14-screen Megaplex bound for Centerville

CENTERVILLE (Davis County Clipper) — By Christmas of 2010, residents of Centerville and the surrounding area could be spending part of their holiday leisure time watching movies at a new theater, here.

While nothing is signed or sealed, plans are in the works to develop a 14-screen movie theater in partnership with the Larry H. Miller group. They’ve built such theater complexes as Jordan Commons Megaplex Theaters in Salt Lake County.

In addition, 252 apartments could be built as part of the project, plus some retail area, on about 28 acres on the southeast corner of 1250 West and Parrish Lane.

“The most exciting thing is the Megaplex theater,” said Mayor Ron Russell Tuesday. “As we were looking at planning on the west side, we always expected there would be some kind of retail on that south side of Parrish Lane, just west of I-15,” he said.

“It will be an entertainment component that is currently missing in South Davis,” the mayor said.

He called the apartments “probably the most controversial part of the development. Apartments are always controversial, people are always concerned.”

But plans call for “upscale” multi-family units three stories high on 10 acres. They would contain 24 apartments per building, plus one building of 12 units, explained City Community & Economic Development Director Cory Snyder.
 

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