Business & Tech

Commack Multiplex Turns to Rubble

The movie theater is torn down to make way for Lowe's Home Improvement.

Once a vibrant, local attraction, the Commack Multiplex Cinemas is now nearly halfway demolished to make room for a Lowe's Home Improvement store.

As of Thursday afternoon, one-third of the theater was completely rubble. A mix of concrete, wires and theater seats were neatly piled around the site's parking lot for grapple trucks to pick up and load to the dump.

After 30 years in business, the Commack Multiplex, which sits on 20-acres of land, was sold to Lowe's in 2010 for a reported $13 million. The theater officially shut down in September of 2011.

Interested in local real estate?Subscribe to Patch's new newsletter to be the first to know about open houses, new listings and more.

Now a contractor's sign hangs over the billboard where the movie listings used to be.

The construction is being done by Aurora Contractors, Inc., which also created Tanger Outlets at the Arches in Deer Park, Home Depot Expo Design Center in Commack and New York City's World Trade Center.

Interested in local real estate?Subscribe to Patch's new newsletter to be the first to know about open houses, new listings and more.

The home improvement chain's Commack location will be the first in the Huntington and Smithtown areas. It will be in direct competition with Home Depot, located less than a mile away.


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here