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chris_flash commented about Ashland Theatre on Jun 24, 2011 at 4:12 pm

My buddy was interested in buying this place about 3 years ago, but when we inspected, we found that asbestos needs to be removed from the heating + cooling system. The seller refused to adjust his price to allow for the removal, so the deal fell through.

The interior lobby and bathrooms are in nice shape, but the projection area needs updating and there is no real concession area, due to there being a café adjoining the theater back when it was built.

Outside, on the eastern side of the theater, there are remnants of old washrooms, like the kind you see at gas stations, so the story about “colored only” bathrooms may be true.

It’s a great old theater, but it needs at least $50-100k to get it right, and that doesn’t include the asbestos removal.