Studio Movie Grill Now Open at CITYCENTRE
By: Erin Robinson
HOUSTON, March 9, 2009 — Midway Companies, a Houston-based privately owned international real estate development and investment firm, announced today that Studio Movie Grill is now open at the company’s CITYCENTRE project in Houston. The announcement was made Brad Freels, chairman and CEO of Midway Companies.
Studio Movie Grill, a first-run, dine-in movie theater, chose CITYCENTRE to open its first 100% digital location, serves a full and diverse menu from its in-house restaurant, will entertain guests in the 40,000-square-foot venue. The eight-screen theater features in-theater dining, a state-of-the-art, Dolby Digital sound system and an award-winning menu with a full-service bar.
“Studio Movie Grill brings an exciting and original entertainment aspect to CITYCENTRE,” said Freels. “We are pleased to add this extremely successful concept to the project and look forward to the unique entertainment experience it offers the community.”
CITYCENTRE is a $500 million development and covers 1.8 million square feet. The new center reflects the next generation of mixed-use development and will be a distinct blend of elegant retail shops, fine dining, state-of-the art offices, distinct metropolitan homes and world-class hospitality, all in one 37-acre pedestrian-oriented environment. CITYCENTRE is located between I-10W and the Sam Houston Tollway/Beltway 8.
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Studio Movie Grill is the pioneer and leader in the movie grill concept, which combines first-run movies with in-theater dining. Studio Movie Grill currently has six other locations in Texas—Addison, Arlington, Dallas-Royal, Lewisville and Plano in the Dallas area, and Copperfield in Houston—and is expanding out of state in 2009. Founded by Brian Schultz and Martin Massman, Studio Movie Grill has spent more than a decade refining its concept, and is now aggressively sought by developers as the perfect ‘entertainment anchor’ in new and existing retail developments.
Houston-based Midway Companies is a privately owned international real estate development and investment firm that has provided the highest level of quality, service and value to its clients and investors for 40 years. The Midway portfolio of projects completed and/or under way consists of approximately 32 million square feet of properties ranging from office and industrial facilities, corporate headquarters, mixed-use centers, business and industrial parks, medical facilities, manufacturing facilities, and master-planned resort and residential communities. Since its inception in 1968, Midway has created projects of distinction, aesthetic relevance and enduring value for its investor partners, clients and local communities.
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