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Belma Diamante is hoping to change all of that on James North.

Owner of the once-grand Tivoli Theatre that's now an auditorium without a street-level facade, Diamante has major plans to re-establish the space as a cultural hub.

Plans include a $15-million renovation and addition on James Street North, bringing the partially hidden auditorium back to life in the community.

"We're hoping to have it complete by 2015, in time for the Pan Am Games," said Diamante, who hopes to finance the project in three phases, using community and government funding.

The overall idea, she said, is to offer a new space for the city's burgeoning arts scene, but one that isn't quite as big or daunting as Hamilton Place.

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