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Topic: New Cinemark Theatre in Denton, Texas
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Bobby Henderson
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posted 09-01-2004 12:11 AM
Denton, by itself, is not quite big enough to support all those screens (yet). However, Denton is hardly by itself in that neck of the woods. The Dallas-Fort Worth megapolis is growing north and northwest. Size of population in other established cities like Garland and Richardson is rivaling that of Fort Worth. What are they going to call the metroplex in a few years? Dallas-Garland-Carollton-Irving-Grand Prairie-Richardson-Fort Worth?
Lots of people are building houses and whole developments in unincorporated areas around the northern reaches of DFW. Communities like Sherman, McKinney, Decatur and more will quickly grow. If the development keeps going, I-35 from Dallas will be urban/suburbanized all the way to Lake Texoma.
So in short, I guess all those theaters are just trying to get in there in advance of the growth, before real estate prices get too expensive.
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Gregory Brannon
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From: McKinney, TX, USA
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posted 10-06-2004 10:08 PM
After reading the following story in the Fort Worth Startelegram regarding a new Cinemark in Mansfield. The article mentions future Cinemark locations including Allen, Texas. The Cinemark Legacy 24 is at the outskirts of Plano/Allen boarder. Where else in Allen can Cinemark build a 12 screen theatre without eating into Cinemark Legacy's revenue?
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Posted on Wed, Oct. 06, 2004 I M A G E S STAR-TELEGRAM/DARRELL BYERS Developer Marc Kossman speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for a 12-screen movie theater in Mansfield, which is expected to open on Memorial Day next year. More photos...
Officials break ground on theater
By Robert Cadwallader
Special to the Star-Telegram
MANSFIELD - City and business leaders on Tuesday celebrated Mansfield's long-awaited movie theater, which could be another economic catalyst in this fast-growing area.
Officials ceremonially broke ground Tuesday on the 12-screen Cinemark theater, which is expected to open on Memorial Day next year and will be the centerpiece of a planned 200,000-square-foot commercial-retail complex at U.S. 287 and Farm Road 157.
Officials hope residents in Mansfield and surrounding communities will spend more entertainment dollars in Mansfield, which hasn't had a movie house since Farr Best Theater closed in 1975.
"With everything that has come in the last couple of years, this says Mansfield is a city now, a quality city," Mayor Mel Neuman said. "It's not just a suburb."
The city is in the midst of a construction frenzy along U.S. 287 that has brought several restaurants and major retailers -- Home Depot, Lowe's, Target and Tom Thumb among them -- since 2000. A deal has also been finalized for a 40-acre Big League Dreams baseball complex at U.S. 287 and East Broad Street, and construction on a $100 million hospital is set to begin in June, just east of the baseball complex site.
Site work actually began two months ago for the $4 million theater, which will have 2,100 stadium seats and is the first phase of the retail complex.
Although no lease agreements with major tenants have been announced, deals have been finalized for an On The Border restaurant and a Cold Stone Creamery ice cream parlor at the 35-acre site. Officials said they are nearing an agreement with Applebee's restaurant.
City officials credit much of the recent commercial development to a population growth spurt over the past four years, from 30,000 residents to about 50,000.
Kossman Development Co. of Pittsburgh, which is building the theater and shopping center, said its venture would be too risky without the $1 million tax incentive that the city granted. The tax breaks will lower the construction costs, which will allow Kossman to offer lower-cost leases.
"Without this incentive that we have, a lot of retailers were passing us by," said Marc Kossman, director of company operations.
Cinemark, which specializes in mid-size theater markets, also plans to open theaters in Cedar Hill, Denton, Rockwall and Allen, said Frank Gonzales, a marketing manager at Cinemark's corporate headquarters in Plano.
City Councilman Jeff Newberry, who has fond memories of watching movies as a youngster at Farr Best, said he will be a regular customer of the Cinemark.
"I'm excited, because I don't like driving to Arlington," Newberry said. "Honestly, I can't tell you the last time I saw a movie." ________________________________________________________________
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