The former Edwards Rancho Santa Margarita 6 has officially been green lighted for conversion in to a luxury boutique cinema. Earlier this month, the Rancho Santa Margarita planning commission signed off on remodeling plans by new operator, Cinepolis. Much like the outfit’s current effort in Laguna Niguel, the theatre will be gutted and transformed in to a high end “fork and screen” venue; featuring in seat dining, a lounge, bar, and screening room auditoriums (reducing the total seating capacity from 1,472 to 509). If all goes to plan, the remodeled theatre will open in the summer of 2012.
Depicted above is an architectural rendering of the front lobby (courtesy of SMS Architects) and a photo I took of the same area a couple of years ago.
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I just drove past this place today. It’s been gutted down to the bare studs! This place opened up in the mid 1990s and started to look old around 2000.
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