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Bowie council introduces ordinance to buy former Regal Theater after split vote on emergency purchase
Summary
City staff says Bowie entered a purchase-and-sale agreement May 16 for the former Regal Theater site at 15200 Major Lansdale Blvd. Council failed to adopt emergency purchase and budget amendments requiring unanimous approval, then voted to introduce an ordinance and budget amendment for future consideration.
Bowie city officials introduced an ordinance and linked budget amendment on June 2 to acquire the former Regal Theater property at 15200 Major Lansdale Boulevard, but failed to adopt emergency measures that would have allowed immediate closing.
John Henry King, the city’s economic development director, told the council the city entered into a purchase-and-sale agreement on May 16 for the approximately 11.97-acre site and the 55,280-square-foot building at a price of $11,970,000. “And on that, we placed a 10% deposit or $1,197,000. That deposit is nonrefundable,” King said. The purchase and the related emergency budget amendment both required an introduction and, separately, a vote to adopt as…
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