Cinespace Film Studios is a group of film studio facilities in the US and

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. It was founded in 1988 by Greek-Canadian Nick Mirkopoulos. The studio started with a facility in

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, a suburb of

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, which had been in operation since the 1960s. Current studios include facilities in

, a branch in

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(Cinespace Chicago Film Studios) founded in 2007 with Mirkopoulos's nephew, Alex Pissios, and facilities in

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and Wilmington, NC acquired in 2023 from EUE/Screen Gems. In 2022, TPG Real Estate Partners acquired the Studio Babelsberg facilities in Potsdam-Babelsberg and merged them into Cinespace.

Studios

Kipling Avenue Studios

The company acquired a campus at 777 Kipling Avenue in Toronto's

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area in 2009. At the

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John Tory joined with Cinespace officials to announce plans to build two very large new studios on the site, with a combined footprint of . One of the large studios will be permanently devoted to underwater filming. Television Series * '' Beauty & the Beast'' (2012–2016) * ''

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'' (2013–2017) * '' Taken'' * ''

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'' * '' Locke & Key''

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that was established in Kleinburg, Ontario in the 1950s. Its geo-coordinates are . Cinespace moved out of the studios and upgraded to the Vaughan Sports Center in 2015, a

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training complex.

Chicago

Cinespace Chicago Film Studios opened for business in 2011 and Alex Pissios, the president and CEO of the company, worked with his uncle, Nick Mirkopoulos, to establish the Studios in Chicago. Mirkopoulos and Pissios purchased 60 acres of the former Ryerson Steel complex in the Windy City's North Lawndale neighborhood. The Studios are the largest independent movie studios outside of Los Angeles. The studios have continued to expand and now have 36 sound stages. Pissios and Cinespace Chicago Film Studios were featured in the December 2019 Chicago Magazine and highlighted the success and influence the studio has had on the film industry in Chicago. Cinespace Chicago Film Studios, is the “Hollywood of the Midwest,” bringing more than 15,000 jobs in digital media and education opportunities to the community and region by revitalizing a depressed neighborhood. Cinespace Chicago has been instrumental in infusing billions of dollars of revenue into the city and the state of Illinois. Its campus has been the nexus for over 40 major productions used to film multiple television series and feature films, including: * ''

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'' * ''Chicago Fire'' * ''Chicago PD'' * '' Chicago Justice'' * ''Empire'' * ''Shameless'' * ''Utopia'' * ''Next'' * ''Mixtape'' * '' Jack's Big Music Show'' * '' The Chi'' * ''Fargo'' * ''The Exorcist'' * ''Sense8'' * ''Patriot'' * ''APB'' * '' Proven Innocent'' * ''Night Sky'' * ''Zoobiquity'' Thstudioio is planned to have 36 sound stages on its 2 million square foot main campus in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhoods. Additional studios have been under construction at 31st and Kedzie. In addition to studio space, Cinespace Chicago Film Studios houses numerous production offices and support spaces as well as production tenants. Cinespace partnered with DePaul University's film school in 2013 to house student classrooms, two interactive stages, faculty offices, lounges, and equipment vaults. Ranked in the top 25 film schools nationwide, DePaul University's School of Cinematic Arts program teaches aspiring producers and creatives about all aspects of television and film production. Since its inception, Cinespace has brought in more than $3 billion in film-related spending to Chicago.

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