Stores Closing in Sligo mod warning post #720

Mint Sauce · 14-12-2017 10:15AM

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

yes you really can see the changes evolving now with the quayside - was in there Sunday last, they have gone the extra mile with the Christmas dec's this year. nice touch that walkway with the twigs and the fairy lights and the sort of Christmas market by the toilets - could be indeed exciting times ahead for that shopping centre if as you say the new owners are passionate about it

I hate that walkway! Wouldn't want to be any taller, would fear taking my eye out on a stray twig.

:eek:

Andy From Sligo · 14-12-2017 01:53PM

Mint Sauce wrote: »

I hate that walkway! Wouldn't want to be any taller, would fear taking my eye out on a stray twig.

:eek:

You'd want to take the lift in that case haha ðŸ˜

Mint Sauce · 14-12-2017 03:31PM

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

You'd want to take the lift in that case haha ðŸ˜

If I could find it!

:rolleyes:

Geuze · 14-12-2017 03:49PM

mcgiggles wrote: »

75k rent a year apparently!!

Tiger shop is unit 9.

All leases are now public.

Search the register for Quayside unit 9.

https://www.propertypriceregister.ie/website/npsra/pprweb-com.nsf/page/ppr-home-en

Geuze · 14-12-2017 03:50PM

mcgiggles wrote: »

75k rent a year apparently!!

I searched the Commercial Lease register and found 20,000 pa.

Where are you seeing the 75k?

The first 18 months in unit 9 were rent-free, from 01.02.2015 to 31.07.2016

Service charge is 17,540.80

Rates are 11,345.40

mcgiggles · 14-12-2017 04:08PM

Geuze wrote:

Where are you seeing the 75k?

Someone posted it on fb (so obviously its true haha)

Andy From Sligo · 14-12-2017 07:11PM

https://www.propertypriceregister.ie/Website/NPSRA/PPR/npsra-ddl-com.nsf/0/3571764912DCC6CE802581F6005E705C/$FILE/CommercialLease_150093537F_01.pdf

FoxyVixen · 15-12-2017 12:48AM

Facebook is wild with accusations that it was a rental rate issue for them moving.

Quite frankly, anytime I was in there it was dead. I can't imagine their ATV (average transaction value) being particularly high per customer which says alot. They let staff go last year due to how quiet it was too.

Tiger just doesn't have a market here. Eurogiants and Dealz has the chunk of it. I'd wager Mr. Price might even suffer in the long run unless it has a similiar rental agreement as Mothercare.

I'm interested at what the new company has done so fair with Quayside. All positive from what I can see.

Andy From Sligo · 15-12-2017 01:54AM

Meanwhile up at the Carraroe Retail Park on the Dublin Road:

Unit 6

Average annual rent: €100,000.00 :eek:

https://www.propertypriceregister.ie/Website/NPSRA/PPR/npsra-ppr-com.nsf/eStampUNID/UNID-E184A40FB1ADF36780257BD40054734D?OpenDocument

littlejp · 15-12-2017 02:23AM

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

Meanwhile up at the Carraroe Retail Park on the Dublin Road:

Unit 6

Average annual rent: €100,000.00 :eek:

https://www.propertypriceregister.ie/Website/NPSRA/PPR/npsra-ppr-com.nsf/eStampUNID/UNID-E184A40FB1ADF36780257BD40054734D?OpenDocument

Not sure about Unit 6 but Unit 7 has it's rates listed at €54,740 for 2018. So that's €154,740 before you even open the doors.

That's insane. It's so sad to see Sligo Town at the moment. So many empty units and no sign of anything new happenning. Even the retail park is half empty now.

Geuze · 15-12-2017 12:44PM

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

Meanwhile up at the Carraroe Retail Park on the Dublin Road:

Unit 6

Average annual rent: €100,000.00 :eek:

https://www.propertypriceregister.ie/Website/NPSRA/PPR/npsra-ppr-com.nsf/eStampUNID/UNID-E184A40FB1ADF36780257BD40054734D?OpenDocument

100k pa means nearly 2k per week.

If it was Homebase, maybe that's justified??

Mint Sauce · 15-12-2017 12:44PM

Is there any details of this Quayside takeover, their plans? Quick Google search gives nothing.

Geuze · 15-12-2017 05:00PM

Homebase seem to be unit 7?

Smyths are unit 6.

These are big spaces.

Radharc na Sleibhte · 15-12-2017 11:35PM

FoxyVixen wrote: »

Facebook is wild with accusations that it was a rental rate issue for them moving.

Quite frankly, anytime I was in there it was dead. I can't imagine their ATV (average transaction value) being particularly high per customer which says alot. They let staff go last year due to how quiet it was too.

Tiger just doesn't have a market here. Eurogiants and Dealz has the chunk of it. I'd wager Mr. Price might even suffer in the long run unless it has a similiar rental agreement as Mothercare.

I'm interested at what the new company has done so fair with Quayside. All positive from what I can see.

Exactly, it was a pretty shop and sad to see it go but i was surprised it lasted as long as it did.

12-02-2018 10:39AM

NEXT are parting ways with Quayside next week http://www.sligotoday.ie/details.php?id=49200

Geuze · 12-02-2018 12:21PM

Vlove wrote: »

NEXT are parting ways with Quayside next week http://www.sligotoday.ie/details.php?id=49200

That article mentions May, not next week.

12-02-2018 01:10PM

Geuze wrote: »

That article mentions May, not next week.

Woops read it wrong, thanks for the pointer!

12-02-2018 01:14PM

Just came here to post about Next.

It’s becoming a retail ghost town

mano79 · 12-02-2018 01:22PM

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Just came here to post about Next.

It’s becoming a retail ghost town

Quayside is in big bother now. That's a very big unit to fill

12-02-2018 01:39PM

Hopefully they remain in Sligo in another unit,Carraroe maybe?

mano79 · 12-02-2018 01:44PM

zorro2566 wrote: »

Hopefully they remain in Sligo in another unit,Carraroe maybe?

I was hoping the same but the way the article is written it seems as if the staff were told its closing so not much hope of another location.

Carraroe - are you joking - sure you can only sell a particular thing there or there's war. Sure Homestore + More had to clear out their kitchen section because they handnt planning to sell that stuff. Could you imaging trying to get a clothes shop in there.

Geuze · 12-02-2018 02:17PM

I wonder are rents too high in Quayside?

Andy From Sligo · 12-02-2018 02:29PM

Geuze wrote: »

I wonder are rents too high in Quayside?

may be wrong but i thought i read/heard somewhere they were there rent free for a while

should be able to get to rest of quayside now without walking through Next shop which was always silly i thought

Andy From Sligo · 12-02-2018 02:33PM

mano79 wrote: »

I was hoping the same but the way the article is written it seems as if the staff were told its closing so not much hope of another location.

Carraroe - are you joking - sure you can only sell a particular thing there or there's war. Sure Homestore + More had to clear out their kitchen section because they handnt planning to sell that stuff. Could you imaging trying to get a clothes shop in there.

bloody ridiculous plan, stifling what shops can and cannot go up there - sure even Homebase sell kitchen stuff up there - are they breaking the rules too?

_feedback_ · 12-02-2018 03:24PM

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

should be able to get to rest of quayside now without walking through Next shop which was always silly i thought

Whoever designed that place must have been half cut at the time - the layout is an absolute train wreck!

Mint Sauce · 12-02-2018 09:57PM

mano79 wrote: »

Quayside is in big bother now. That's a very big unit to fill

That will really harm the few units on the Quay Street entrance, they will loss on the passing trade of people passing through Next. People will only go in that side unless they are now going to one of them shops.

Do agree with the last poster, it is a horribly laid out centre.

Andy From Sligo · 12-02-2018 10:15PM

Mint Sauce wrote: »

That will really harm the few units on the Quay Street entrance, they will loss on the passing trade of people passing through Next. People will only go in that side unless they are now going to one of them shops.

Do agree with the last poster, it is a horribly laid out centre.

theres not many that are left on the Quay Street entrance ... I think 2 left out of those units. The yum yum cafe has gone from there too I think

Andy From Sligo · 13-02-2018 02:54PM

interesting subject in the news now about how important it is supporting local shops ... but NEXT , - I dont know what I would class that as local? ... but then on the other hand the people working in NEXT store are local so I suppose in that way you would be supporting local.

I dont know the full story anyway but even if everyone shopped at NEXT I think the company still chose to close the store anyway in Quayside

Ms. Chanandler Bong · 13-02-2018 04:12PM

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

bloody ridiculous plan, stifling what shops can and cannot go up there - sure even Homebase sell kitchen stuff up there - are they breaking the rules too?

Homebase don’t sell kitchenware anymore.

Next have been in trouble in Sligo for a while. That’s why they restructured the layout to put the kids stuff in the biggest section - it’s their biggest seller in Sligo. They had disagreements with centre management over opening hours at Christmas almost every year, with Next wanting to close at say 1or 2pm and the centre saying they had to open because of the Quay street side.

As far as I’m aware, TK Maxx were looking to move to Carraroe but the shopping centre management offered them a great deal to stay put. Not sure how it’ll pan out if the centre is emptying faster than an Olympic sprinter out of the blocks!

mcgiggles · 13-02-2018 11:44PM

Yeah heard today they haven't been doing great and apparently they met with the quayside managers or whoever they are to make a deal on rent or they were leaving and they said fine leave.

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Stores Closing in Sligo mod warning post #720