It’s a thrill to share that TimeLine’s new home project has reached a significant milestone in construction! The concrete pre-cast panels that form much of the walls, floors, and other framing for the company’s new home are now taking their place at 5035 N. Broadway, near the corner of Broadway and Argyle, in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood.
The pre-cast panels were previously fabricated and have been held in a warehouse in Wisconsin to await this moment. The process to transport and install them all at the site is scheduled to take approximately four weeks. At that time, the building’s structure will be substantially complete and contractor Bulley & Andrews will proceed to the next phases of construction.
So far, crews have completed demolition of the front portion of the former Reebie warehouse (leaving the rear third to become space for offices, dressing rooms, and production studios); installation of nearly 40 supportive caissons, each 50 feet into the ground (!); and foundation work.
We anticipate being able to open our new home in spring 2026.
Check out some of the photos from the first days of pre-cast installation:
Far more than just a theater, TimeLine’s new home will be an inviting, accessible facility and a welcoming gathering space for entertainment, education, and community engagement. Joining other venerable performance venues in the historic Uptown Entertainment District, we’ll have an intimate and flexible 250-seat black box theater that can be re-imagined for every show; exhibit galleries that enhance the production experience; dedicated space for TimeLine’s Living History high school student audiences, education programming, and community gathering; expanded social spaces including a bar and café open day and night; a spacious and visible rehearsal room that invites a view of the art as it’s being made; office and production space for TimeLine’s growing staff; plus opportunities for future expansion.
We are very grateful to our incredible design and construction team, including HGA, Schuler Shook, Threshold Acoustics, Bulley & Andrews, and Cullen Construction Management.
We’re also immensely grateful to all the generous supporters who have made this project possible. Since launching our capital campaign, “IT’S TIME: The Campaign for TimeLine’s New Home,” TimeLine has successfully raised more than $41 million toward the approximately $46 million project cost, including $12.9 million in public support ($2.9 million from the State of Illinois, $10 million from the City of Chicago), and funds from more than 200 individual donors. If you’d like to learn more about how you can support TimeLine’s new home project, please reach out to Rosie Schultz, Director of Donor Engagement, at rosie@timelinetheatre.com or (773) 281-8463 x126.
Visit our It’s Time page for further details, including design renderings.
Comments (2)
William Woloshin (Timeline subscriber)
Are you saving any money by rehabbing this older building rather than building a new one from scratch?
TimeLine Theatre
Hi William – the project is partly rehabbing a portion of the older building and partly new construction. We have been working to make this project as economical as possible all along, and being able to re-use some of the warehouse is definitely a part of that.