Site of former Macy's in Chestnut Hill demolished to make way for The Sports Club/LA and National Amusements theatre.
Cranes began tearing down the former Macy's building on Route 9 shortly after 10 a.m. today. The former Chestnut Hill Macy's, which closed a little over a year ago, will be replaced with an athletic store and a cinema, according to WS Development. WS Development Director of Corporate Marketing David Fleming announced that the space will be filled with a new National Amusements theatre and a Sports Club/LA. The store is expected to open in winter 2012, and the theatre in the late winter 2012 or early spring 2013. He explained new theatre would result in the closing of the AMC Chestnut Hill, which is a few doors down in the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center. They do not have a time table for the closure, but it will remain open until shortly …
WS Development is proposing a plan to close the AMC Chestnut Hill and reopen a new theatre at the former Macy's site, which closed last year.
A Chestnut Hill development firm has some makeover plans for the Macy's on Route 9 in Newton. Boston.com recently reported the now closed department store could soon be converted into a movie theatre. According to the article, WS Development, the property's owners, have started removing asbestos from the former Macy's building and have plans to start construction as soon as next month. The owners indicated that the new theatre would result in the closing of the AMC Chestnut Hill, which is a few doors down in the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center. WS Development would not disclose the new theatre company. Macy's closed its Chestnut Hill store in early 2011 as part of the company's move to "prune underperforming locations while also opening …
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