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Retail landlords still suing over skipped rent
While businesses have been suing their insurers, commercial landlords have also been filing claims against tenants that have skipped...
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What the new stimulus means for restaurants, indie movie theaters
As part of Congress’ $900 billion pandemic aid package approved Monday, $15 billion was dedicated for “live venues, independent...
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Regal Cinemas in talks for rescue deal
The parent company of Regal Cinemas, the second-largest movie theater operator in the U.S., is hunting for a financial lifeline. U.K.-based Cineworld is in talks with investors for rescue financing or debt to fund...
AMC theaters to reopen next week, but not in New York
AMC theaters will reopen more than 100 of its movie theaters on Aug. 20, with another 300 the following...
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Why vacant movie theaters are increasingly becoming development battlegrounds
In the early decades of the 20th century, opulent movie palaces were a mainstay of many New York City...
Tangram project will include a 4D multiplex
The movie theater coming to Flushing’s massive Tangram project will consist of a 4D multiplex with seven auditoriums from the South Korean cinema chain CJ CGV. CJ CGV signed a lease at the 39th...
IFC Center could leave Sixth Ave. theater if expansion blocked
The show could be over for the IFC Center movie theater in Greenwich Village, should the city’s Board of...
High-end movie theaters in talks over 28 Liberty Street cineplex
All the cinephile bankers and stock brokers itching to see The Big Short closer to the office will soon have...
Border war: Park Slope resident claims Hidrock’s theater conversion encroaches on property
Hidrock Realty’s planned condo conversion of the Pavilion Theater in Park Slope continues to face new hurdles, with a neighboring resident claiming the project encroaches...
Let’s all go to the lobby: Two new cinemas to debut next year
By the time the wave of new and renovated movie theaters hits the city next year, you’ll probably be...