A Calverton man submitted a petition with more than 3,100 signatures in support of a movie theater in Riverhead Town at Tuesday’s Town Board meeting. (more…)
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The property owner of the site of a proposed multiplex movie theater on Route 58 is exploring whether it can include a drive-through restaurant in the plan, according to Riverhead deputy town attorney Dawn Thomas.
Some say the era of brick-and-mortar retail may be waning, but a rundown of current building applications and ongoing projects for Route 58 includes more than a dozen proposals.
So what does that mean for Riverhead’s bustling shopping district? READ
The first Facebook comment we received on a story we published online last week about plans for a multiplex in Riverhead said it all.
“Builder: Cinema Deal is Sealed.”
“Hazeltine to the Movies?”
“Mulling Tanger Multiplex?”
Those are just some of the headlines published by the News-Review over the years regarding proposals to build multiplex movie theaters in Riverhead.
And, of course, none of them was ever built.
A proposed 50,340-square-foot, 10-to-12-screen multiplex movie theater at the site of the former Walmart on Route 58 was unanimously approved by the Suffolk County Planning Commission Wednesday.
The Riverhead Town Board on Thursday discussed setting public hearings on zoning changes intended to allow movie theaters on Route 58, where the town has been trying to convince Regal Entertainment Group, the largest movie theater chain in the U.S., to locate at the former Walmart site.
Councilwoman Jodi Giglio said the owner of the former Walmart building on Route 58 may be interested in bringing in a movie theater. (Credit: Carrie Miller, file)
Riverhead Councilwoman Jodi Giglio’s comment at the end of Thursday’s Town Board work session meeting almost flew under the public’s radar.
Someone might be interested in bringing a movie theater to Riverhead, she mentioned. (more…)