Film Alley is taunting Longview with pictures from the inside of the combination movie theater/restaurant/bowling alley on social media.
Weatherford-based Schulman Theatres began renovating the former Regal Longview theater earlier this year at 3070 N. Eastman Road.
Social media posts indicate the opening is nearing, but company representatives didn’t immediately provide an update.
Film Alley will include eight theaters, axe throwing, bowling, an arcade and restaurant.
Schulman Theaters operates four other similar facilities in other Texas cities.
Photos on Facebook show the 5S Rock Bar, where karaoke, trivia and live music events will be held. Duck Pin bowling also is featured.
“It’s bowling with smaller, wider pins and smaller balls. A little more challenging than traditional tenpin bowling,” the company posted on Facebook.
A Film Alley Facebook post says, “We are getting close to announcing a date for our Grand Opening! Keep an eye out on our social media accounts for that announcement. Until then let us know what upcoming movies you are excited to see in our theatres this winter!”
Debbie Oachoa, right, property manager for The Residences at Toler shows guests to the open house around one of the units at the apartment complex. (Jo Lee Ferguson/Longview News-Journal)
Longview apartments grand opening
The Residences at Toler, a new high-end apartment complex in West Longview, continues to open more buildings and units.
People involved in the project celebrated its opening during a ribbon cutting and open house earlier this month. The Residences at Toler is the first residential development by Anup Patel and his family. The family has operated numerous hotels here since they moved to Longview in 1994. Their Loop 281 Lodging Group owns six hotels in Longview and Kilgore. A seventh hotel, a Marriott TownePlace Suites, is under construction across from Longview High School.
“There’s nothing on this side of town that provides a luxury atmosphere,” said Michael South, managing partner of property management firm Cintra Realty Group. He addressed people gathered for the open house.
He said four of the 12 buildings have been completed in the total 144-unit complex. The fifth building will open Dec. 7. Buildings are being completed every couple of weeks with the entire complex expected to be finished by spring.
The four completed buildings are at 88% occupancy, Smith said.
“We’re doing really well,” he said. “For the location we’re in there’s no other luxury units around here. Everyone’s been focusing on one side of Longview. It’s nice to put a different focus out there.”
One-, two-and three-bedroom units are available. They come equipped with washers, dryers and garbage disposals. The complex also offers a resort-style pool, gym, coffee bar, cornhole, two dog parks and other amenities.
Located at 2006 Toler Road, off Gilmer Road, it’s across the street from Starbucks and El Sombrero restaurant, next door to HTeaO and near other restaurants and shopping.
Pickleball courts gain approval
Longview’s Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council have cleared the way for Mike Bailey, owner of Anytime Fitness on Gilmer Road, to build two pickleball courts at the gym.
The approval of the specific use permit needed to build the outdoor courts came after Bailey and city staff met with residents in that area to address their concerns about the project. They came to an agreement for the business to maintain the existing 8-foot fence between the business and the residential area, for the lighting to be downshielded to protect the neighborhood behind the gym and for the drainage to be directed away from the adjacent homes as well.
The pickleball courts will be east of Anytime Fitness, with use restricted to gym members and people invited by Bailey.
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