A high-end dine-in movie theater experience that has anchored one of Fort Lee’s largest modern developments will go dark later this year, as iPic will shutter after a decade-long run.
Late last month, iPic Theaters LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. The company operates 13 dine-in theater locations and eight restaurant units nationwide, with the Fort Lee location within the Hudson Lights complex as their only Garden State location.
A recently filed New Jersey WARN notice states that 97 employees at iPIC Theaters in Fort Lee will be laid off at the end of May. The company listed an effective date of May 28 in the paperwork it submitted to the New Jersey Department of Labor.
Launched in 2016, the eight-screen, 533-seat iPic Theater was once the fastest-growing luxury cinema chain in the country. The theater features a full-service restaurant that allows guests to order complete meals to their seats during films, and also sports a full bar with cocktails, wine, and beer…