Edwards Theatres Chain Lands on Park Place

Theater mogul James Edwards Sr. has opened 10 of the 160 new screens that Edwards Theatres Circuit Inc. intends to build this year.

The family-owned business in Newport Beach that drew headlines in November with its 21-screen complex in the Irvine Entertainment Center recently opened a 10-screen complex at Park Place, a restaurant-retail complex in Irvine.

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Greg Johnson covers retail businesses and restaurants for The Times. He can be reached at (714) 966-5950 and at greg.johnson@latimes.com