SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will open a new location in the Imperial Market development located in Sugar Land known as Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at Imperial Market. Imperial Market is an 850,000-square-foot mixed-use lifestyle center slated to open in the summer of 2017. Located at the historic home of the original Imperial Sugar Co. refinery, the development will retain a number of the architectural features of the building, which dates back to 1843. Construction will begin on the nine-screen theater in 2016 as part of a newly constructed, two-story retail building. Developed by Imperial Market LLC, the mixed-use development will feature a 274-unit apartment complex, 106,000 square feet of Class A office space and a 185-room hotel. Amenities will include the new Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center, which is affiliated with the Houston Children’s Museum, the Sugar Land Heritage Foundation and more than two acres of greenery and park space. The development will also include 275,000 square feet of retail space.
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