 Kroger built a larger facility across Eureka Road in the mid-1970s, with the former store gutted and divided into several smaller stores, attached to a new wing ending in a new two-level; JCPenney store in 1976.In 1986, the theater, by then a four-screen venue, was purchased by AMC Theatres.Then in 1988, a small addition was built onto the western side, including a Mervyns store.