The Cutler Ridge Cinema was the first theatrical venue to operate in the complex. Promoted as "The Showplace of South Dade," the theater made its debut in April 1963.

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A circa-'63 site plan includes the new Cutler Ridge Cinema. The movie house, with entrance "thru the mall," was built in the rear parking area and was accessed via a landscaped arcade. Another rear parking area addition is a new Richards Auto Center. In its original state, in 1960, the strip shopping complex covered approximately 230,000 leasable square feet. With said Cinema, it now encompassed approximately 246,100.

CUTLER RIDGE REGIONAL CENTER TENANTS 1963:

RICHARDS (with freestanding Auto Center) / FOOD FAIR supermarket / W.T. GRANT / NEISNER'S 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / LIGGETT REXALL DRUG (with luncheonette) / Anne's Flowers / Blue Box Gifts  / Butler's Shoes / Cities Service Gas Station (outparcel) / Cutler Ridge Bowling Lanes (outparcel) / Cutler Ridge Camera Shop / Cutler Ridge Cinema (single screen) / Cy Clyde Men's Stylist / Dita Sportswear / Kent Cleaners / Kiddie Brooks / Mario Barber Shop / Mario Beauty Shop / Marco Shoes  / Maternity Togs / Princely Shops / Ridge Bakery & Delicatessen / Rite-Way Shoe Repair / Weinkle's Liquors / Western Auto