[ALERT] CMX CinéBistro Calls it Quits in Peachtree Corners

CMX CinéBistro has closed its six screen theater at Peachtree Corners Town Center (5180 Town Center Boulevard) in Peachtree Corners.  When it opened on March 8, 2019, it was the second in metro Atlanta for the "dinner & a movie" theater operator, joining another in TOWN Brookhaven. 

Real estate sources suggest that the theater space has been quietly marketed for lease for several months, but it's unclear if a replacement tenant has been secured.  

Cinemex Holdings USA, Inc., the parent company of CMX, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this past July, its second such filing in the past five years.  Cinemex Holdings USA itself is the U.S. division of Mexico City-based Cinemex, one of the largest cinema operators in Latin America. 

The six screen, 560 seat Peachtree Corners location featured a full restaurant and bar, Barco 4K laser projectors, RealD XL 3D and a digital 7.1 sound system.  The lease was originally with Birmingham-based Cobb Theatres and their CinéBistro concept but ultimately opened as a CMX theater following Cobb's acquisition by CMX in October 2017.  

The TOWN Brookhaven location, the group's first in the market, opened September 23, 2011.   At the onset of the pandemic, it closed temporarily in March 2020, and after CMX filed for bankruptcy the following month, it closed permanently in September 2020.  

(LOOK Dine-In Cinemas opened in place of the former TOWN Brookhaven CinéBistro November 4, 2022, but while still open, its 31,710 square foot space is actively being marketed for lease.)  

A third CMX CinéBistro opened September 27, 2019 at Halcyon ( 6215 Town Square) in Alpharetta.  The ten screen location remains open but has a not-so-stellar 3.2 star rating on Google with more than 1,000 reviews and many recent comments mentioning recurring issues like poor food quality, cleanliness issues and disappointing service. 

The closure of  CMX CinéBistro's Peachtree Corners location follows the closure this past January of Regal Cinemas Hollywood 24 in Chamblee.  

The Atlanta area has lost several other theaters in recent years including Regal Town Center Stadium 16 in Kennesaw, which closed September 27, 2020, Regal Stadium 22 in Austell, which closed June 6, 2023 (it's becoming a new Rural King), and AMC Fork & Screen which closed July 14, 2021 after 45 years in business and remains vacant.  

Are you surprised to see CMX CinéBistro close in Peachtree Corners?  Where do you typically see movies?  What could theater operators do to make you return to theaters more frequently? 

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