The Sehome 3 movie theater building is up for sale, an indication that it is one of the theaters that will close after the new theater opens in Barkley Village this fall.
Here’s a (link) to the sales listing, offering $1.4 million for the property, which is at 3300 Fielding Ave. (Tip of the hat to a reader who sent me this link). According to the listing, the building size is 13,354 square feet and the entire lot totals 92,783 square feet. According to Whatcom County property records, the property was last sold in 1992 for $1.625 million and is currently appraised at $1.4 million.
The listing also indicates that the property will be deed restricted for use as a movie theater after the sale.
At this point Regal Cinemas has not publicly announced the fate of its current Bellingham movie theaters once it opens the new facility in the Barkley District (Along with Sehome, Regal operates the Sunset Square and Bellis Fair movie theaters). With the new theater carrying 16 screens, I’ve heard plenty of speculation about which, if any, of the older Regal movie theaters will remain open after the new theater is ready.
Lame.
I’m pretty sure there is already a pending offer on it.
Hi Ryan,
Thanks, I left a message with the listing agent to check on the status.
I’d love to see a Cinnebarre type theater open. Probably a pipe dream but I might actually go to the movies in that case.
I’m not sure which is uglier: the monstrosity being built at Barkley or the soon-to-be urban blight of the old boarded up theaters.
Cinnebarre would be awesome, but I think our trade area is far too small.
What a bummer – ‘deed restricted’ rules out all the other great possibilities for this site – what a great Boys & Girls club / roller skate / indoor bocce ball / live theatre / combined space this could be. Wasn’t WWU looking for more growing room as well? Or, how about moving the homeless housing into the space? REI won’t mind or be affected as much as Kulshan Cycle and the rest of the downtown area. It may provide a better customer base for some of the businesses in that area. Just a thought, ay?
I’d love for it to be set aside as a cheap theater where movies that had been released months prior come for a significant rate decrease. I kinda doubt that will happen with the few screens it has.
A deed restriction? That’s terrible. I detest those. Why should anybody restrict the use of property in the future, when it’s used by someone else? This is a good example of how one person’s idea of “legacy” robs future folks’ freedom. Nuts.
Looking into a loophole for a Brew & View. I’ve been looking for a location for my dream brewery and I thought a Brew & View would be perfect for our beer-tastic city of B-ham! Brew beer in one theater and use the other 2 for movies, and have a bar/concessions. Yes, beer in the theater is welcome. That’s the plan!