brianthebard wrote: Why do we need another elverys? jesus we've got almost every sports shop you can need at this stage.
genie wrote: There's a billboard somewhere (think it's the one at the Retail Park roundabout) and it lists books. Anyone know what bookshop this is?
magnumlady wrote: I didn't see that billboard, must look out for it. Hopefully we'll get an Eason. I thought we had an Elverys in the town already or am I thinking of one of the many other sport shops.
vesp wrote: Nice shopping centre, and I hope it does well, but where is the car parking ? Much of the area it is built on used to be car park space until they started building a few years ago. Where are the staff and customers of these new shops + apartments supposed to park ? In the lobby of the ***** town hall ? What a borough council. They take money + make things worse instead of better. They cannot even provide a public toilet in the " city ".
magnumlady wrote: The whole public toilet and parking thing is just a joke. I wonder if there will be a toilet in the new centre. I had to use the one in a certain fast food place today (the kids were eating in there), someone had s**t in the sink.....thats just gross.
magnumlady wrote: I'd also like a Heatons and Harvey Norman, although they might be best suited to another place in the town. I emailed them both but no reply. Emailed Eason too but they are franchises so they couldn't tell me much.
dingding wrote: From Irish Times.http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/commercialproperty/2007/0627/1181771934949.html Line-up of tenants at Sligo center takes shape ShoppingCentres: About two-thirds of the shops in the new Johnston Court shopping mall in Sligo have either been pre-let or are under negotiation. The €70 million complex - developed by Ray and Eileen Monahan - is due to open for business on August 23rd. The new facility will provide a much needed boost to shopping in Sligo and re-establish O'Connell Street as the principal shopping area. Johnston Court is the first commercial development carried out in an area designated by Sligo Borough Council for urban renewal. The mall will have 10,279sq m (110,000sq ft) of shopping on two levels incorporating 28 two-storey shops and a juice bar, coffee shop and restaurant.The first tenants will include Elverys, Virgin, Pamela Scott, H Samuel, Peter Mark, Costa Coffee, Esprit Black, Sony, Clarkes shoes, Claire's Accessories and a number of enterprising local retailers who operate international franchises. The Mall will have a glazed roof, six metres high and, together with double height entrances, this will allow for maximum natural light. The natural lighting will be complemented by blue and white internal lighting to create a comfortable shopping ambience. The mall is floored and decorated throughout with Jura limestone. The centrepiece of the mall is an attractive winding staircase leading to a first and second floor coffee shop which overlooks O'Connell Street. There are over 1,000 car-parking spaces in the adjoining Wine Street car-park.
magnumlady wrote: Where are the 1,000 car parking spaces? Is there a new carpark? The list doesn't look very exciting, we have most of them already and as for onlt 2/3rds of the shops being pre-let I wonder if it will be like the retail park, over 2 years old and still empty units.
Gillie wrote: They are pulling a fast one here! Those 1000 spaces will not be there until after the Wine Street Car Park development. There is one empty unit in the retail park! Not that bad really! (Unless you mean Cleveragh?!):o