St. James Theatre

Rich with theatrical history and lore, this building was renamed the St. James Theatre by the legendary Astor family, who owned the land on which the theater was originally built, this building was later taken over the the Shuberts.

It became a part of the Jujamcyn Theaters group in 1970. Jujamcyn retained us to provide design services for the upgrade of the HVAC system and replacement of the existing cooling tower with a new, more efficient chiller with a larger capacity as part of an effort to increase the cooling capacity of the theater.

The building considered a number of options to upgrade the four 15 ton and one 20 ton compressors currently used to cool the lower house of the building.

As part of our scope of work we analyzed various options for this chiller plant upgrade, and made a recommendation for a robust system that improves occupant comfort, energy conservation, ongoing maintenance, and reliability.