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It could take more than a year for a new operator to reopen the shuttered multiplex at 1715 Maple Ave. in Evanston. (Google Maps)
EVANSTON, IL The private equity firm that owns Evanston s only commercial cinema is without a tenant after the national movie theater chain that has operated it for two decades was able to terminate its lease due to Gov. J.B. Pritzker s executive orders issued in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
City staff say at least a dozen theater operators have already expressed interest in replacing Plano, Texas-based Cinemark as the leasee of the 18-screen theater, formerly known as the Century 18 and branded more recently as the Century 12 Evanston/CinéArts 6, with six of its 18 screens set aside for limited releases.