TK Maxx Castlebar??

Castlebar12

Did anyone else hear the rumor that TK Maxx is opening in the old Homebase??
Would be great for the town. Saw a campaign on Facebook to get TK Maxx and a few people have said Homebase.

Jakesam

Castlebar12 wrote: »

Did anyone else hear the rumor that TK Maxx is opening in the old Homebase??
Would be great for the town. Saw a campaign on Facebook to get TK Maxx and a few people have said Homebase.

Just rumour, latest is unit will be split in 3 as rents are too high

irishgeo

seen a couple of fellas in suits in there about 2 weeks ago pointing in various directions with all the lights on. i hadnt realised it was closed. did i miss a closing down sale?

Dudda

irishgeo wrote: »

seen a couple of fellas in suits in there about 2 weeks ago pointing in various directions with all the lights on. i hadnt realised it was closed. did i miss a closing down sale?

No you didn't miss much. Most of the stock was transferred to other stores.

They would have to apply for planning permission and fire certificates to split the building up before anyone could move in so you'll see that on the county council website a few weeks before any work starts.

nuac

Dudda wrote: »

No you didn't miss much. Most of the stock was transferred to other stores.

They would have to apply for planning permission and fire certificates to split the building up before anyone could move in so you'll see that on the county council website a few weeks before any work starts.

Castlebar Town Council still the planning authority there?

building control, including Fire Certification, dealt wity by County Council

Dudda

nuac wrote: »

Castlebar Town Council still the planning authority there?

building control, including Fire Certification, dealt wity by County Council

Sorry ya the town council for planning and county for fire.

As for the TK Maxx rumour it was mentioned on Castlebar.ie back in 2009 along with Boots and other brands coming to Castlebar and mentioned again in November 2012. In the list it and KFC are the that never came.

Westernyelp

Why would anyone set up a campaign to have TK Maxx come to Castlebar?! do we really need another multinational merchant selling crap and under cutting struggling Small businesses?

the_pits

Westernyelp wrote: »

Why would anyone set up a campaign to have TK Maxx come to Castlebar?! do we really need another multinational merchant selling crap and under cutting struggling Small businesses?

So what about Aldi and Lidl ....are you against them too

Westernyelp

the_pits wrote: »

So what about Aldi and Lidl ....are you against them too

Nope, but if the never arrived It wouldn't bother me. Just wondering why people would be so exercised about having a TK Maxx in town. they are hardly anything special.

Rose35

whats wrong with having a bit of variety in the town, the more shops the better i say, bit of competition never did any harm.

irishgeo

Rose35 wrote: »

whats wrong with having a bit of variety in the town, the more shops the better i say, bit of competition never did any harm.

i see the shop on the bottom of main street opposite elverys has sale agreed up but that could be up for moths.

Westernyelp

irishgeo wrote: »

i see the shop on the bottom of main street opposite elverys has sale agreed up but that could be up for moths.

Think the VEC or whatever they are called now are going in there

Rose35

Hope Awear can weather the storm .......... love that shop

Westernyelp

Rose35 wrote: »

Hope Awear can weather the storm .......... love that shop

I have heard that it is one of their better performing shops (at least it was last year) so hopefully the jobs are safe

irishgeo

Westernyelp wrote: »

Think the VEC or whatever they are called now are going in there

its hardly big enough for a college?

Westernyelp

irishgeo wrote: »

its hardly big enough for a college?

For the Admin side of things

Castlebar12

For adult training courses I think