Liffey valley SC loads of units closed

L1011 · 30-12-2018 11:00pm

anewme wrote: »

there's a donut place in Liffey valley near boots and someone came in the other day with a box of donuts.

That's Rolling Donut, easily the worst of all the chains that appeared (tbh they had one branch for decades before anyone else) and somehow still going.

Awful stuff.

average_runner · 31-12-2018 11:32am

The new gym in liffey valley is a flyfit gym with monthly membership.

Berserker · 31-12-2018 11:40am

L1011 wrote: »

That's Rolling Donut, easily the worst of all the chains that appeared (tbh they had one branch for decades before anyone else) and somehow still going.

Awful stuff.

Total rip off also. Couldn't believe the prices when I looked at them.

emo72 · 01-01-2019 7:29pm

i noticed easons has cut back on its selection of magazines. i never really bought any, just read them. another slow nail in my shopping experience.

shamrocka330 · 01-01-2019 7:59pm

It has been confirmed that Zara is going in where all the Arcadia units were - it will be one, big 40,000 sq ft unit over 2 floors. Work is beginning on it next week.

Also, TK Max is going in where the old Steakhouse restaurant used to be opposite Penny’s.

Both to open in February.

Great additions to the centre.

dhaughton99 · 01-01-2019 8:25pm

emo72 wrote: »

i noticed easons has cut back on its selection of magazines. i never really bought any, just read them. another slow nail in my shopping experience.

I got a book for my niece in a small bookshop in the Mill Centre before Xmas and cost €10:50. I seen it the other day in the Easons sale in LV for €14:99.

Tell me how · 01-01-2019 8:42pm

emo72 wrote: »

i noticed easons has cut back on its selection of magazines. i never really bought any, just read them. another slow nail in my shopping experience.

These points are related.
Can't really expect a business to function eternally if customers are using their product but not paying for it.

emo72 · 01-01-2019 9:03pm

Tell me how wrote: »

These points are related.
Can't really expect a business to function eternally if customers are using their product but not paying for it.

wouldnt argue with that. i usually sit on the seats in the mall while the succubusses bleed me dry.

average_runner · 02-01-2019 2:40pm

Only thought Eason's moved the magazines further down into the back of the shop.

Was there on Xmas eve and they had all the usual mags there.

Berserker · 02-01-2019 2:47pm

shamrocka330 wrote: »

It has been confirmed that Zara is going in where all the Arcadia units were - it will be one, big 40,000 sq ft unit over 2 floors. Work is beginning on it next week.

Where about in the centre is this??

unkel · 02-01-2019 3:01pm

Berserker wrote: »

Where about in the centre is this??

At the M&S end

L1011 · 02-01-2019 3:38pm

average_runner wrote: »

Only thought Eason's moved the magazines further down into the back of the shop.

Was there on Xmas eve and they had all the usual mags there.

Its vastly smaller than before, but the number of magazines in print is falling year on year anyway.

jomalone14 · 02-01-2019 10:18pm

shamrocka330 wrote: »

Also, TK Max is going in where the old Steakhouse restaurant used to be opposite Penny’s.

Is the former Spur Steakhouse really big enough to house a decent TK Maxx?

Seth Brundle · 03-01-2019 1:25am

jomalone14 wrote: »

Is the former Spur Steakhouse really big enough to house a decent TK Maxx?

Is any TK Maxx "decent"?

ongarboy · 27-02-2019 9:32am

shamrocka330 wrote: »

It has been confirmed that Zara is going in where all the Arcadia units were - it will be one, big 40,000 sq ft unit over 2 floors. Work is beginning on it next week.

Also, TK Max is going in where the old Steakhouse restaurant used to be opposite Penny’s.

Both to open in February.

Great additions to the centre.

Your forecast was correct about TK Maxx! (but not opening until next year it seems as a 3 storey unit on west side of SC near Penneys)

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/tk-to-the-maxx-as-retailer-rents-new-store-in-liffey-valley-1.3804882?mode=amp

Stealthirl · 02-03-2019 1:19am

Would that be the infill between the back of Dunes and Tesco that's currently staff parking. Noticed a fair bit of retail space in Blanch aswell.

Popple3 · 03-03-2019 1:38am

Just after looking up the planning application. The unit is going to actually be four stories, with the top three being TK Maxx, and the bottom floor having two restaurants and a smaller retail unit. They’re extending the building out to be level with Butler’s cafe (which is staying), and Gala Cabs and Shopmobility will be gone. The remaining space of the consumed car parking row then becomes an extension of the plaza.

http://www.sdublincoco.ie/Planning/Details?p=1&l=Liffey%20valley&regref=SD19A%2F0002

brick tamland · 22-03-2019 10:53am

Not shopping related but I see a big Jump Zone/Trampoline Park is going in the old Pirates Cove location

Opening in April

Berserker · 22-03-2019 11:01am

Whatever happened to the Zara store that was supposed to open early this year?

ongarboy · 13-05-2019 4:00pm

An American party ware/decorations etc retailer Party City is opening in the LV Retail Park according to the Sunday Times.

Popple3 · 13-05-2019 4:03pm

ongarboy wrote: »

An American party ware/decorations etc retailer Party City is opening in the LV Retail Park according to the Sunday Times.

Yeah, I noticed posters either side of the unit they're going into (between Argos and Hanley's) advertising open positions a couple weeks ago.

dhaughton99 · 13-05-2019 8:09pm

ongarboy wrote: »

An American party ware/decorations etc retailer Party City is opening in the LV Retail Park according to the Sunday Times.

The same Party City which is closing 45 stores in the states due to the lack of helium for their balloons.

https://gizmodo.com/the-global-helium-shortage-has-gotten-so-bad-party-cit-1834680067

Sajid Javid · 13-05-2019 11:34pm

unkel wrote: »

You're aware of the 239? Goes from LV SC to Blanch SC

Loads of them 239s floating around in the Bermuda Triangle.
It started off great, looked great had an improved timetable but they just seem to disappear off the radar.
People have lost confidence in the service so from Lucan to Blanch it is best to travel to the city adds an extra bus and an extra hour but if you have to be in work what can you do.

jomalone14 · 14-05-2019 12:53am

Vila store in Liffey Valley closed today............another one bites the dust?

Berserker · 14-05-2019 9:20am

jomalone14 wrote: »

Vila store in Liffey Valley closed today............another one bites the dust?

Where is that based? Anyone know when Zara is opening?

cherryghost · 14-05-2019 2:55pm

Sajid Javid wrote: »

Loads of them 239s floating around in the Bermuda Triangle.
It started off great, looked great had an improved timetable but they just seem to disappear off the radar.
People have lost confidence in the service so from Lucan to Blanch it is best to travel to the city adds an extra bus and an extra hour but if you have to be in work what can you do.

The 76a is another option but suffers from the same problem, topped with it doesnt even run on a weekend. I've probably mentioned it on this thread before, but LV suffers from extremely poor public transport availability and routes.

average_runner · 14-05-2019 3:35pm

cherryghost wrote: »

The 76a is another option but suffers from the same problem, topped with it doesnt even run on a weekend. I've probably mentioned it on this thread before, but LV suffers from extremely poor public transport availability and routes.

Its not that bad, 13 dublin buses stop there, that doesn't include Bus Eireann, airport hopper and other buses.

cherryghost · 14-05-2019 3:39pm

average_runner wrote: »

Its not that bad, 13 dublin buses stop there, that doesn't include Bus Eireann, airport hopper and other buses.

It's great if you're coming from the city centre but that's it.

Berserker · 14-05-2019 3:42pm

cherryghost wrote: »

It's great if you're coming from the city centre but that's it.

Or if you live in Lucan, Adamstown, Leixlip, Maynooth, Celbridge, off the top of my head. Bus gets you to LV in 20 mins or so.

ongarboy · 14-05-2019 4:51pm

Berserker wrote: »

Where is that based? Anyone know when Zara is opening?

Is it even actually confirmed that Zara will be opening? I haven't seen anything official stated anywhere apart from hearsay

jomalone14 · 14-05-2019 11:28pm

Berserker wrote: »

Where is that based? Anyone know when Zara is opening?

Next door to the Sketchers store.

freshpopcorn · 22-05-2019 7:31pm

Wallis store also to close!

L1011 · 22-05-2019 7:33pm

Probably expected from the rest of Arcadia fecking off a while back.

anewme · 22-05-2019 7:38pm

L1011 wrote: »

Probably expected from the rest of Arcadia fecking off a while back.

last ditch rescue plan to save the group, or what remains of it. That Wallis was one of the most profitable of the group, that’s why it was left there first time round. Family member will lose their job.

unkel · 23-05-2019 11:57pm

anewme wrote: »

lFamily member will lose their job.

Large Zara coming in, your family member is quite likely to get a job in there based on their experience and near full employment in the Dublin area

emo72 · 24-05-2019 1:36am

Still looking bad lads. Units still closing. Retail is hard. Rents and rates are astronomical in these shopping centres. The landlords can hold out if they want and wait till these unicorn shops will appear and pay these crazy rates. Or more realistically people will buy from Amazon.

The problem is investment firms have bought Liffey valley for absolute top dollar and can't afford to rent it out cheap. But retail is changing. We are not buying locally when we can get it cheaper online. It gets worse when more people are falling into poverty traps and don't have the luxury of buying locally. It's only getting worse.

Hotblack Desiato · 24-05-2019 1:39am

Was in the food court with the kids last weekend, there isn't a single shop in the place I'd be tempted to look in never mind buy anything, so it was in and out!

Stealthirl · 24-05-2019 1:51am

Food court is the only place a visit there, maybe the odd look in M&S. It's a nice sheltered place to walk for my elderly mother who is recovering from OHS

anewme · 24-05-2019 3:22am

unkel wrote: »

Large Zara coming in, your family member is quite likely to get a job in there based on their experience and near full employment in the Dublin area

V Different age group Zara vs Wallis.

Also different terms now in retail jobs. Terms v much disimproved and geared towards transient short term workers.

unkel · 24-05-2019 9:28am

I never buy anything in LV myself, apart from go to the cinema and eat food. None of the shops interest me and never have done in the 20 years I've been going there. I buy everything online. What's very scary for retail is that my other half used to buy all her clothes in shops like in LV, but in the last few years she has moved almost all of her purchases online too.

dhaughton99 · 24-05-2019 9:59am

unkel wrote: »

I never buy anything in LV myself, apart from go to the cinema and eat food. None of the shops interest me and never have done in the 20 years I've been going there. I buy everything online. What's very scary for retail is that my other half used to buy all her clothes in shops like in LV, but in the last few years she has moved almost all of her purchases online too.

Same here. Live close to it. Cinema maybe 3 times a year. Boots in an emergency and M&S for click and collect.

I do remember going into Easons in LV for a book for my niece and there was a difference of €5 between Easons and the Bookstation in the Mill Centre nearby. That really put me off LV.

Jammyd · 09-06-2020 1:59pm

Is there any confirmation who is going into the newly amalgamated units down by M&S (I know a few have said Zara but havent seen any official announcement anywhere but see work is continuing up there - also the new plans for Liffey Valley sound pretty impressive
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/hines-lodges-135m-expansion-plan-for-liffey-valley-1.4228818

silver2020 · 09-06-2020 2:11pm

Shopping centres will always thrive if located well and keep updating their tenant mix.

You'll always hear those with no expertise claiming the deathnell of a centre. Its been happening for decades and yet none of these centres have died as they have changed with the times.

Stillorgan was once THE shopping centre with all the top names. Then came Tallaght, Liffey valley and Dundrum and everyone said it would die. The tenant mix changed and its still busy. Nutgrove is still busy too.

Liffey Valley will always thrive. You will see a move towards entertainment and leisure, you will see some shops close and new ones open.

What you need to know is that shopping is Ireland's #1 pastime

jrosen · 09-06-2020 2:20pm

unkel wrote: »

Large Zara coming in, your family member is quite likely to get a job in there based on their experience and near full employment in the Dublin area

Is zara really coming? I know they had been the main ones forward for the old Topshop store but I had heard they decided not to go ahead. Hence why the pippa pop up was there and the store remained empty since.

Liffey Valley used to be great.

anewme · 08-07-2020 9:41pm

Starbucks opened drive through near the Ark roundabout.

messrs · 08-07-2020 9:45pm

anewme wrote: »

Starbucks opened drive through near the Ark roundabout.

Is that down where the new Burger King and KFC is?

anewme · 08-07-2020 9:48pm

messrs wrote: »

Is that down where the new Burger King and KFC is?

Yep.

messrs · 08-07-2020 9:50pm

Havent been over that way in a good while, didnt know Starbucks was in there aswell.

anewme · 08-07-2020 9:54pm

messrs wrote: »

Havent been over that way in a good while, didnt know Starbucks was in there aswell.

Think only opened today.

messrs · 08-07-2020 10:02pm

anewme wrote: »

Think only opened today.

Do you know what else is there? From what i remember seeing few months ago there were 4 units there and had seen signs for BK and KFC but didnt hear who else was going in

Liffey valley SC loads of units closed

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