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Regal Cinemas at Severance Town Center in Cleveland Heights will close permanently after tonight (Bob Sandrick/Northeast Ohio Media Group).

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Regal Severance Town Center Stadium 14 -- the movie theater at Severance Town Center -- will close permanently after the last show tonight, three theater workers confirmed earlier Thursday evening.

No signs inside or outside the theater indicated the closing. However, workers said they would post signs announcing the theater closing at about 10:45 p.m.

Officials at Regal Entertainment Group could not be reached tonight. Cleveland Heights Mayor Dennis Wilcox also could not be reached.

Regal's closing is the latest sign of trouble for Severance. In December, a Cuyahoga County judge signed off on a foreclosure decree related to the retail center. A lender has asked that Severance be sold at auction in an attempt to recover more than $38 million in debt.

In late 2013, Walmart -- which took up about 20 percent of Severance's retail space -- pulled out to open a new Supercenter in South Euclid.

Regal has several movie theaters in Greater Cleveland, including those in Richmond Heights, Middleburg Heights and Westlake. In December 2013, Regal opened a new theater at Great Northern Mall in North Olmsted.