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Peter A Walker & Lee Dalgetty

Edinburgh Filmhouse sold in £2.65million deal with talks underway for cinema's future

The Edinburgh Filmhouse has been sold in a deal worth £2.65million.

In October, the Centre for Moving Image, which ran Filmhouses in the capital and Aberdeen, filed for administration. Bosses said rising costs, reduced trade and the cost of living crisis had created a 'perfect storm'. Savills then set about selling the historic building.

The owner of London's Prince Charles cinema was confirmed as a bidder, but has since been rejected. A representative for FRP Advisory, the administrators of the Filmhouse, has now confirmed it has been sold according to the Edinburgh Evening News.

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They did not confirm who the buyer was, though The Scotsman has reported that Caledonian Heritable, which owns The Dome, Ryan's Bar and the Theatre Royal are the new owners. Talks are currently underway to decide the future of the building.

Originally constructed in 1830, the Filmhouse extends over three floors and has a total size of 20,068 square feet. The B-listed former church kept its period feature over the years, including a segmental ceiling in Cinema One.

There are also two more cinema spaces, a clubroom, box office, cafe, bar and kitchen. A fundraiser set up by former staff at the Filmhouse was targeting £2million, though fell short of its goal.

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