Letterkenny Retail Parks

Letterkenny Retail Parks

Letterkenny Retail Park phase 2
Location Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
No. of stores and services 22
No. of anchor tenants 3
No. of floors 1

Letterkenny Retail Park and Riverside Retail Park are retail parks on the Paddy Harte/Link Road in Letterkenny town centre. The retail parks are the largest in the county.[1] The parks have come out as the best in the country in terms of rent versus footfall.[2] Phase two of the retail park was developed by Patrick J Doherty.[3]

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History

Phase 1

Phase 1 opened with Atlantic Homecare, Toymaster, The Jean Scene, Elvery Sports, Lidl and Harry Corry. Elvery Sports relocated to the Letterkenny Town Centre complex in early 2007.

Phase 2

Phase 2 construction finished by 2005 and it consisted of many units which would be used for fashion outlets. Stores such as Next, New Look, Tempest, TK Maxx and also Argos, SuperValu and Right Price Tiles. Marks and Spencer and Menarys Department Store opened on May 30 and May 25, 2007 respectively. This is M&S's first store in the North-West of Ireland. Due to the current economic troubles SuperValu was forced to close on January 6, 2009.[4]

Riverside Retail Park

Construction of the Riverside Retail Park commenced in 2006. It has a total of 10 retail units. The first store opened in this phase was an exclusive ladies fashion clothing store, called Wardrobe followed by Donegal Sports and Sony Centre. The Shoe Boutique opened at Unit 9, right next door to Wardrobe and they complement each other perfectly.

Tenants

Letterkenny Retail Park

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Riverside Retail Park

Grand Central

  • Elite Brides

See also

References

  1. ^ Case Studies :: Letterkenny Retail Park
  2. ^ Donegal News September 4, 2007
  3. ^ €35m scheme planned for Letterkenny, Irish Independent, October 27, 2004
  4. ^ Letterkenny SuperValu set to close with the loss of 27 jobs, Donegal Democrat, November 27, 2008

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