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Odd take. The ones in Dublin city and Limerick have traded successfully for quite a number of years now. Will do well here.

This type of store will do great in Galway! my only surprise is we didn't get one sooner. Great to see some life coming back to Edward Square, hopefully more new stores to follow..

Has there been any movement on the new SC in Augustine Hill / Ceannt Station starting?

Sostrene Grene have fab shops in Limerick and Dublin, it's a very welcome addition to Galway

For the amount of people asking when nandos...

Nandos opening on the 27th

Jysk is cheap and cheerful, quality isn't great.

I read before that they couldnt find a suitable avaiable unit in Galway. They tend to set up in out of town commerical centres. Galway has one commerical centre model, Knocknacarra with anchor large stores B&Q ,Dunnes, Harvey Norman, and small units (boots, specsavers, petshop, evergreen, pharmacy, coffee shop, etc), with Aldi & Lidl next doir.

Terryland (EZliving, mr price, fruut & veg etc) is ok, but wont have the customer JSKY is trying to attract, its a run in and run out type of place, plus its a total mess parking & traffic wise and its an issue to walk around safely. Headford Rd shopping centre is dead, little footfall, a good few of the units are always feel closed. Dunnes Briarhill is just that, Dunnes. That was a missed oppurtunity for east of the city. Its not a commerical centre model. And the industrial style units like Briarhill, Ballybane, Oranmore, Tuam Rd are not suitable for a 'browse homeware and might buy' customer. People go to those industrial estate stores for a specific purpose ie. To pick out a new kichen or bathroom suites, buy flooring, collect car parts, etc.. You dont go to those estates just for a saturday browse.

So Galway only has one commerical park modelled on the american outdoor commerical shopping complex which have now taken over as the model in the UK and Europe. Limerick has at least 3 of these commerical centres, that I know off, so its a good fit for JSKY.

Knocknacarra commerical park has become to 'going to town shopping on saturday' trip for the west of Galway, including Connemara. i know people who havent gone into town or across town from the west for their shopping needs in a couple of years. And loads cross the town from the east to shop there too. The East needs an equivalent commerical park. And the Knocknacarra park needs to expand so the likes of JSKY can open up there.

One'd think with the silly amount of pharmacies in Salthill n Galway, that Chemist Warehouse would've gotten a foot in by now https://www.chemistwarehouse.ie/

For JYSK, wouldn't the empty New Look unit at Gateway be a good fit?

I was surprised it lasted as long as it did; it always seemed to be very expensive.

I never realised that Supermacs have a concession there and I've been wandering through the place since it opened.

Someone whinging about retail https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/gaeltacht-7038471-May2026/

More planning notices have appeared: One supermarket giant will build a 1,900sqm food store opposite the beach. Its distinctive, illuminated sign will be the first thing that visitors to the Conamara Gaeltacht see.

The gaeltacht starts where tesco knocknacarra is, according to the last 1950s map boundaries and people want/need to buy value food. Even Gráinne Seoige does not shop local. The whole area has been ruined by ribbon development anyhow

also, if anyone knows owners of Builín Blasta, suggest to them to expand to Galway, there is a ready-made demand for their stuff

Now called The Moo Parlour. Had another name before that.

Off topic, but has anyone been in to Sostrene Grene and seen the pricing?! It's like they're converting to euro from another currency and don't believe in rounding. Everything is priced to the cent, e.g. €1.72 or €5.23 etc. Odd to see...

Penneys and SuperValu were the anchor tenants if I remember correctly.

super value was one under pennys and was still open when dunnes opened.
SV didn't last long with competition.

Dunnes was built in edward square, SV was Eyre Square Shopping center.