Dundrum Town Centre
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Dundrum Town Centre is a shopping centre located in Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland on the site of the defunct Pye television factory. It is the second largest shopping centre in Ireland following the expansion of Blanchardstown Shopping Centre and opening of a new retail park in September 2007. Dundrum Town Centre was built in a relatively built-up suburban area and bucks the current trend of building out-of-town (such as the Crescent Shopping Centre in Limerick and The Square, Blanchardstown Shopping Centre and Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in west Dublin). It consumes 13 MW of power, this is over a 7th of the output of Ardnacrusha power plant (86 MW). Dundrum town centre has over 160 shops with more than 80,000m² of floor space.
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[edit] Opening Day
Dundrum Town Centre was opened on Thursday morning, 3rd March 2005. Over 5,000 [1] people queued in the main square. Local clergy blessed the centre before the opening. [2]
[edit] Phases and Milestone Dates
The second phase of the centre opened in September 2005. On 23 September 2005 the first Irish branch of Harvey Nichols opened. This is the anchor for a "fashion district". A cinema - Movies@Dundrum - opened on 30 September 2005. A third phase included the addition of more retail units, several restaurants, a theatre (The Mill Theatre Dundrum), a health centre and apartments.
[edit] Tenants
Anchor tenants include Tesco Ireland, Marks and Spencer, House of Fraser, Next, Harvey Nichols and Penney's. Tesco also operate a petrol station on site.
As a condition of the centre's planning permission, a fee is charged for parking to discourage the centre car park being used as a Park and Ride site for the adjacent Luas Green Line.
[edit] Future
The future of this centre is for further expansion to include more retail units, and an eventual spread to the site of the older shopping centre. There are also plans to expand the centre to a size of 150,000m².
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