| From Propertywire.com: Times may be hard in the property industry but a major Irish developer is undertaking Ireland's biggest single property investment with a €1 billion expansion to a north Dublin shopping centre.Chartered Land has applied for planning permission for a major expansion of its Swords Pavilions shopping centre in Fingal. If approved it will see the building of two anchor department stores, expected to be Marks & Spencer and House of Fraser, more than 100 smaller units, 200 apartments and four office blocks with car parking.
The plans also include more than 40 restaurants, a medical centre, creches, community rooms and a day-care centre.Designed by architects Newenham Mulligan & Associates and O'Mahony Pike, completion is envisaged for 2013 and up to 3,000 jobs will be created during construction.The current centre attracts more than 200,000 visitors a week and this part of North Dublin is expected to see significant population growth in coming years..... Full Article: Source
|