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Landmark Cinemas
The Luxury Premiere Seating Experience
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Asubsidiary of Kinepolis Group NV, Belgium, Landmark is Canada’s secondlargest motion picture and theatre exhibition company. From a single screen in 1965, today Landmark Cinemas welcomes Movie Lovers to share their love of movies and enjoy a perfect movie-going experience in 40 theatres and 325 screens throughout Western Canada and Ontario. “We are connected to the communities we serve, and our cast and crew are proud to support Kids Help Phone. As a National Sponsor of the Walk So Kids Can Talk, through promotional support and fundraising initiatives in our theatres, we are committed to supporting the mental health and well-being of both our youth Guests and Cast & Crew.” Landmark’s corporate headquarters is located in Calgary, Alberta.
Landmark’s Laser Ultra Premium movie experience, a state-of-the-art sound and projection experience featuring Barco’s laser projection system coupled with immersive DOLBY Atmos® sound, is available at select locations across Western Canada and Ontario including Surrey, New Westminster, Calgary, Edmonton, St Albert, Fort McMurray, Regina, Saskatoon, Brandon, and St Catharines. Laser Ultra offers superior image quality with exceptional brightness level, increased contrast ratio and vivid colours for a radically improved Real 3D movie experience. DOLBY Atmos® produces breathtaking sound quality that puts movie-goers in the action, creating a truly immersive experience.
Landmark Cinemas is pleased to announce that the company has expanded its new luxury Premiere Seating experience to nine additional locations across Western Canada and Southern Ontario. This brings the company’s Premiere Seating complement to 11 locations, joining its Tamarack at the Grove on 17 in Edmonton, Alberta and The Pen Centre in St Catharines, Ontario locations. Featuring the added luxury and personal space of two or three heated recliner seats with power adjustable headrests, side table and coat hook wrapped in a personal privacy enclosure. Premiere Seats offer guests a significant increase in personal space and a relaxing, disruption-free movie experience. Movie Lovers may purchase their tickets for this premium movie-going experience now at LandmarkCinemas.com for Disney Pixar’s Lightyear, Elvis, Thor: Love and Thunder, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Top Gun: Maverick, and Jurassic World: Dominion. Apart from these movies, Landmark Cinemas also showcases a great lineup of South Asian films at Surrey location. “Recliner seating transformed the movie-going experience and now Premiere Seating offers the next level of luxury”, said Bill Walker, Chief Executive Officer, Landmark Cinemas. “When combined with the brilliant audio-visual presentation of Laser Ultra, our Guests truly have the ultimate movie-going experience.” Premiere Seating is available at the following Landmark Cinemas locations: British Columbia: New Westminster, Surrey, Alberta: Calgary (Country Hills, Market Mall, Shawnessy), Edmonton (Tamarack Grove on 17), Fort McMurray, St. Albert, Saskatchewan: Regina, Ontario: St. Catharines, Whitby. Here are some snippets of the conversation with Bill Walker, CEO of Landmark Cinemas with a focus on the Premiere Seating and more.
Landmark Cinemas Guildford, Surrey
Luxury Premiere Seating Experience
Q. Tell us more about the Premiere Seating at Landmark Cinemas.
- Bill Walker
CEO, Landmark Cinemas
Premiere seating is something we launched when we opened our Tamarack, Edmonton location. With the pandemic, the concept was that we were preparing to open the theatre that was actually under construction at that time, so keeping COVID-19 in mind we were looking at innovative experiences in order to continue bringing something premium to the customer. Landmark’s journey was really about going from the conventional seat to the recliner, which fundamentally was giving more space back to the customer. As we look at what Premiere does it just takes that a bit further with a little bit more luxury. So the personal space that you gain with the side table on each side with a nice wide recliner seat, with heat, with a side table and a console and a coat hook. It just gives you personal space all in privacy and enclosure for guests that want that sort of exclusive and focused experience on just watching the movie without any distractions, it’s a whole other level and guests are really enjoying it.
Q. What is the price of Premiere Seating?
The prices are stated at $14.50 and the Premiere Seating adds a two-dollar up charge. Whether your seating will be in Laser Ultra, it would be the Laser Ultra-premium plus the Premiere Seat Premium. However, in a regular auditorium, we are going to be talking about $16.50 to watch one of these. We have them both at our Guildford, Surrey location as well as our New Westminster location.
Q. What other exciting news to enhance the movie going experience can people expect from Landmark Cinemas in the near future?
Q. Which locations of Landmark Cinemas will have this seating?
We are going to have it in 11 locations now. We have done it in Guildford, Surrey, in New Westminster and our three Calgary locations. And then two Edmonton locations, Fort McMurray, Regina, Saskatchewan, Whitby, Ontario and St.Catherines, Ontario. DARPAN TM JULY | AUGUST 2022 Reflecting The South-Asian Lifestyle 41
I think you know it’s incumbent on us as theatre operators to continue to maintain a differential to what you can do at home. The other experience that we have in both New West and Guildford, Surrey is the Laser Ultra experience, which is taking the screen and sound combined with our seating experience to the next level. Visually it is the ultimate way to watch a movie and just continues to elevate that. The best way to see it is in those Laser Ultras. I think the rest of the experience for us is really about providing an overall experience and service that is hassle-free, convenient, and relaxing.
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By Naina Grewal
EMERALD The Future Gem of Surrey GARDENS
Home to over half a million residents, Surrey has been projected to surpass Vancouver by 2030 in terms of population size. While Surrey has had an overall average annual growth rate of approximately 1.85% over the last 10 years, Surrey’s City Centre has seen the highest annual growth rate averaging 5.4% over the last 10 years. Featuring an incoming transit system to Langley and inhabiting the presence of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Simon Fraser University, and (soon) University of British Columbia, Surrey Central is increasingly solidifying its prevalence as a cultural, social, and business hub.
An exciting new addition to Surrey’s City Centre dynamically evolving cityscape is Allure Ventures’ Emerald Gardens residential development project. The planned development will feature three impressive glass encased towers rising to 33, 38, and 42 stories resting atop a tiered 13-storey midrise residential podium in the heart of Surrey’s City Centre.
Emerald Gardens is central to the education, business and civic hubs being bound by University Drive, BC Parkway and Gateway Drive. The Gateway Skytrain Station is a just block away on University Drive.
The project boasts nearly 1,000 residential units made up of condominiums and townhomes ranging from studio to three bedrooms in an impressive variety of configurations. Many homes will feature private terraces and balconies with extraordinary valley, city and mountain views, including views into the charming private gardens at the centre of the development. Indeed, as the
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name indicates, Emerald Gardens will offer residents a private and luxurious oasis in the heart of the City.
Without a doubt, one of the things that set Emerald Gardens apart from other developments are the views and expansive amenity spaces. “We at Allure are excited at the promise inherent in this offering. The scale, scope, and quality is something that Surrey has never seen”, proudly shares Director of Development, Lori D’Andrea. Emerald Gardens is unique in the vastness of its amenity spaces with more than three quarters of an acre of combined indoor and outdoor facilities designed to enhance the lives of residents. From the gardens to the rooftop terraces and the great variety of function rooms, there will never be a lack of activity space or options for those that call Emerald Gardens home. The terraces will offer expansive views all the way up the Fraser River past the Golden Ears Bridge, across to Burnaby Mountain, and to Vancouver’s Downtown and the North Shore Mountains. In all, the project features over 23,000 square feet of indoor amenities and over 32,000 square feet of outdoor amenities, including: Undoubtedly, the amenities are nothing short of luxury. Allure is committed to building responsibility and sustainably being mindful of its design and materials choices. With what will be a highly iconic and recognizable projects, the developer also aims to set the standard that residents can be comfortable in their homes and community, but also comfortable that their home uses energy in moderation. Moreover, the strategic location of Emerald Gardens facilities an urban lifestyle without the need to drive everywhere.
Erik Andersen, Head of Development, elaborates, “Emerald Gardens will be a showcase development in Surrey’s City Centre. Surrey is British Columbia’s fastest growing city providing people that live or visit the area with a vast number of lifestyle choices. With a less than 5-minute walk to Metro Vancouver’s expanding SkyTrain system, Emerald Gardens is in the centre of it all, providing easy car-free access from Vancouver to Langley.” At the rate Surrey City Centre continues to grow and develop and with its easy accessibility, the area is an ideal place to call home. The project promises that “downtown” feel right in the middle of Surrey, as the area continues becoming embedded with initiatives surrounding health, technology, research, and innovation.
As a community initiative, Emerald Gardens is deliberately being designed to provide homes that will be attractive to people in many different stages of life whether they are young urban professionals, couples, and families, as well as established in-
dividuals who may be looking to downsize and live in a home that offers them a tremendous amount of space and activity options without any of the worries associated with maintenance. With all the amenities and a convenience of 24-hour concierge service, Emerald Gardens has a great appeal as a home or an investment. As a truly inclusive community with its three skyscrapers and connected midrise podium, expansive amenities, lush private park, and multiple entertainment areas, Emerald Gardens will have something for everyone at every stage of their lives. The growth of Surrey, and City Centre in particular, is a testament to the region’s popularity. Surrey is blessed in its economic prosperity, civic services, as well as its ethnic and cultural diversity.
• 3 rooftop indoor-outdoor lounge and • dining spaces • 2 rooftop terraces with lounge seating and firebowls • Outdoor table games, barbeques and • children’s play area • Indoor children’s centre • Dog run with an indoor dog washing • station • Swimming pool, hot tub, sauna and steam room • Indoor theatre • Expansive fitness facility with yoga/stretching room and spin/cycle room • Indoor-outdoor kitchen and entertainment space • Large indoor entertainment space complete with kitchen • Business centre with shared workspace, meeting and tech rooms • Adult resident’s lounge
“Emerald Gardens will be the gateway to Surrey, British
Columbia’s fastest growing city.”
Erik Anderson
Head of Development, Allure Ventures
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It is a city that is welcoming for people in at all life stages and for newcomers to British Columbia or Canada. Given the positive momentum, it is not a surprise that it is becoming a major education hub with Kwantlen and Simon Fraser Universities already in place and the University of British Columbia set to join them. Similarly, it is a bustling business hub with the medical centre particularly notable. The scale and grandeur of Emerald Gardens is a perfect fit for what the area is fast becoming.
Given the city’s appeal, Allure is passionate about its development initiatives in Surrey and is earnest in its desire to garner the trust and appreciation of the community. Allure’s first project, The Grand on King George, sold out soon after launch and made a significant impact on what buyers can expect in quality and value. Lori D’Andrea, Director of Development, shines light on all that Emerald Gardens encompasses, “We’re really excited about the Emerald Gardens project because we wanted to showcase that from Surrey’s City Centre you can be a part of a welcoming, invigorating community, have the convenience of urban living and still be able to - literally get above everything on the rooftops - and stop and enjoy the view.”
With pre-sales coming later this year, the vision for the project is a master-planned community within Surrey’s City Centre that offers a vibrant, welcoming, energy balanced by serene views, the convenience of amenities and urban living. Allure is a company that is rooted in strong family values and Emerald Gardens is backed by Allure’s signature quality in construction, features and finishes.
Emerald Gardens is sure to reshape and amplify the essence of Surrey, the future lives here.
Lori D’Andrea
Director of Development, Allure Ventures
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