Plush nightclub closes after 14 years

[coredumped]

Plush Entertainment Complex has closed its doors after a court-ordered agreement, the owners and landlords confirmed Thursday morning.

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The landlords are looking at other options for new tenants, Rothstein said, but they would not lease the space to another nightclub.

The agreement happened in the circuit court after a judge ordered it on Jan. 14, public records show. It asked for 845 North to no longer operate on the property after May 1.

Channel 4 first reported the possibility of Plush shutting down in 2013, when the landlord filed a complaint against the entertainment complex.

Rothstein said the deal had been in the works since 2013. Town and Country had initially filed an eviction notice, claiming that the Plush complex didn't have enough insurance to operate. Rothstein said the original lease lasted until 2018.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/plush-nightclub-closes-after-14-years/25755732

And the TU article:
http://members.jacksonville.com/news/crime/2014-05-01/story/plush-nightclub-where-scenes-violence-were-repeated-has-closed#cxrecs_s

As a resident of Arlington I'm very happy to see them go - far too much troubles for what it was worth. Maybe now that plaza can start to come back to its former glory. Discount auto is moving in to the plaza from the signs I've seen.

[coredumped]

Do the owners have mob ties or were you just kidding? I haven't heard that.

The building isn't for sale, it's for lease. They mentioned they're NOT looking for another nightclub. It's a large space so something big would need to go there (target/kmart size) - wasn't there a theater in there at one time?

[thelakelander]

Isn't Plush an old movie theater? That space isn't big enough for a Target or Kmart.  Half of that center would have to be torn down in order to accommodate that type of retailer.

[coredumped]

Hmmm, that might a good idea - something like a dinner theatre. Doesn't have to be fancy like alhambra, more like rocky horror type theatre

[thelakelander]

Isn't Plush an old movie theater? That space isn't big enough for a Target or Kmart.  Half of that center would have to be torn down in order to accommodate that type of retailer.

Yes it was the town and center movie theatre.

For a while it was an art house film theatre, owned by Don Strickland back when that stretch of University Boulevard was the cultural corridor of the late 70s early 80s.

Do tell!

[finehoe]

the town and center movie theatre

Town and Country

[fieldafm]

Isn't Plush an old movie theater? That space isn't big enough for a Target or Kmart.  Half of that center would have to be torn down in order to accommodate that type of retailer.

Yes it was the town and center movie theatre.

For a while it was an art house film theatre, owned by Don Strickland back when that stretch of University Boulevard was the cultural corridor of the late 70s early 80s.

Do tell!

The Thunderbird was just a stone's throw away from T&C plaza and many of the businesses along University were thriving during Arlington's suburban heyday.

[funwithteeth]

I remember going to that twin theater in Regency a few times when I was child. I specifically remember seeing Little Shop of Horrors there. I also remember another time they screened Prick Up Your Ears, a film I did not see—I was much too young for it!—but had a title that stuck with me, as I thought "prick" was a funny word. (For the record, I finally did see it several years later, having rented the VHS of it in the dying days of that medium.)

I recall Gazebo having showtimes listed in the newspaper along with the other local theaters, but I never went.

[coredumped]

OK, I know this might be a bit premature, but with Regency having new owners, all the housing going up near regency/mill creek and if this plaza can turn it around, Arlington might just be on the comeback.

I always thought "old arlington" was a missed opportunity. The barbershop/crab shacks could be hipster joints and thrive like kings ave.

[mtraininjax]

Arlington might just be on the comeback.

The hottest thing in Arlington is the Poker Room, those guys have a money making machine going on there.

[JayBird]

Be awesome if this news was the spark needed for this:


http://www.metrojacksonville.com/mobile/article/2012-aug-creating-a-better-arlington

[coredumped]

This would definitely be awesome, and perhaps in time something like this will happen. Getting rid of Plush is a good first step, now maybe that plaza will fill up and the landlord will have the opportunity to put some money in to it, etc etc etc. Good things to come...

[AuditoreEnterprise]

hasn't there been a few gang related incidents or general shooting at that club recently?

[I-10east]

I for one I'm very sad that this long time storied Jacksonville intuition has closed it's doors. 

JK, foreal though, in my younger more wildin' days, I had good times on Saturday Nights at Plush, as well as many other hip hop nightclub spots. Many spots like this have gone defunct because of too many people acting a fool (just like Fat Kat) with shootings etc. I don't blame insurance companies not wanting to cover a place like that.

[Rob68]

Fat kat needs to go..its an embarresment to the neighborhood and a danger to its citizens.