Hi Everyone. This is Judy, the daughter of the owners of the Gardena Cinema. Thanks for all the info and feedback on our big little theater. As many of you know, my parents are in their 70s and need to retire from the daily management of the business. I’m trying to come up with ideas on how to retire them without selling the place. I really cannot run the business on my own. Any ideas to keep the place running and still allow my parents to break free from the day-to-day business responsibilities?
To the Fierros: We have refunded your popcorn and soda money and we know you cashed the check because we have the canceled check. We even provided you two free movie tickets to any movie of your choice at the local competitor movie theater just to show you that we care and we try to make every one of our patrons happy. We have been running this movie theater for 32 years. Over the past 32 years, we hope we have mostly happy patrons, but once in a while we have an unhappy person because they didn’t get a free refill on a half-finished soda or popcorn or refund on a half-eaten hot dog. We appreciate all our patrons, but it always ruins our day when we have the ones who purposefully make a big stink trying to get a free refill or their money back using some lame excuse. We try to be friendly and we recognize almost every one of our regular customers, especially since we live in the neighborhood. We have consistently tried to provide good service at a reasonable price. We consistently set our prices less expensive than the large circuit theaters located at the pricey malls. Our concession snacks are very reasonably priced. We challenge anyone to compare our prices w/ any other local movie theater and you will find we are lower-priced 99% of the time. But don’t treat us cheaply because our prices are cheaper. We pop our popcorn fresh everyday and our fountain drinks are poured from Coca Cola maintained machines. Our carpets are professionally cleaned every two to four months, depending on how high foot traffic is. We apologize that you happened to visit at a time when there was high foot traffic and we had not cleaned the carpets yet. But they were cleaned soon thereafter. There is no way to prevent patrons from spilling soda or stomping on buttery popcorn into the carpet. It’s just a matter of one day when the carpet gets a stain. All we can do is make a conscious effort to shampoo it often. After 32 years, we are ready to retire. Maybe you would like to run the movie theater? It’s for sale for $3.5M and we’ll even finance the mortgage for you. You won’t have to go through a bank.
As you know, it’s 12,000 s.f. and has a seating capacity of 800. It may look little on the outside, but as you know, it’s a big auditorium with a screen that’s 37 feet wide and the sound is awesome with Dolby Digital and DTS Digital sound systems. This might be a once in a lifetime opportunity for you!
Property is not that small. Lot is over 12,000 s.f. Building s.f. is over 12,000 s.f. Total seating capacity is 800. Located on very busy, high traffic count, Crenshaw Boulevard, between Rosecrans Avenue and Marine Avenue. Only 5 minutes north of El Camino College and 10 minutes south of Southwest College (2 local community colleges). Owner wants to retire and willing to carry back whole note. Where else can you find automatic financing like that? No banks involved and no need for good credit. This is a great opportunity for a young, energetic, hungry entrepreneur who wants to get into a very high startup & capital intensive business.
Price includes property, equipment (dolby digital and dts digital systems, dvd projection system, and Christie projector w/ 3 platters, 2 ice machines, all concession equipment), inventory, collectibles, and two occupied commercial rental units. 15 minutes to the beach, 30 minutes to downtown Los Angeles, 25 minutes to Long Beach, accessible to 4 major freeways (405, 110, 105, and 91), central to greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. What’s wrong with the neighborhood? Centrally situated in the South Bay area surrounded by Torrance, Compton, Hawthorne, El Segundo, Lawndale, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and South Los Angeles. Lots and lots of people living in the area w/ diverse demographics. Real estate market is down now, so price will only go up over time as the real estate market recovers. Asking price will increase next year!
Gardena Cinema for sale. See www.gardenacinema.com Owner will carry note. $3.5M includes property, equipment, business, all the collectibles from the past 32 years. If interested, please e-mail
https://youtu.be/onrWc_XOAJA Music video shot at the Gardena Cinema.
Hi Everyone. This is Judy, the daughter of the owners of the Gardena Cinema. Thanks for all the info and feedback on our big little theater. As many of you know, my parents are in their 70s and need to retire from the daily management of the business. I’m trying to come up with ideas on how to retire them without selling the place. I really cannot run the business on my own. Any ideas to keep the place running and still allow my parents to break free from the day-to-day business responsibilities?
To the Fierros: We have refunded your popcorn and soda money and we know you cashed the check because we have the canceled check. We even provided you two free movie tickets to any movie of your choice at the local competitor movie theater just to show you that we care and we try to make every one of our patrons happy. We have been running this movie theater for 32 years. Over the past 32 years, we hope we have mostly happy patrons, but once in a while we have an unhappy person because they didn’t get a free refill on a half-finished soda or popcorn or refund on a half-eaten hot dog. We appreciate all our patrons, but it always ruins our day when we have the ones who purposefully make a big stink trying to get a free refill or their money back using some lame excuse. We try to be friendly and we recognize almost every one of our regular customers, especially since we live in the neighborhood. We have consistently tried to provide good service at a reasonable price. We consistently set our prices less expensive than the large circuit theaters located at the pricey malls. Our concession snacks are very reasonably priced. We challenge anyone to compare our prices w/ any other local movie theater and you will find we are lower-priced 99% of the time. But don’t treat us cheaply because our prices are cheaper. We pop our popcorn fresh everyday and our fountain drinks are poured from Coca Cola maintained machines. Our carpets are professionally cleaned every two to four months, depending on how high foot traffic is. We apologize that you happened to visit at a time when there was high foot traffic and we had not cleaned the carpets yet. But they were cleaned soon thereafter. There is no way to prevent patrons from spilling soda or stomping on buttery popcorn into the carpet. It’s just a matter of one day when the carpet gets a stain. All we can do is make a conscious effort to shampoo it often. After 32 years, we are ready to retire. Maybe you would like to run the movie theater?
It’s for sale for $3.5M and we’ll even finance the mortgage for you. You won’t have to go through a bank.
As you know, it’s 12,000 s.f. and has a seating capacity of 800. It may look little on the outside, but as you know, it’s a big auditorium with a screen that’s 37 feet wide and the sound is awesome with Dolby Digital and DTS Digital sound systems. This might be a once in a lifetime opportunity for you!
Property is not that small. Lot is over 12,000 s.f. Building s.f. is over 12,000 s.f. Total seating capacity is 800. Located on very busy, high traffic count, Crenshaw Boulevard, between Rosecrans Avenue and Marine Avenue. Only 5 minutes north of El Camino College and 10 minutes south of Southwest College (2 local community colleges). Owner wants to retire and willing to carry back whole note. Where else can you find automatic financing like that? No banks involved and no need for good credit. This is a great opportunity for a young, energetic, hungry entrepreneur who wants to get into a very high startup & capital intensive business.
Price includes property, equipment (dolby digital and dts digital systems, dvd projection system, and Christie projector w/ 3 platters, 2 ice machines, all concession equipment), inventory, collectibles, and two occupied commercial rental units. 15 minutes to the beach, 30 minutes to downtown Los Angeles, 25 minutes to Long Beach, accessible to 4 major freeways (405, 110, 105, and 91), central to greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. What’s wrong with the neighborhood? Centrally situated in the South Bay area surrounded by Torrance, Compton, Hawthorne, El Segundo, Lawndale, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and South Los Angeles. Lots and lots of people living in the area w/ diverse demographics. Real estate market is down now, so price will only go up over time as the real estate market recovers. Asking price will increase next year!
Gardena Cinema for sale. See www.gardenacinema.com Owner will carry note. $3.5M includes property, equipment, business, all the collectibles from the past 32 years. If interested, please e-mail