Cinemark Cinemas

[ynkeesfn82]

The New Cinemark Cinema opens in North Haven, Connecticut on July 22nd, 2015. It replaces an older Rave Motion Pictures in the same plaza.

This article appeared in The Meriden-Record Journal on July 6th, 2015. It also talks about the new Dick's Sporting Goods Being built across the street.

New theater, sporting goods store under construction in North Haven

Published: July 5, 2015 | Last Modified: July 6, 2015 12:57PM
By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff

NORTH HAVEN â€" The new Cinemark NextGen theater on Universal Drive promises to be an entertainment blockbuster when it opens July 22, a marketing manager said this week.

The Rave Cinemas closed recently to make way for the 57,202-square-foot entertainment complex behind it. Cinemark, of Plano, Texas, bought Rave Cinemas last year. The former theater will be demolished to make way for four new businesses.

Cinemark estimates it will spend $16.2 million for wall-to-wall screens in all 14 auditoriums, digital projection and real 3-D capability in several, enhanced sound, a cafeteria-style concession stand, and Cinemark XD, a massive-screen extreme digital auditorium with luxury lounge recliners and 60-plus-speaker digital surround sound.

The new cinema will show movies and live events, including boxing matches and Metropolitan Opera productions, according to James Meredith, Cinemark’s vice president of marketing.

“All cinemas have enhanced digital surround sound, so it’s a great opportunity for people in the area to enjoy high-quality movies and other events,” Meredith said.

During site plan approval, Cinemark also agreed to an easement that will allow for development of the Quinnipiac Marsh Trail at the rear of the property.

Last year, the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission approved a special permit to allow Cinemark to serve alcoholic beverages at a lounge inside the complex. Customers cannot consume alcoholic beverages inside the theaters, but there will be a lounge where they can enjoy beer and wine.

“The plan is really a good one,” commission member James Giulietti said at the time of the approvals. “The premises as they sit today are largely in disrepair and the parking lot has been in disrepair for years.”

Across the street, developers are working on razing the former Xpect Discount store and renovating the 339,000-square-foot- Home Depot Plaza.

“The new building under construction will be occupied by Dick’s Sporting Goods and is expected to open later this fall,” said Nicholas Brown, vice president of development for the northeast region of Kimco Realty.

“The shopping center will also receive various site improvements and a façade renovation.”

The center is anchored by BJ’s Wholesale Club and Home Depot. Plans call for the demolition of Xpect and to replace it with a new 48,000-square-foot prototypical Dick’s Sporting Goods store.

The façades for the balance of the non-anchored stores are being renovated, and various other site improvements are also being constructed, including a renovated pylon sign, new site lighting, additional landscaping and a new parking lot.

Construction began in March 2015 and the total cost is $8.3 million, according to the Kimco website.

First Selectman Mike Freda mentioned the town’s commercial sector and the Cinemark Theater when accepting a Celebrate CT! award from the Connecticut Economic Resource Center last November.

“Look at these projects and see a lot is happening in North Haven,” Freda said at the time. “I spend a lot of time on economic development and meet with developers, commercial real estate agents and retailers on a regular basis to create opportunities and bring them to positive outcomes.

[Hudsons81]

The building that will house the Cinemark Southland 12 in Taylor, Michigan, has already mostly been erected as of yesterday. I believe it wasn't there back in August, so that was a quick timeframe.

[Hudsons81]

The building that will house the Cinemark Southland 12 in Taylor, Michigan, has already mostly been erected as of yesterday. I believe it wasn't there back in August, so that was a quick timeframe.

The front facade of that building is now in place and visible as of Wednesday, though the sign still has to be put up.

[Hudsons81]

The building that will house the Cinemark Southland 12 in Taylor, Michigan, has already mostly been erected as of yesterday. I believe it wasn't there back in August, so that was a quick timeframe.

The front facade of that building is now in place and visible as of Wednesday, though the sign still has to be put up.

As of a month ago signs are now up. Also the opening date has been announced as April 21-two weekends from now.

http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2016/04/10/news/doc5706d8001f269281151123.txt

[Hudsons81]

The new Cinemark Southland Center in Taylor, Michigan opened on April 21, 2016.

http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2016/04/25/news/doc5718ff82deea6084003447.txt

[retailisking]

They're going to build a 12-screen cinema at the Rock Row development. Hard to see where the demand is given that Westbrook alone already has a Cinemagic with 16 screens and there's another Cinemagic behind the Maine Mall just a couple miles away with 8, to say nothing of the Flagship Premium in Falmouth and the Nickelodeon multiplex in downtown Portland. This will be Cinemark's first cinema in Northern New England.
http://news.keepmecurrent.com/12-screen-theater-signs-on-for-rock-row/