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The region's largest retail center changed hands for $57.7 million in late April. The deal at less than a quarter of what the mall was worth roughly a decade ago was an unusual one in a region where recent mall sales have led to teardowns, industrial makeovers and slow death spirals under scavenger-like owners.
A Santa Maria movie theater reopens today. The Regal Edwards at the Santa Maria Town Center will show its first movie since being closed due to the pandemic. Managers say masks will be required, capacity will be 50 percent, and the theaters will be disinfected between every show. The first movie of the day will be “Mortal Kombat,” starting at noon.
Santa Maria furniture store reopens in original location following 2019 fire
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A Santa Maria furniture store is rebounding from not only a devastating fire but also the pandemic.
Following a January 2019 fire that destroyed Sergioâs Furniture and Mattress at 708 S. Broadway, the store opened temporarily at the Santa Maria Town Center Mall.
Owner Sergio Diaz says paying rent at the mall when it was closed due to the pandemic was tough. Last year we were shut down for six months and when we did open up, nobody went into the mall, so literally we were just paying the bills with my savings,â Diaz said.
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