The Reg Lenna Center for The Arts will give the public an opportunity to learn about the construction and renovation at the facility and to take a hard-hat tour Friday at 3 p.m.

The tour will give participants a look at the many changes being made to the Reg theater lobby and box office, WRFA offices and studios, 3rd on 3rd Gallery and more spaces within the more than 40,000 square feet in the Center for The Arts

The new lobby and box office will be open before the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival and the 3rd on 3rd Gallery will open in a new street level space on Aug. 3. Offices for administration and both offices and studios for WRFA are on track to reopen this fall. A new multimedia arts studio and an adjacent pre-function meeting space will open to the community before the year’s end.

Demolition for the multi-million dollar project began in December 2017 with renovation and construction following in early 2018. Funding for the project comes from Western New York Regional Economic Development Council DRI, Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation, Gebbie Foundation and Lenna Foundation.

Those interested in touring are asked to convene in the theater through the Spring Street entrance. Monthly public tours of the construction spaces are planned until the entire facility is officially re-opened. Movie screenings and live events will continue to be programmed through the spring and summer. Additionally, Forte Restaurant will remain open throughout the process.