“The Billings Symphony Orchestra and Chorale has received its largest single donation: the Sukin Building … in downtown Billings,” writes Anna Paige in Sunday’s (12/22) Billings Gazette (Montana). “The building is being donated by Jack and Adrea Sukin and Robert and Sandra Sukin, formerly of Billings, through their company, Montana Development Co. … Jase Norsworthy, past president of the Billings Symphony’s board of directors and a real estate broker with Re/Max of Billings, … said, ‘They kind of fell in love a little bit with the idea of the symphony being there.’ Plans are to renovate the location … by the end of May…. The Sukin Building was constructed in 1924. Its current taxable value is $674,500, according to the Yellowstone County Treasurer’s office. A formal appraisal is pending…. Norsworthy said the ongoing rental income from tenants [in the building] will be fed into an endowment or operation budget the organization can draw upon…. ‘We are growing the team, we are growing the exposure in the community, and we are growing the number of performances each year,’ ” said Billings Symphony Executive Director Ignacio Barrón Viela. “This new space triples BSOC’s current office space to 3,630 square feet.”
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