Scotch Hall

positron

So whats the story with Scotch Hall? 27 floors? or 13? or 8? or 5?

Dingatron

27 and 13 maybe?


Irish Times Jan 2005

Not sure if they ever got the planing for the 27 floor one. Think it would look a bit ridiculous TBH.

Dyaso

thought i read a while ago that they failed the plannin permission and tats why the built on the extension.

joe.

Dingatron wrote:

27 and 13 maybe?


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That looks very impressive if it goes ahead

Kenshi

I'd say 5. Anything else is ridiculous!

nj23

the council havent decided whether to give planning or not yet. its at further information. Its all very confusing as there are a few separate planning applications. the southbank is the one with the proposed 27 and 13 story towers.
In a separate application they are looking to extend the hotel to ten stories i think.

dont know what they'll get permission for though

positron

They seems pretty upbeat about the prospects.

From Sunday Business Post:

http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqid=7469-qqqx=1.asp

Scotch Hall, the €150 million retail and leisure scheme being developed by Galway businessman Gerry Barrett in Drogheda, Co Louth, will be almost fully let when it opens on November 10.

Barrett believes the strong tenant line-up at the 25,000 square metre shopping centre on the south bank of the river Boyne will attract customers from Dublin, Dundalk, Newry and Navan.

The anchor tenant at the centre is Dunnes Stores, which will occupy an 8,065 square metre split-level unit with grocery on the ground floor and textiles on the first floor. Next will trade from a 1,865 square metre store on three levels, while other large units will be occupied by New Look, Topshop, HMV and Waterstones.



€150m scheme almost fully let

28 August 2005 By Gillian Nelis
Scotch Hall, the €150 million retail and leisure scheme being developed by Galway businessman Gerry Barrett in Drogheda, Co Louth, will be almost fully let when it opens on November 10.

Barrett believes the strong tenant line-up at the 25,000 square metre shopping centre on the south bank of the river Boyne will attract customers from Dublin, Dundalk, Newry and Navan.

The anchor tenant at the centre is Dunnes Stores, which will occupy an 8,065 square metre split-level unit with grocery on the ground floor and textiles on the first floor. Next will trade from a 1,865 square metre store on three levels, while other large units will be occupied by New Look, Topshop, HMV and Waterstones.



Oasis, Dorothy Perkins, River Island, Wallis, A-Wear, Burton Menswear, Pull & Bear and Sasha have also taken space at Scotch Hall, where rents range from €175 to €195 per square metre.

Scotch Hall also includes a 104-bedroom hotel, The D, which will be the first in Barrett's Monogram Hotels chain.

A second property, The G, is due to open in his native Galway in November. Barrett told The Sunday Business Post that he has yet to finalise his plans for the historic Bow Street police station and magistrates court in London, which he bought earlier this summer.

Dr Crippen, Oscar Wilde, William Joyce and Reggie Kray have been among the cells' most famous occupants.

“It would lend itself very well to a hotel, but we're mulling over a range of ideas," said Barrett.”

“We would intend to keep the jail as a museum, we're keen that there would be some kind of public access.

“One idea that has been mooted is using some of the cells as hotel bedrooms, so people could say they'd slept in the same room as Dr Crippen.”

Dingatron

Its looking good alright. Not before time and lets hope that RGDATA remove their objection to the Lidl store in Mell! I'm a bit worried about the traffic Scotch Hall is going to generate on the Dublin Road though. They should be putting a roundabout in at the junction to Mary Street to help the flow.