Dallas residents want to save the Granada Theater

Lower Greenville residents are working quickly in hopes of saving the beloved Granada Theater. There's a deal in the works right now to turn the longtime concert venue into a bathhouse. Fox 4's Lori Brown is in Dallas with this story. Lori. Eden, the sale of the Granada Theater is expected to be finalized in April. But today, Lower Greenville residents met with the current owner and the prospective buyer in hopes of saving the iconic venue. The historic Granada Theater could soon be turning into a bathhouse. I'm not in the business of flipping properties to turn a quick buck. We're in the business of creating something really epic that will hopefully be here for another 50 years. Travis Talmadge is the owner of Bath House with locations in Brooklyn, Manhattan, New Jersey and Philadelphia. The concept is like a spa but with a social element. We have multiple different kinds of saunas. A lot of them are really big saunas, steam rooms, pools, hot, cold, neutral pools and do contrast therapy. Contrast therapy is a really, really old practice. It's really cool because it works every time you leave feeling different than when you came in. And people leave with endorphins and they're happy and they live longer and live a better life. But people in Lower Greenville just want their concert venue to stay. They're working on getting another offer on the table to buy the property. I think Mike has proven that the economics of that are not viable. For us at this point, we've made a big commitment to this. And we've already invested a lot of money in the work that it takes to get to pre-development. The sun already sets at the neighboring restaurant, Sundown at Granada, in business for 15 years. It will also be part of the bathhouse development. I've spoken with business owners in the area, and a lot of them are really concerned that this could lead to them losing their businesses because they're not having that traffic anymore. What do you have to say to them? Yeah, we're a large-scale business. So the... What we will build there is going to be bigger than the current Granada and sundown, and we can accommodate about the same amount of people or more per day that a show at the Granada can hold. Talmadge says the landmark exterior will remain, as will the entrance under the marquee in place since 1946. I think we have to be and we're up to the challenge of being the stewards of this epic iconic place that you went with your grandparents and has all this history. That's important to me. Whether you guys believe it or not, I'll prove it to you. The city does still have to approve a rezoning request that could happen as early as January. The final concert here at the Granada is set for April 17th.