Belfast: Kainos software firm buys Movie House cinema site

Belfast-based software company Kainos has bought the Bankmore Square site, which is currently home to the Movie House Cinema in the city centre, for more than £7m.

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Belfast-based software company Kainos has bought the Bankmore Square site, which is currently home to the Movie House Cinema in the city centre, for more than £7m.

It plans to turn it into its new Belfast headquarters.

The cinema is due to close its doors at...
source: BBC Northern Ireland

2019-02-12 11:37
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