Yesterday, Royal Oak officials approved plans for a new movie theater and bowling complex to occupy a spot once slated for loft condominiums. Emagine Entertainment is behind the project that would be built near the corner of 11 Mile and Main Street, on the north edge of downtown Royal Oak.
Just as Dearborn's City Council was extending the Preferred Developer agreement with Hakim Fakhoury's Dearborn Village Partners in a 5-1 vote last night that would allow them to pursue plans with Emagine Entertainment, Royal Oak's city commission was approving their own bowling alley/movie theater plan by a 5-2 vote. Like many Dearborn officials, some Royal Oak politicians questioned whether there was adequate parking for the expected influx of movie and bowling patrons.
The Royal Oak complex will feature a 10-screen movie theater, 16 lanes of bowling and accommodate a bar or lounge. When completed, it's expected to be a 73,000-square-foot building.
It all sounds vaguely familiar to us. Except that the Royal Oak developers expect to break ground in March with the theater opening by year's end.
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awesome.....
Royal Oak is dope so maybe this is a good sign.
Classic Dearborn. A day late and a dollar short.
So the Royal Oak complex will cater to the Oakland County crowd and the Dearborn complex will cater to the Wayne County crowd. Excuse me while I go lock my doors.
I can't wait to go the movies in downtown Dearborn! I love to see the drama, gangs and gunfights! And it'll take place right there in the parking lot for free!!!! Heeeeeheeeeeheeeee!
I thought all that already took place in the Double Olive.
Wow. That is one ugly ass marquee. That will really class up Michigan Avenue.
What are you talking about Michigan Ave. Man? If Fakhoury builds his buildings and they look anything like they do in that early rendering this marquee will match perfectly. Making Michigan Ave. look like a circus threw up on it will definitely class it up.
HAHA! Yes, you're right Paul. You could almost call this theater 'Fakhoury-esque.' The purple neon will bounce light off Sacred Heart's steeple so that'll be reassuring.
Who knows? Maybe this whole thing will work out as well as 'Superblock' did? Oh.
Superblock. Yep, that turned out to be a real winner for the city too.
UGH-ly!
Yeah, I guess we'd rather have the empty eyesores that have been sitting there for years. Some are never happy.
uhmm, we already have a movie theater @ fairlane! why do we need another?? This is just about par for West Dearborn- lets try and imitate Royal Oak. We have already tried that for the last 10 years!!!... and its part of the reason we are in this mess right now! No vision amongst these so called leaders.
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