CENTERVILLE -- A Layton firm is proposing a 28-acre, mixed-use project that will include a Larry H. Miller 14-screen Megaplex Theater, similar to the theater at The Junction in Ogden.
U.S. Development of Layton is working with the Miller Group, officials said.
The movie theater, which would be Centerville's first, will be part of the Legacy Crossing, which will include 252 class-A apartment units, 16,000 square feet of retail space and a pad for a restaurant or bank, said Dan Bridenstine with U.S. Development.
U.S. Development is representing a larger development group working on the project.
Cost estimates are not yet available.
The project will be developed on an open piece of land on the west side of the city between Legacy Parkway and Interstate 15.
The project will be just north of the SYRO Inc. steel plant and south of Parrish Lane, near 1250 West.
"We went through an extensive analysis with the Larry H. Miller Group," said Bridenstine about selecting the Centerville site.
The site is about halfway between theaters the Miller Group owns in Ogden and in Salt Lake City, he said.
Other reasons for selecting the site, Bridenstine said, are "freeway visibility" and "access availability."
The goal is to break ground by next spring, Bridenstine said of the project, which is subject to financing.
Centerville officials say the theater will give the city the nightlife it has been looking for.
"It could just change the whole dynamic of the city and make it a nighttime destination."
City Finance Director Blaine Lutz said, "The one thing that is really missing is the entertainment component."
Many Centerville residents currently spend their movie dollars in Salt Lake City, Layton and Ogden.
"There certainly is a demand based on some of the information we have been provided," Lutz said.
Lutz said the developer has received preliminary site plan approval from the planning commission.
The city is now taking a closer look at the proposed development, to be certain necessary infrastructure, such as sewer and water, is available, Lutz said.
The developers have several steps they still need to complete, he said.
U.S. Development has developed 3,500 building lots, including the American Multi-Cinema Theaters in Layton, Bridenstine said.
Centerville officials have been supportive of the concept, Bridenstine said, a project coming on the wings of the live performing arts theater being built in the city.
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