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ROYAL OAK — After the Royal Oak City Commission unanimously approved a five-story planned unit development requested by the property owner of the Main Art Theatre on May 23, demolition crews got to work in July.
The independent movie house closed in 2021 after decades as a destination in downtown Royal Oak.
ROYAL OAK — Advocates of independent cinema have banded together as the nonprofit Friends of the Main Art Theatre with the goal of saving the 80-year-old theater after it shuttered in June 2020.
Despite hundreds of emails and in-person public comments opposing a plan to demolish the 81-year-old Main Art Theatre in downtown Royal Oak, the city's Planning Commission on Tuesday night voted to refer it to the City Commission. An affiliate of Bloomfield Township-based A.F. Jonna Development LLC…
Royal Oak's Planning Commission votes to demolish the Main Art Theatre in favor of a mixed-use building, despite community support of theater.