Hudson Reporter
Developments approved for former Frank Theatres
Light Bridge Academy Day Care Center, Sherwin Williams, and America’s Best Eyeglasses are coming soon ×
Frank Theatres was the only movie theater in Bayonne when it closed in 2019.
At its March meeting, the Bayonne Planning Board approved an application to develop multiple areas of the South Cove Commons into a daycare center and two retail spaces.
South Cove Development LLC will retrofit the 34,295-square-foot shuttered Frank Theatres into a multi-use retail storefront, including a Light Bridge Day Care Center and an America’s Best Eyeglasses. The developer will construct a 3,500-square-foot Sherwin Williams attached to the existing Stop & Shop, adjacent to LeFante Way.
BLACKSBURG â The movie theater at the First & Main shopping center reopened Friday afternoon under the new ownership of B&B Theatres, a company based out of the Kansas City area.
B&B Theatres recently announced that it acquired the 11-screen facility that was previously under the brief control of Paragon Theaters. Paragon took over the business just last year from Frank Theatres, which had a tumultuous relationship with the First & Main shopping center.
The new owners are referring to the theater as the Blacksburg 11 with B-Roll Bowling. The theater had been closed since the spring due to restrictions prompted by the pandemic.