AMC Chestnut Hill Closed; New Showcase Super Lux on the Way
The Chestnut Hill City Sports has also closed, as it prepares for a move to the new building next door.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
AMC Chestnut Hill Closed; New Showcase Super Lux on the Way
The Chestnut Hill City Sports has also closed, as it prepares for a move to the new building next door.
The AMC cinema in Chestnut Hill has officially closed up shop, making way for a new Showcase Super Lux slated to move in just a few doors down. The five-screen Chestnut Hill movie theatre closed its doors on Thursday, Jan. 17, according to representatives from WS Development, the owner and operator of The Street (formerly the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center). A sign had been posted on the theatre's marquee announcing its closure, but has since been taken down. Although he did not comment on the future of the theatre building, WS Development Corporate Marking Director David Fleming told Newton Patch this week that the AMC space will be included in the continued redevelopment of the shopping center. For now, the space will remain empty. In …
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Chestnut Hill Shopping Center Announces Name Change
The new name will reflect the shopping center's renovations and additions as well as its walkability.
Updated 3:56 p.m. More than 60 years after it first opened off Route 9 in Newton, the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center is changing its name. The retail center will now be known as "The Street," according to a press release issued yesterday. The new name is the latest step in a renovation of the shopping center, which is owned and managed by WS Development. According to the press release, the new name will "better reflect its transformation into a walkable retail and entertainment complex." “Chestnut Hill Shopping Center was part of a then-revolutionary wave of retail projects opening around the country just after World War II,” says WS Development Corporate Marketing Director David Fleming said in the press release. “Today, however, the …
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Les
11:53 am on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The Street? What an unimaginative, innocuous name! Couldn't the developer have just left the old name or come with something a bit more interesting/exciting...? I agree with Maureen. more ›
Monday, October 1, 2012
New Steak House Coming to Newton's Chestnut Hill Shopping Center
The steak house will be located in a new, three-story building in the center of the Route 9 shopping complex.
How do you take your steak? Steaks from Del Frisco Grille will soon be available to the "sophisticated palate of Chestnut Hill," according to a press release issued Monday by WS Development, who announced today that the national steakhouse -- with locations in New York, Las Vegas and Houston -- signed a lease for its Chestnut Hill Shopping Center space. "We've been focused on finding the right mix of high-quality food operators to serve this dense, high-income market," said Mark Roberts, senior vice president of leasing at WS Development, the owners of the shopping center. "Del Frisco's is expert at catering to the refined, well-traveled customer. We're excited to welcome Del Frisco's to Chestnut Hill." Del Frisco will be located in a new…
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Wendy Schapiro
10:18 am on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Bugsey, bless you JUST for spelling restaurateur correctly and not trying to put an "n" in there :) I tend to agree re. not being thrilled about another steakhouse, but I am curious: what kinds of restaurants do you see as lacking in Newton/Chestnut Hill? more ›
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Newton's New Cinema Complex Will Include a Davio's Restaurant
The 250-seat restaurant will be part of the new National Amusements theatre at the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center.
A well-known, upscale Italian steakhouse is planning to partner with a new movie theatre at the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center to bring diners a different option for date night. The owners of Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse are partnering with National Amusements to open a 250-seat restaurant in the new cinema complex at the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center, according to a report in the Boston Herald. The new restaurant, which will be known as Davio's Cucina, will include a lower-priced menu of pastas and pizzas as well as a full bar, the Herald reported. It plans to be open for lunch and dinner and will have its own street entrance in addition to an entrance from the theatre lobby. Davio's currently has locations in Boston's Park Square…
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
Athletic Apparel Company to Join Retail Lineup at Chestnut Hill Shopping Center
The latest announcement adds to a retail list including Shake Shack, Pinkberry, Pottery Barn, Bernard's, Sports Club/LA, City Sports and a Cinema de Lux, which will all open in the new shopping center in 2013.
The high-end, "yoga-inspired" lululemon athletica has recently signed a lease to join the lineup of retail shops at the revamped Chestnut Hill Shopping Center. According to a press release issued by the shopping center's owner, WS Development, the athletic apparel company will have a 3,100-square-foot store on the ground floor of the new 115,000-square-foot building currently being built on the former Macy's site. A Sports Club/LA will be located above the retail in addition to a Cinema de Lux. “We have done a lot of business with lululemon, and they are one of this country’s greatest retailers,” Brian Sciera, vice president of WS Development, said in a statement. “We are excited to add them to a premiere corner of one of our flagship …
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Pottery Barn, Treat Cupcake Bar to Open in Newton's Chestnut Hill Shopping Center
WS Development, the firm that owns the shopping center, announced three new businesses will be moving in to the new space on the former Macy's site.
Pottery Barn, Polarn O. Pyret and Treat Cupcake Bar will soon be joining the lineup at Newton's Chestnut Hill Shopping Center. According to a press release issued by the shopping center's owner, WS Development, the three new retailers will open in spring 2013 as part of a new building currently being constructed on the former Macy's site. “We’re delighted to bring Pottery Barn, Polarn O. Pyret, and Treat Cupcake Bar to the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center,” Dick Marks, partner, WS Development, said in a press release. “We’re pleased that our customers will have the opportunity to experience each retailer’s commitment to customer service and quality.” Treat Cupcake Bar, which currently has a location on Highland Avenue in Needham, offers …
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
New Construction Begins at Former Macy's Site in Newton
The newest building at the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center now has a basement and parts of the foundation, as sections were poured yesterday.
The Chestnut Hill Shopping Center is now on solid footing; the basement and part of the foundation of the site have been poured. In an email sent yesterday, WS Development's Corporate Marketing Director David Fleming said about 10,000 cubic yards of concrete were poured on Tuesday, to create the basement and foundation of the 115,000 square-foot building that will eventually house Sports Club/LA and a National Amusements Cinema De Lux. Sports Club/LA is expected to open in winter, and the movie theatre in the late winter or early spring. The former site of the Rugged Bear will eventually house a Shake Shack and Pinkberry. Crews worked through the afternoon, and more than 90 trucks came to deliver the concrete needed to make the foundation…
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Pinkberry, Cinema de Luxe Coming to Newton's Chestnut Hill Shopping Center
WS Development announced Friday the National Amusements Cinema will be a Cinema de Luxe, and teased two other stores coming to the shopping center.
Pinkberry will soon be joining the line-up of stores in the revamped Chestnut Hill Shopping Center, joining Shake Shack, which announced it was coming to Chestnut Hill last week, Sports Club/LA and a National Amusements theatre. In an email sent Friday afternoon, WS Development Director of Corporate Marketing David Fleming told Patch that the frozen yogurt shop is coming in addition to Bernard's restaurant and a Cinema de Luxe. The new tenants will be located in a new, 115,000-square-foot building that will be built on the former Macy's site. Pinkberry, a high-end frozen yogurt shop from the West Coast, also has locations in Cambridge and Boston's Back Bay. Bernard's is currently located in the Mall at Chestnut Hill. The shops are expected…
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Shake Shack to Open in Newton's Chestnut Hill Shopping Center
The New York City-based burger joint will open in the space formerly occupied by Rugged Bear.
Updated with an official statement from Shake Shack. In a press release sent to Newton Patch Tuesday evening, Shake Shack officially announced it will open a location at the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center in 2013. The Shake Shack, a New York City-based burger chain, has a dozen locations in the United States. The Chestnut Hill spot, which will fill the former Rugged Bear location, will be the first Shake Shack in Massachusetts. “With its proximity to Boston College, Chestnut Hill is a thriving community to bring Shake Shack,” Shake Shack CEO Randy Garutti said in the press release. “We’re thrilled to make Boston our new home, and we look forward to bringing Shake Shack to other compelling sites in great neighborhoods in the Boston area.” …
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Mark Golden
10:03 am on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
In a small way I will miss the AMC. not as much as I miss the General Cinema that was there prior. General was a locally owned company and was good for Newton to have it's offices here. AMC, not so much. The incoming Showcase is also a local organization and it will be good to have a local business (HQ in Dedham) back in that spot. My only concern will be the pricing structure. Since it will have… more ›