Reading International, Inc (AMEX: RDI) is in the business of owning and operating cinemas
and live theaters and developing, owning and operating
real estate assets. Our business consists primarily
of
- the development, ownership and operation of
cinemas in the United States, Australia and New
Zealand, principally under
the Reading Cinemas, Angelika Film Center, City
Cinemas and Rialto names;
- the development, ownership and operation of
commercial real estate in Australia, New Zealand
and the United States, including entertainment-themed
retail centers ("ETRC") in Australia and New
Zealand and
- the ownership and leasing to production companies through Liberty Theaters, Inc. of "Off Broadway" style live theaters in Manhattan and Chicago
We are different from most other cinema companies
due to our real property emphasis. Calculated based on book value nearly 70% of our assets relates to our real estate activities.
While most of our cash flow is currently derived
from cinemas, our present business plan is to reinvest
that cash flow principally in real estate assets,
and to be opportunistic in terms of the
acquisition and development of additional entertainment properties.
Unlike other cinema companies, we are not compelled
to continue and redevelop our cinema assets, where
higher and better uses become available for such
properties.
Our principal operating real estate assets include
one ETRC in Wellington, New
Zealand, and three ETRC's in Australia. In addition,
we own the fee interests underlying a number of
our cinemas and all of our live theatres. Several
of these cinema and live theater properties include
ancillary retail space.
We also hold a significant amount of land for
development in Australia and New Zealand, including
an approximately 50-acre property located in the
Burwood area of Melbourne, an approximately 3-acre
site located in the Moonee Ponds area of Melbourne,
a 2-acre site in the Auburn area of Sydney, and a 1-acre site in downtown Wellington, New Zealand.
The information about our company included in
this Website is necessarily summary in nature,
and is qualified by reference to more detailed
information about the Company set out in our filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The information included in this website was
last updated on September 15, 2006 and any such
information not specifically tied to a particular
date only reflects the facts as known to us on
that date. Facts may have changed since the last
update, and you need to understand that by creating
and maintaining this website, we have not undertaken
to continuously update the information contained
herein.
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