Curtain Call
Mall owner sees upgraded theater as key attraction for remodeled Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza.
Ken Lombard, Capri Urban Investors president, at the former AMC theater at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. Photo by Ringo Chiu.
At first glance, the closing of the AMC multiplex in the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza might have looked like the chain was pulling out of a minority neighborhood to seek affluent consumers elsewhere.
But the theater will be reopening later this year after a $10 million upgrade, part of the mall’s $30 million refurbishing, and that tells another story: Not only are upscale shopping centers such as Santa Monica Place undergoing renovations, but malls in minority communities are getting makeovers, too...
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