KANSAS CITY, MO-AMC Entertainment Inc., based here, wants toexpand the dine-in movie concept throughout California andWashington, but recently decided to outsource the expansion. Thefirm has hired the Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate Retail Solutions tochoose new AMC sites in the two states.

The JLL team will work closely together with AMC executives inchoosing existing properties to retrofit, or new sites on which tobuild new theaters, says Craig Killman , SVP with the retailsolutions group. He has some background with the theater owner,having worked in the AMC real estate division for four years.

He tells GlobeSt.com that AMC wants to introduce two newconcepts to moviegoers. One concept is called Fork and Screen, nowbeing tested in Kansas City, MO and New York City. At this newtheater, customers sit in seats more like a restaurant, andneighborhood fare is served with a full bar. Also being tried isCinema Suites, where moviegoers can watch a film while sitting in aleather recliner while also enjoying light fare.