More than £5m has been invested in a cinema opening at the former Debenhams site in Belfast
By Clodagh RicePart of the former Debenhams shop in CastleCourt is to open as a cinema more than 40 years after one of the same name closed on the same site.It will have nine 60-seater screens, a kitchen and a bar for customers to buy food and drink to take to their seats.
About 50 jobs are being created by the Omniplex group which has said the in-cinema dining is a new venture for its business.The cinema will open on Friday and is named after a previous cinema at the same location"The Avenue will contribute towards the vitality, viability and vibrancy of the city centre, whilst also positively contributing to Belfast's daytime and night-time economy."
The remainder of the former Debenhams unit will also have a leisure tenant although the identity of the occupant has yet to be announced.Belfast Chamber chief executive Simon Hamilton said the city centre had had a difficult few years because of the Covid pandemic.nearby was already being felt.
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