specialization with Historic Theatres make PSL
generation family business specialising in http://www.nationaltrust-insurance.org/ Contact Information: unique in the industry.
supplying theatre and auditorium seating across Darlene (Dee) Smolik, President
the globe. Fostering long-term relationships with Company Description: 305 Kennesaw Lane, Lenoir City, TN 37771
clients since 1945, we offer chairs from existing Maury, Donnelly & Parr, Inc. (MDP) is the ds@plymouthsoundings.com
ranges or totally custom seat designs. We work administrator of National Trust Insurance Services, (865) 254-4343
closely with clients to produce comprehensive LLC (NTIS) and the Historic Theatre Insurance http://www.plymouthsoundings.com
plans. Our chairs are built by highly-skilled team Program exclusive to LHAT. NTIS is proud to
members and followed by an expert installation support LHAT as a strategic partner and to assist Company Description:
service. Whether heritage or contemporary in members in finding the most comprehensive and Plymouth Soundings, LLC (PSL) specializes in
style, our seamless support service is designed to affordable insurance to meet their organization’s helping clients access Historic Tax Credits (HTCs)
minimise disruption and downtime. Our unique needs. Historic theatres are unique, and this and New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC’s) for
chair configuration allows for bigger seats or should be reflected in the insurance products qualifying construction financing. Typically, Tax
increased capacity without compromising on that protect them. Our program provides policy Credit Consultants focus on the acquisition of the
comfort. Having already supplied and installed features that are not available in the general Tax Credit Equity. However, a successful project
with industry leaders on Broadway and in the insurance marketplace. As a subsidiary of the that maximizes Tax Credit potential, begins
Midwest, USA we provide a genuine alternative National Trust for Historic Preservation, NTIS is the planning for Tax Credit financing at project
to traditional U.S. suppliers. leading provider of insurance solutions for historic
properties.
SACRAMENTO MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM
Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC SACRAMENTO, CA
OTJ Architects
Contact Information:
Michael Schnoering, FAIA, Partner Contact Information:
200 Forrestal Road, Suite 3A, Princeton, NJ 08540 Gary Martinez, FAIA, Partner
mikes@msarchitectsllc.com 555 11th Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC
(609) 681-2480 x102 20004
http://www.msarchitectsllc.com martinez@otj.com
(202) 621-1000
Company Description: http://www.otj.com
Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC is a full service
architectural firm with broad experience in Company Description:
planning, design and historic preservation. Areas OTJ approaches the design of performing arts
of expertise include cultural institutions and facilities by looking to the future experience
educational facilities; and historic preservation, of the community, patron, performer, and
restoration, and adaptive use. The firm provides operator, even when the context of the venue
theater planning and feasibility studies through is firmly rooted in the past. Our team has met
construction administration, and has provided the challenge of renovating historic assets to
sensitive, dynamic, and sustainable new design accommodate opera, symphony, chamber
and preservation solutions for significant early music, and a single public speaker in successive
20th century and mid-century performing arts performance slots. By aligning practical solutions,
venues. In all our work, M+Sa is committed sound project management, and exemplary
to creating safe, secure, and fully accessible architecture, we deliver solutions that maximize A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD CLASSIC

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