AMC Chestnut Hill Closed; New Showcase Super Lux on the Way

The Chestnut Hill City Sports has also closed, as it prepares for a move to the new building next door.

The AMC cinema in Chestnut Hill has officially closed up shop, making way for a new Showcase Super Lux slated to move in just a few doors down.  The five-screen Chestnut Hill movie theatre closed its doors on Thursday, Jan. 17, according to representatives from WS Development, the owner and operator of The Street (formerly the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center). A sign had been posted on the theatre's marquee announcing its closure, but has since been taken down.  Although he did not comment on the future of the theatre building, WS Development Corporate Marking Director David Fleming told Newton Patch this week that the AMC space will be included in the continued redevelopment of the shopping center. For now, the space will remain empty.  In …

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Chestnut Hill Shopping Center Announces Name Change

The new name will reflect the shopping center's renovations and additions as well as its walkability.

Updated 3:56 p.m. More than 60 years after it first opened off Route 9 in Newton, the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center is changing its name.  The retail center will now be known as "The Street," according to a press release issued yesterday. The new name is the latest step in a renovation of the shopping center, which is owned and managed by WS Development. According to the press release, the new name will "better reflect its transformation into a walkable retail and entertainment complex." “Chestnut Hill Shopping Center was part of a then-revolutionary wave of retail projects opening around the country just after World War II,” says WS Development Corporate Marketing Director David Fleming said in the press release. “Today, however, the …

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Del Frisco's Grille Soon to Serve Up Steaks in Chestnut Hill

Steak house with locations in Texas, and in Las Vegas and New York, planning to open in the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center.

Del Frisco's Grille Soon to Serve Up Steaks in Chestnut Hill

Steak house with locations in Texas, and in Las Vegas and New York, planning to open in the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center.

  How do you take your steak? Steaks from Del Frisco Grille will be available to the "sophisticated palate of Chestnut Hill," according to a press release issued by the shopping center's owner, WS Development, who announced today that the national steakhouse--with locations in New York, Las Vegas and Houston--signed a lease for a Chestnut Hill Shopping Center space. "We've been focused on finding the right mix of high-quality food operators to serve this dense, high-income market," said Mark Roberts, SVP of Leasing at WS Development. "Del Frisco's is expert at catering to the refined, well-traveled customer. We're excited to welcome Del Frisco's to Chestnut Hill." Del Frisco will be located in a new, 64,000-square-foot "jewel box" building…

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Athletic Apparel Company to Join Retail Lineup at Chestnut Hill Shopping Center

The latest retail announcement adds to a retail list including Shake Shack, Pinkberry, Pottery Barn, Bernard's, Sports Club/LA, City Sports and a Cinema de Lux, which will all open in the new shopping center in 2013.

The high-end, "yoga-inspired" lululemon athletica has recently signed a lease to join the lineup of retail shops at the revamped Chestnut Hill Shopping Center. According to a press release issued by the shopping center's owner, WS Development, the athletic apparel company will have a 3,100-square-foot store on the ground floor of the new 115,000-square-foot building currently being built on the former Macy's site. A Sports Club/LA will be located above the retail in addition to a Cinema de Lux.  “We have done a lot of business with lululemon, and they are one of this country’s greatest retailers,” Brian Sciera, vice president of WS Development, said in a statement. “We are excited to add them to a premiere corner of one of our flagship …

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Pottery Barn, Treat Cupcake Bar to Open in Chestnut Hill Shopping Center

WS Development, the firm that owns the shopping center, announced three new businesses will be moving in to the new space on the former Macy's site.

Pottery Barn, Polarn O. Pyret and Treat Cupcake Bar will soon be joining the lineup at the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center. According to a press release issued by the shopping center's owner, WS Development, the three new retailers will open in spring 2013 as part of a new building currently being constructed on the former Macy's site.  “We’re delighted to bring Pottery Barn, Polarn O. Pyret, and Treat Cupcake Bar to the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center,” Dick Marks, partner, WS Development, said in a press release. “We’re pleased that our customers will have the opportunity to experience each retailer’s commitment to customer service and quality.” Treat Cupcake Bar, which currently has a location on Highland Avenue in Needham, offers customers…

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Foundation Poured at Chestnut Hill Shopping Center

The Chestnut Hill Shopping Center now has a basement and parts of the foundation, sections were poured yesterday.

The Chestnut Hill Shopping Center is now on solid footing: the basement and part of the foundation of the site have been poured.  WS Development's Corporate Marketing Director David Fleming sent an e-mail saying, that about 10,000 cubic yards of concrete were poured yesterday, to create the basement and foundation of the 115,000 square-foot building that will eventually house Sports Club/LA and a National Amusements Cinema De Lux. Sports Club/LA is expected to open in winter, and the movie theatre in the late winter or early spring. The former site of the Rugged Bear will eventually house the Shake Shack and Pinkberry. Crews worked through the afternoon, and more than 90 trucks came to deliver the concrete needed to make the foundation.  …

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Pinkberry, Bernard's and Cinema de Luxe coming to Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill Shopping Center announced the National Amusements Cinema will be a Cinema de Luxe, teased two other stores coming to the Shopping Center.

Pinkberry will soon be joining the line-up of stores in the revamped Chestnut Hill Shopping Center, joining Shake Shack, which announced it was coming to Chestnut Hill last week, Sports Club/LA and a National Amusements theatre. In an email sent Friday afternoon, WS Development Director of Corporate Marketing David Fleming told Patch that the frozen yogurt shop is coming in addition to Bernard's restaurant and a Cinema de Luxe. The new tenants will be located in a new, 115,000-square-foot building that will be built on the former Macy's site. Pinkberry, a high-end frozen yogurt shop from the West Coast, also has locations in Cambridge and Boston's Back Bay. Bernard's is currently located in the Mall at Chestnut Hill. The shops are expected…

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Shake Shack to Open in Chestnut Hill Shopping Center

The New York City-based burger joint will open in the space formerly occupied by Rugged Bear.

Following news earlier this year that the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center will soon be adding a new movie theatre and upscale fitness center, another big name has announced its plans to move into the Route 9 retail destination. Shake Shack, a New York City-based burger and custard restaurant, plans to move into the 3,000-square-foot space formerly occupied by Rugged Bear, the Boston Globe reported today. Check out the Boston Globe article for the full Shake Shack story.  According to the chain's website, Shake Shack has a dozen restaurants on the East Coast and one location in Dubai. The Chestnut Hill spot will be the first in Massachusetts.  The Chestnut Hill Shopping Center has undergone some serious changes in the last couple of months …

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VIDEO: Tear it Down: Demolition Begins at Chestnut Hill Shopping Center

Site of former Macy's in Chestnut Hill demolished to make way for LA Sports Club and National Amusements theatre.

Cranes began tearing down the former Macy's building on Route 9 shortly after 10 a.m. today.  The former Chestnut Hill Macy's, which closed a little over a year ago, will be replaced with an athletic store and a cinema, according to WS Development. WS Development Director of Corporate Marketing David Fleming announced that the space will be filled with a new National Amusements theatre, and Sports Club/LA. The store is expected to open in winter, and the theatre in the late winter or early spring.  He explained new theatre would result in the closing of the AMC Chestnut Hill, which is a few doors down in the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center. They do not have a time table for the closure, but it will remain open until shortly after National …

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