Empress Theatre project announces new partner

The Empress Theatre Foundation announced on Tuesday that the French film company MK2 has signed a letter of intent with them to run the cinemas in the project designed to revitalize the building at the corner of Old Orchard Ave. and Sherbrooke St. W. that used to house the Cinema V repertory cinema.
MK2 plans to open five rooms containing 880 seats to show English- and French-language films, and the project will also include a restaurant, a bar and a coffee shop. Financial details of the deal ha