OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (AP) — Olive Branch officials have blocked a movie theater developer's attempt to put a cinema at the wooded rear of the golf course community of Wedgewood.
The Commercial Appeal reports the controversial plans by cinema developer Ambarish A. Keshani drew about 100 area residents to Tuesday's Board of Aldermen meeting to speak in opposition to a theater.
Keshani, of Cinema Group Inc., announced his plans for a theater shortly after Malco Theatres Inc. said it would go forward with plans for a cinema.
Keshani preferred the site near Wedgewood to another piece of property along Goodman Road east of Malone Road. Aldermen are scheduled to hear an application for a preliminary development plan at that site March 19.
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Information from: The Commercial Appeal, http://www.commercialappeal.com
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