One theatre gone, another rises up

posted by richmurphy on June 28, 2010 at 7:48 am

MERRIFIELD, VA — A new complex is being built to replace the Lee Highway Multiplex with a new location of the Angelika Film Center.

Edens & Avant has begun tearing down the multiplex cinema off of Lee Highway in Merrifield to make way for the first phase of a planned 1.9 million-square-foot mixed-use redevelopment that will replace the theater and parking lots with a new cinema, grocery store, townhouse complex, hotel and office space. Called Mosaic, the $150 million project’s retail portion is two-thirds leased by companies including Target, Mom’s Organic Market and Angelika Film Center.

Read more in the Washington Business Journal.

Theaters in this post

Comments (3)

Local619
Local619 on June 28, 2010 at 12:12 pm

Correction.. Two theatres gone, a third rises up.. the Lee Highway Multiplex got it’s name from the Lee Highway-Arlington Blvd Drive-In.. Known locally as the The Lee Highway Drive-In occupied the site originally 1954-1984.

Murphy
Murphy on June 28, 2010 at 5:01 pm

Check out Merrifieldtowncenter.com.. Mosaic is a small portion of the future town center!!

John Fink
John Fink on June 28, 2010 at 7:16 pm

I guess National Amusements didn’t have a restriction on a future multiplex on that site like they do everywhere else. Then again – who cares? It’s now Rave’s problem (not that Rave and the Angelika would go head to head on bookings).

You must login before making a comment.

New Comment