Patriot Cinemas will stay open during Hanover Mall construction – Wicked Local Hanover

Audrey Cooney acooney@wickedlocal.com

MondayFeb24,2020at3:36PMFeb24,2020at3:36PM

HANOVER The Patriot Cinemas behind the Hanover Mall will remain open during demolition and construction at the mall site, according to a representative from the movie theater company.

Ultimately, the movie theater will be demolished to make way for 297 apartments and townhouses planned as part of Hanover Crossing, a development project slated for the current site of the mall and theater. The property on Washington Street currently occupied by the empty mall will be the site of the open-air retail and entertainment space. Market Basket, a movie theater and two restaurants have already signed on to be part of the new development.

The mall is now closed, and demolition there is set to begin soon. In the meantime, the empty building served as a training ground for local firefighters.

Lloyd Sova, vice president of development for project developer PREP Property Group Inc., said last fall that development at the current mall site will likely be completed in February 2021 and that businesses will open the following month. Demolition for the residential units, which cannot begin until the commercial space is finished because of the areas waste water system, is set to begin in April 2021, he said. Construction of the residential development is planned to finish in November of 2022.

Several other businesses on the outskirts of the mall property will stay open during construction, and continue to operate once Hanover Crossing is complete.

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