Agent Coulson wrote: » The old L&N is been painted at the moment wasn't there talk Penny's would move in there for the duration of the redevelopment.
Grassy Knoll wrote: » Latest on the Penneys saga is they will be moving after Christmas to the old Super Valu. Development on the site wont commence probably until the second quarter of the year. A number of big foreign retail chains - most of whom are not in town already - are being linked to the new development. Certainly it will be a definite game changer in terms of Carlow's positioning as a retail destination. Certainly the focus will move from Fairgreen back toward that side of the town. I just would hope the wider planning piece would be acted upon by the local authority officials - the town as an entity is definitely punching way below its weight and looks decrepit in places despite some well motivated and laudable attempts by the local business community to spruce the place up.
Grassy Knoll wrote: » Anyway the quality of tenants signed up is high - all major household names
road_high wrote: » It's welcome guys but certainly not going to be the panacea some seem to think. It's not going to huge help Tullow st and surrounds off there on its own in Hanover? There's already a pretty large shopping centre (ex SQ one) lying decimated and half empty- how is adding more going to help?
Rum Ham! wrote: » Standard of stores in the current shopping centre is far too poor to pull in footfall anymore. At least with new stores opening it on the penneys site it will be something for Carlow even if it does kill off an already dying setup in the process
Grassy Knoll wrote: » The council should also try to poach the likes of Dunnes into co Carlow with a rates holiday or some such - if in time thy could be attracted to the Carlow shopping centre they would be a real boost - parked just over the county bounds in Laois means we get nothing anyway so they could be a magnet for town centre trade
Laois_Man wrote: » There's no way the old Superquinn premises is big enough for Dunnes Supermarket and clothes stores - in-fact, would it even be big enough for one of them? You can be certain it is of utmost importance to Dunnes to keep them together.
Agent Coulson wrote: » This thread started 6 years ago today shows how long this has been on hold held up etc. Guess they will be hoping to be open for next Christmas.
Nokia6230i wrote: » Nope; it'll be a 2.5 year lead-in. What I can't figure out is if it's Carlow S.C. they're moving to or Penny Lane because S.V. means both locations to me.......
EmoCourt wrote: » Are Debenhams still being linked to the redeveloped store? I know their stores went into examinership in 2016, but maybe that was to get a better rental deal.
Owryan wrote: » Saw some pictures of the proposed redevelopment on fb earlier. Can't say I'm overly impressed. One of the pictures reminded me of the post office building.
iwillhtfu wrote: » Where did you see the proposed development? what page?
Nokia6230i wrote: » While on theme of Penneys, when redevelopment goes ahead, the St. Patricks Day Parade Cttee. may be in a bit of a bind depending on start date. For those with a long memory, when Quinnsworth was in to the L.H.S. & Lifestyle to the R.H.S. & Penneys was "only" in the Middle, were the two "Concession Stores" there? Might the one on the R.H.S.'ve been a newsagents briefly or is my mind playing tricks on me? Also anyone remember the toilets? When or why were they closed off to the public? Not sure of year but I vaguely recall a case being taken against the site owners (?) about someone having sat down in the ladies & due to a chemical residue remaining on the toilet seat, having her rear-end burnt off of her..........can't remember other details.
