14-screen theater is coming soon
Early May is the anticipated completion date for the 14-screen Regal Cinema Center under construction in the Riverstone development off Northwest Boulevard in Coeur d’Alene. The 55,000-square-foot complex probably will replace the current Showboat and Coeur d’Alene Cinema.
With stadium (arced and tiered) seating, the theaters will range in size from 74 to 319 seats. The complex will include waiting and concession areas, a party room for special events and a mezzanine for projectors and other equipment.
Regal Cinema spokesman Chad Browning said the Coeur d’Alene complex will be the “nicest” in the Northwest. With its headquarters in Knoxville, Tenn., since 1989, the company has 554 theater complexes around the nation. The Coeur d’Alene cinemas will employ about 50 people.
With Garco Construction of Spokane as the general contractor, the building is designed with a Northwest theme of stone and cedar siding with peaked roofs and a steeple at the apex.
The theater will be the center point of eight buildings on 17 acres backing to Northwest Boulevard and opening to Riverstone Drive.
The buildings will make a C shape with the open part of the C around a giant parking lot and facing the Spokane River. A new road called Old Mill Loop will separate the buildings from the parking lot.
The two buildings on either side of the theater will be constructed at the same time.
Their tenants, which may range up to 12 depending on their size requests, will include restaurant and retail businesses. The other five buildings will be larger and form the points of the C. The types of occupants have not been designated. Completion of the entire project is estimated for spring 2006.
Fleet Feet opens soon
Fitness and function are the principles guiding Fleet Feet Sports, which plans a Sept. 23 opening at 511 Sherman Ave. in Coeur d’Alene. The business will specialize in running and walking shoes, apparel, accessories and nutritional items.
Matching the right (and left) kind of shoe with the customers’ individual foot type will be the focus. Tools that husband-and-wife business owners Garth Merrill and Nancy Ullrich-Merrill will use include watching customers walk or run, measuring their feet and examining them for shape, arch type and signs of stress and checking the wear patterns on old shoes.
The inventory includes running shorts and tops, bras, socks, work-out gear, watches, heart-rate monitors, footbeds and insoles. Featured brands are Adidas, Asics, Brooks, New Balance, Saucony, Nike, Mizuno, Hind, Champion and Moving Comfort.
Both Ullrich, who was raised in Kellogg, and Merrill, from Santa Cruz, Calif., are experienced runners and cyclists.
They worked in running specialty shops in California and Arizona for six years. Fleet Feet Sports will be open 10 a.m.-7 p.m. weekdays, 10-6 Saturdays and 11-4 Sundays. Phone 765-7604. The Web site is www.fleetfeetcda.com.
Kitchens & More offers choices
Offering a kitchen and bath showroom, American Eagle Kitchens & More is a new Coeur d’Alene business with semi-custom cabinetry choices for new construction and remodeling projects.
Located in the Charlotte’s Web building at 206 Indiana Ave., the store has countertop alternatives, flooring products and plumbing fixtures.
Marketers Rick Hixson and Jeff Marlow offer in-home consultations and free estimates, computer design work and local deliveries.
The men have more than 50 combined years’ experience with local home improvement companies.
They work by appointment starting at 8 a.m. weekdays. Phone 667-0446.