WESLEY CHAPEL — There are 40,000 movie screens in the United States, including 51 in Pasco County. Get ready for a few more.
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The developers of the Shops at Wiregrass mall are planning a 1,035-seat cinema as the cornerstone of a residential and commercial development immediately east of the mall, on the north side of State Road 56.
The still-unnamed project also would include 250 upscale apartments, as many as four restaurants and nearly 60,000 square feet of stores, including a 30,000-square-foot specialty grocery, according to the preliminary site plans filed with Pasco County.
Developer Forest City Enterprises is in advanced negotiations with a theater operator, said Abbas Hasan, the company’s manager of planning and development.