Pavilions Shopping Centre

Lady_North · 20-08-2007 04:22PM #1

I have heard a rumour that Marks and Spencers are opening up in the new part of the centre. Anyone else heard this or indeed has anyone else heard what shops are opening up there?

Looking for some new shops to wander around on Sunday mornings. lol;)

pinkypinky · 20-08-2007 05:21PM

I heard that rumour about a year ago but it seems unlikely to me. Pavillions already has 2 supermarkets (Dunnes and Superquinn). The centre is lacking a big department store though. There are no M&Ss in the northside suburbs (I count Liffey Valley and Blanchardstown as west here).

Garthicus · 26-08-2007 03:40PM

I heard there was a Sushi bar opening too!

Hershey · 02-09-2007 01:54PM

Seriously - what is the story with the new section? With the exception of the cinema it has been finished and vacant for months now...Have they planning problems or why does there seem to be nothing happening?

Wishbone Ash · 02-09-2007 01:59PM

Hershey wrote:

it has been finished and vacant for months now

I was there a couple of weeks ago and there were construction workers everywhere!

Guy:Incognito · 02-09-2007 02:02PM

pinkypinky wrote:

I(I count Liffey Valley and Blanchardstown as west here).

Regardless of how far west it is, Liffey valley is on the southside not the northside anyway.

Countryripple · 02-09-2007 03:09PM

I can verify that M+S will be opening a major store there. The entire place is going to grow imensely over the next 5 years. Major development is being done to alot of the surrounding area too. I can prettymuch tell you that it will be the new centre of swords village. The area that is currently the outdoor parking is gonna be more retail space. Planning is at the early stages but the county council have already seen the proposals for the new development. Hotels, restaurants and more stores involved. Though they wouldnt have the specifics of who exactly will be taking up units in it yet at this stage.

It will be an interesting project.

SeaSide · 02-09-2007 04:31PM

Wishbone Ash wrote:

I was there a couple of weeks ago and there were construction workers everywhere!

Looks like they decided they could get an extra few square feet by extending the shops into the open area. It had all been completed then they started work again.

Wishbone Ash · 02-09-2007 09:39PM

SeaSide wrote:

It had all been completed then they started work again.

Ahh, that would explain it! Thanks.

pinkypinky · 03-09-2007 01:03PM

Countryripple wrote:

I can verify that M+S will be opening a major store there.

That's cool. How do you know? Press release out from M&S?

Dizzyblonde · 04-09-2007 11:14AM

That sounds fabulous but are M&S opening in the phase that's just been built?
Or in a future phase yet to be built?

nice1franko · 04-09-2007 12:38PM

They're opening a Zara in it too.

jdivision · 04-09-2007 12:42PM

SeaSide wrote:

Looks like they decided they could get an extra few square feet by extending the shops into the open area. It had all been completed then they started work again.

It's actually probably tenant fit out. Shopping centres usually open in the first week in October so it'll probably be then.

jdivision · 04-09-2007 12:46PM

Countryripple wrote:

I can verify that M+S will be opening a major store there. The entire place is going to grow imensely over the next 5 years. Major development is being done to alot of the surrounding area too. I can prettymuch tell you that it will be the new centre of swords village. The area that is currently the outdoor parking is gonna be more retail space. Planning is at the early stages but the county council have already seen the proposals for the new development. Hotels, restaurants and more stores involved. Though they wouldnt have the specifics of who exactly will be taking up units in it yet at this stage.

It will be an interesting project.

The Sunday Business Post covered this last year:
http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/11/12/story18730.asp

SeaSide · 04-09-2007 07:14PM

jdivision wrote:

It's actually probably tenant fit out. Shopping centres usually open in the first week in October so it'll probably be then.

No. I was looking at this from the cinema floor and everything looked ready to go except they had cut holes in the pristine marble floor. I thought they were going to be putting in kiosks and had to provide power. What they were actually doing was pouring in bases for the structural steel and the all the shop fronts have come out by several metres. You can see this if you look over the railings at the cinema food counter

pinkypinky · 05-09-2007 11:09AM

jdivision wrote:

The Sunday Business Post covered this last year:
http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/11/12/story18730.asp

That article only said that the new phase would be targeted by the like of M&S and Debenhams. I guess we'll just have to wait until the bit opens to see for sure!

I8poop4U · 07-09-2007 08:55PM

First things first M&S are not going into the new section. The reason for the delay is basically the Pavillions was sold last year to the same crowd who own DunDrum centre and the new owners were not at all happy with the lay out. As you can see from the top floor the amount of waisted space was a joke so they have made most of the units bigger. Also they have now linked up to Pennys and all new shops are due to open within the next 6 weeks.This also includes the new units at the side of Pennys.

Neil_Sedaka · 10-09-2007 05:08AM

Sorry to hijack the thread, but does anyone know why Aldi or Lidl don't have an outlet in Swords?
They open up in areas with smaller populations, could it be planning issues?

Dizzyblonde · 10-09-2007 09:40AM

I don't know how true it is, but when the Pavilions opened it was rumoured that Dunne's and Superquinn went in on the condition that Aldi or Lidl wouldn't be allowed to open in the general vicinity.

johnnyrotten · 10-09-2007 09:49AM

Countryripple wrote:

I can verify that M+S will be opening a major store there. The entire place is going to grow imensely over the next 5 years. Major development is being done to alot of the surrounding area too. I can prettymuch tell you that it will be the new centre of swords village. The area that is currently the outdoor parking is gonna be more retail space. Planning is at the early stages but the county council have already seen the proposals for the new development. Hotels, restaurants and more stores involved. Though they wouldnt have the specifics of who exactly will be taking up units in it yet at this stage.

It will be an interesting project.

Unlikely, the shops in the new section are not very big. Pennys on the main street side almost backs onto SuperQuinn.

Rashers72 · 12-09-2007 11:53PM

I8poop4U wrote:

First things first M&S are not going into the new section. The reason for the delay is basically the Pavillions was sold last year to the same crowd who own DunDrum centre and the new owners were not at all happy with the lay out. As you can see from the top floor the amount of waisted space was a joke so they have made most of the units bigger. Also they have now linked up to Pennys and all new shops are due to open within the next 6 weeks.This also includes the new units at the side of Pennys.

Spot on. Was in the commercial section of the Irish Times today. Zara are the only major new player. You are right about the Penny's link as well.

daymoh · 15-10-2007 07:06AM

Read in the SBP that a sushi restaurant called Yo! Sushi will be opening in November. There's one already in Dundrum SC.

shoegirl · 15-10-2007 12:13PM

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

I don't know how true it is, but when the Pavilions opened it was rumoured that Dunne's and Superquinn went in on the condition that Aldi or Lidl wouldn't be allowed to open in the general vicinity.

There is a long "tradition" in the area of lobbying by powerful local business interests against new openings. If that doesn't work, local business owners have been known to buy up land in the vicinity in order to prevent anybody else from developing it. (Or using it as part of a planning permission application as parking, etc). You have to remember this is Ray Burke county. Local cultures are hard to change, especially in an ireland still heavily driven heavily by property development/ownership interests.

tbh · 15-10-2007 12:15PM

first I've heard of it, and I know a few people with businesses in Swords. I'm not saying you are wrong, but who/what are you talking about? or is this just something you've heard?

shoegirl · 15-10-2007 12:37PM

tbh wrote: »

first I've heard of it, and I know a few people with businesses in Swords. I'm not saying you are wrong, but who/what are you talking about? or is this just something you've heard?

See the appeal here http://www.pleanala.ie/REP/101/R101011.DOC

Sadly, they don't have the documents going back to the mid 1980s objections to the original development. They made interesting reading at the time. My sister did her masters degree in Geography, incidentally, on the mass of revisions made to local draft area planning documents, which strangely enough, seemed to coincide with plans for bigger commercial and residental developments. A significant businessman from the Kilsallaghan area suggested to her to look at landbanks owned by one particular business interest, who had strategically bought up a number of properties (at the time mostly derelictions and rough scrub) in order to prevent anybody else from developing them as competition.

Having said that, since then most of these lands have either been developed on, sold or had proposals made. There is one still up before the planners which may turn out to be particularly interesting, last judgement I saw was 2004.

tbh · 15-10-2007 12:58PM

that's really interesting, thanks for the link!

shoegirl · 15-10-2007 04:11PM

tbh wrote: »

that's really interesting, thanks for the link!

Most unfortunate that the records online dont seem to go back to the 1970s and 1980s :-D

I8poop4U · 16-10-2007 09:46PM

New section is opening next Wednesday the 24th im told. Zara(on two levels) Champion Sports, Esprit, Diesel, Du Pareil au Meme, Butlers Chocolates, Body Shop and Yo Sushi and a few others. Not all shops will be open but will be by mid November.

Lady_North · 17-10-2007 06:18PM

Cool, Thanks for all the info. I can't wait for all the new shops.

Bluetonic · 07-11-2007 02:05PM

M&S confirmed yesterday that they will open their biggest Irish store (12,000 sq m) in phase three of The Pavillions (planning for which will be applied for early next year)

Next march Tommy Hilfiger, Espirit, Bertoni, Champion Sports and Yo Sushui will open in phase two.

At present apparently 150,000 shoppers shop there per week.

Lady_North · 07-11-2007 04:10PM

Thats great news. I love M&S. Traffic can be the pits now, can't imagine what it will be like after phase 3...............

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