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Kine Centre
Kine Centre
General information
Coordinates 26°12′16″S28°02′47″E / 26.20458°S 28.0463°E / -26.20458; 28.0463 (Kine Centre)
Completed1974
Height123 metres
Technical details
Floor count25

The Kine Centre is a modern style skyscraper in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa.

History

The Kine Centre was built on the site of the Empire Theatre. [1] : 305  The theatre was closed in April 1971 and was demolished by the Schlesinger Corporation. [1] : 71  [2] It was built in 1974 to a height of 123 metres. The building has 25 floors of office space, several large stores, a 10-screen cinema complex that seats 2500 people which was mothballed in 2004, [3] and two levels of underground parking. The building also has a famous penthouse located on the top floor. Kine Centre's cinemas opened in September 1974 with three screens and was refurnished in 1988 to ten screens. [3] The Kine Centre is connected to the Carlton Centre via a pedestrian tunnel. [1] : 71  The building was sold for Rand 9.1 million (USD $910,000) in February 2003.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mandy, Nigel (1984). A city divided : Johannesburg and Soweto. Internet Archive. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN   978-0-312-14082-3.
  2. ↑ "Theatres and Bioscopes in early Johannesburg". Johannesburg 1912 - suburb by suburb research. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Kine Centre in Johannesburg, ZA - Cinema Treasures". www.cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 31 March 2025.