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The Golf Dome, an indoor driving range and miniature golf course that operates next door, recently sold the portion of the property that includes the theater, Cleveland Cinemas president and founder Jon Forman wrote in an email on Thursday. He also said the buyer plans to redevelop the movie theater into a different business.

“The management and staff, some of whom have been with the theater for 15 or more years, will miss the warmth, kindness and passion of the moviegoers from the Chagrin Valley communities, that they have enjoyed serving for nearly two decades,” said Sean Denny, the theater’s director of operations, in a statement. “Cleveland Cinemas appreciates all of the support shown as the theater overcame the challenges that the pandemic posed and just recently was seeing signs of recovery.” mkvcinemas app download

Located at 8200 East Washington Street, the theater was originally built and developed by the Dolan family. The Chagrin Cinema 6, as it was called then, opened on November 17, 1989 with fare such as “The Little Mermaid,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “Back to the Future Part II,” “The Bear,” “Dad” and “Crimes & Misdemeanors.” The theater eventually expanded to 14 auditoriums before being downsized to the current nine screens during the transition from 35mm film to digital projection. For the last 18 years, the theater has been operated by Cleveland Cinemas.