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Apartments approved for University Cinemas site in Normal
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CSWalczak
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December 21, 2009 at 7:45 am
NORMAL, IL — The days of the University Cinemas in Normal appear to be numbered. Currently operated by Carmike as a discount house, the construction of student apartments on the site has been approved by the planning commission.
A revised plan for student apartments at the University Cinemas site won the planning commission’s recommendation Thursday while a proposal for a Family Video and accompanying commercial building in north Normal was rejected.
A development group, 1010 S. Main LLC, wants to build six 2½-story, townhouse-style apartment buildings with a total of 220 bedrooms at the cinema site. The original plan called for one four-story, 350-bedroom building.
Read more in the Pantagraph.
