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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not likely 9 stories, but the owners of the building rejected a proposal that would have had the space opened and active a year ago and instead it remains vacant and unused. So if the owners want to redevelop it, or make it into something else, that is their perogative.[/quote]

It will likely suffer the same fate as the Penn Theater on Capitol Hill, which was nicely restored with multi-family residential or offices on top, but no more movies.

I really hope someone with deep pockets reopens the Uptown as a working movie palace. It was DC’s last intact single screen theater and an incredible place to watch movies. Indie films could definitely fill a niche there. Even a dinner theater would be nice, like the Greek-themed ABBA one (Mama Mia the Party) that sells out in Stockholm every single night. [/quote]

There is a solid business plan, developed by an industry insider, for a nonprofit to run it as a film and arts venue with a ground floor restaurant.  Unfortunately the Uptown owners rejected the plan in favor of some other unidentified tenant - a year ago.  Since then, it’s been crickets from the Uptown owners, leading to speculation that they are letting the Uptown sit empty until there is upzoning and they can flip the property to a developer.[/quote]

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