For sale: AMC puts Carmike’s downtown headquarters office on market (Columbus: hotel, buyer)

[Airforceguy]

Would make a great site for a mixed-use development...

Less than two months after completing its $1.2 billion acquisition of Carmike Cinemas, AMC Entertainment Holdings has put the former Columbus-based movie theater company’s headquarters building up for sale.
The property, located at 1301 1st Ave. in downtown Columbus, just off the heavily trafficked 13th Street corridor, had served as the corporate office of Carmike Cinemas since being built in 1986. Leawood, Kan.-based AMC wrapped up its purchase of Carmike in mid-December, making it the largest theater company in the world.
A sign placed recently in front of the glass-covered structure lists JLL — which is Chicago-based commercial real-estate company Jones Lang LaSalle — as the entity that is seeking a buyer for AMC. The sign says that more than 65,000 square feet of Class A office space is available on the site. City tax records indicate that the office complex totals 85,781 square feet of space.

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For sale: AMC puts Carmike

[Columbus1984]

Hoping for an upscale hotel or something trendy like a Hotel Indigo.

[Nick&I102]

This would be a good place to put a new headquarters of some kind, or could you convert the building to residential?

[DWColumbus]

Either way it is in a great spot, close to the river and the heart of downtown.

[Fountain-of-youth]

Grocery Store! Either Whole Foods or Traders Joe's.

[DWColumbus]

I think they will likely have either another company to move in, or have it repurposed for mixed use.

[luv2belds97]

Originally Posted by DWColumbus

I think they will likely have either another company to move in, or have it repurposed for mixed use.

Too bad they didn't move their HQ here.

[amyers3]

I was surprised to hear they're getting rid of the Carmikes name so quickly. They will have completed the conversation to AMC by April. All theaters will be either AMC or AMC Classic -- most will probably be AMC Classic locations. Only these locations will continue to offer $5 Tuesday movies etc -- basically the value version of AMC

[DWColumbus]

What's the difference between AMC and AMC classic other than the $5 Tuesday offer?

[Ethan Sanders]

Originally Posted by Columbus1984

Hoping for an upscale hotel or something trendy like a Hotel Indigo.

rofl...now that is a stretch for sure!!