Alamo Drafthouse set to open in Dallas’ Lake Highlands

The popular movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse is expanding yet again in North Texas.

(No, not to Fort Worth.)

As reported by the Lake Highlands Advocate, the Alamo Drafthouse will take over a former Tom Thumb at Skillman and Abrams in Dallas’ Lake Highlands neighborhood, with a tentative opening date of April 1 next year.

“The lease is fully executed. Architects are engaged. The money has changed hands. That’s when you know things are really real,” Mark Hajdu of property broker Triumph told the Advocate.

There are currently two Alamo Drafthouses open in North Texas — one in Richardson and one in Dallas, with a third planned for Las Colinas in the coming months.

There is still no word if or when the chain will expand into Tarrant County. As chief operating officer Bill DiGaetano told Star-Telegram reporter Cary Darling in February, when the Dallas location opened, “It’s a tough market. [Tarrant] is saturated with theaters.”

This story was originally published July 18, 2016 at 2:17 PM with the headline "Alamo Drafthouse set to open in Dallas’ Lake Highlands."