MIAMI—Cinemex, a Mexico City movie theater brand, is opening its first US-based location at Swire Properties' Brickell City Centre in 2016. The 35,677-square-foot dine-in cinema aims to meet the demand for movie theatres in Miami's Brickell district.

Swire is starting to fill in its $1.1 billion mixed-use mega project. The Cinemex deal comes at the heels of news that Saks Fifth Avenue will anchor a 565,000-square-foot shopping complex.

“As the sixth largest cinema chain worldwide, our main focus is to bring the success of Cinemex to downtown Miami,” says Javier Ezquerro, vice president of concession for Cinemex. “We believe Brickell City Centre will create the perfect setting for Cinemex. As our first U.S. theatre and part of our expansion plan, we could not have chosen a better location.”