The next big project for the arts in the Twin Cities is about to rise in downtown St. Paul.

Plans for a $75 million expansion of the Ordway Center — the biggest arts building project since the new Guthrie Theater was completed in 2006 — were announced Thursday by four arts groups. The 56,000-square-foot expansion will create a primary home for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

Ordway officials said they have secured $51.5 million of the project’s $75 million goal. (FULL ARTICLE: Rohan Preston, Star Tribune)