Blanchardstown Centre
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| Location | |
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| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | 7,000 |
| Website | blanchardstowncentre |
The Blanchardstown Centre is one of Ireland's two largest shopping complexes, located in Blanchardstown and Coolmine, western suburbs of Dublin, Ireland. It opened in October 1996 and was extended in 2004 to create extra retail space. It lies in the administrative area of Fingal County Council.
The Blanchardstown Centre has an annual footfall of 16.5 million,[4] and is served by over 600 bus movements per day,[5] and is close to Dublin's M50 radial motorway, and adjacent to the M3 motorway.
In June 2016 the centre was sold to
Stores
The centre contains over 180 stores, including banking outlets and dining facilities, three retail parks and 7,000 free car parking spaces.
The complex includes a 9-screen cinema operated by Odeon Cinemas and a Leisureplex entertainment centre.
Non-retail developments
Other amenities located in or adjacent to the centre include the Draíocht arts centre, as well as Ireland's "largest purpose-built public library".[11]
At the time of building, the greater Blanchardstown area had a population of over 120,000.[12] In the period that followed the 1996 opening of the retail spaces, additional commercial and office spaces were leased to eBay, Fingal County Council and Liberty Insurance - who relocated their headquarters to the site, bringing "over 1,300 staff to the area daily".[12] The Crowne Plaza hotel chain also built a four-star 200-bedroom hotel within the development in 2008.[12]
Plans
From early 2009, plans had been published which set to extend the centre by 38,500 sq ft (3,580 m2) with a new "Yellow Mall" extension.
Transport
The centre is served by Dublin Bus routes 37, 39/a and N4 as well as Go-Ahead Ireland routes 220, 236/a/t, 238, 270/t, L52 and W4. Additionally, the nearby Crowne Plaza hotel is served by Bus Éireann routes 105, 109/b/x, 111/x and NX.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c Percival, Geoff (22 January 2016). "Dublin's Blanchardstown Centre set to be sold for €1bn". Irish Examiner.
- ^ a b "Ireland's largest shopping centre to be put up for sale with €725m price tag". The Irish Times. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
112,000sq m (1.2 million sq ft) of retail space distributed across 180 shops. The scheme ... also comprises three external retail parks, external retail units, ... and 7,000 free car-parking spaces.
- ^ a b "Blanchardstown Town Centre". Falcon AM Real Estate. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
159,000 M² OF RETAIL ACCOMODATION
- ^ Blanchardstown Centre (PDF). Dublin, Ireland: Bannon. 2022.
- ^ "Centre History". Blanchards Town Centre. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ a b Flanagan, Paul (18 June 2016). "Blackstone in €950m deal to buy Blanchardstown Centre". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ a b McHugh, Robert (17 June 2016). "Blanchardstown Centre bought by Blackstone". Business World. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Goldman Sachs to sell Blanchardstown shopping centre". The Irish Independent. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Coronavirus Ireland: Debenhams to close all Irish stores as chain goes into liquidation". dublinlive.ie. Dublin Live. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ Quinlan, Ronald. "High-end UK retailer Flannels to open at Blanchardstown Centre". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "About Us - The Centre". Blanchardstowncentre.ie. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "Blanchardstown Centre - Background". Blanchardstowncentre.ie. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014.
- ^ "Yellow Mall Blanchardstown Centre". A&D Wejchert & Partners Architects. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009.
- ^ "Massive extension for Town Centre". Community Voice. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009.