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Ferrybank Shopping Centre - Again

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    #662
    SOPHIE THE DOG
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭SOPHIE THE DOG


    I can think of three places on the Industrial Estate Cork Rd that are free - two ready for fit out and another that would need a little work - call Ml Walsh (Co Mgr /Chieftain Exec) or Lar Power (Director Econ Dev) in Waterford City & Co Council or PM me if you wish.


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    #663
    robtri
    Registered Users Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭robtri


    rekdtangle wrote: »
    Fit it out completely as offices. I'm looking for space to fit 400 people into an office at the moment and I'm having zero luck in Waterford.

    400 tough ask.... u need around 35 to 40k sq, ft,

    you spoke to IDA or Ger in Aramark (they look after IDA parks) they will help
    might be some warehouse space that can be converted. I converted similar size in last two years and works amazing

    Sean Johnston up at Cleaboy also has land there to build on

    confederation house could do it 28k sq. ft. if it was call centre enviroment, but parking is a bitch

    marine point at port had a lot of space a while ago


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    #664
    rekdtangle
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭rekdtangle


    Max Powers wrote: »
    why don't you contact them then, I'm sure they'd bend over backwards to get 400 people in there.surely there is good bit of space in railway square too, bottom 2 floors of that look vacant.

    Location is not suitable, parking would be an issue for us.


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    #665
    rekdtangle
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭rekdtangle


    SOPHIE THE DOG wrote: »
    I can think of three places on the Industrial Estate Cork Rd that are free - two ready for fit out and another that would need a little work - call Ml Walsh (Co Mgr /Chieftain Exec) or Lar Power (Director Econ Dev) in Waterford City & Co Council or PM me if you wish.

    I've viewed a few in the Industrial estate - 42&42A which is in a bad state at present. Confederation House - but again parking is an issue.


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    #666
    rekdtangle
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭rekdtangle


    robtri wrote: »
    400 tough ask.... u need around 35 to 40k sq, ft,

    you spoke to IDA or Ger in Aramark (they look after IDA parks) they will help
    might be some warehouse space that can be converted. I converted similar size in last two years and works amazing

    Sean Johnston up at Cleaboy also has land there to build on

    confederation house could do it 28k sq. ft. if it was call centre enviroment, but parking is a bitch

    marine point at port had a lot of space a while ago

    Haven't spoke to Ger yet, but I do work a bit with him.

    Spoke with Sean Johnson but none of what he has at the moment is suitable.

    I visited Marine Point. Lovely looking building but there is many reasons why the building isn't suitable - current occupancy, layout and some other problems with the building.


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    #667
    TrustedApple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭TrustedApple


    rekdtangle wrote: »
    Location is not suitable, parking would be an issue for us.

    No issues with car parks there as there is 3 carpark s there.

    The one under railway square the one behind it and the one in Tesco.

    Planty of space there for cars...


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    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 29,417 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    TrustedApple wrote: »
    No issues with car parks there as there is 3 carpark s there.

    The one under railway square the one behind it and the one in Tesco.

    Planty of space there for cars...

    employees would wanna be paid very well to cover clamping charges!


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    #669
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Bring back the IDA advance factory programme! :pac:


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    #670
    rekdtangle
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭rekdtangle


    TrustedApple wrote: »
    No issues with car parks there as there is 3 carpark s there.

    The one under railway square the one behind it and the one in Tesco.

    Planty of space there for cars...

    Looking for free parking.


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    #671
    Digital Society
    Registered Users Posts: 972 ✭✭✭Digital Society


    rekdtangle wrote: »
    Looking for free parking.

    Same building as Redhat?


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    #672
    longshanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    Any amount of parking in the old Waterford Crystal site, and the buildings that weren't knocked were to be turned into offices anyway. Contact Noel Frisby, I'm pretty sure he owns the site. Or contact any of our wonderful local politicians, they'd cream themselves to be able to boast about bringing jobs to Waterford.


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    #673
    robtri
    Registered Users Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭robtri


    longshanks wrote: »
    Any amount of parking in the old Waterford Crystal site, and the buildings that weren't knocked were to be turned into offices anyway. Contact Noel Frisby, I'm pretty sure he owns the site. Or contact any of our wonderful local politicians, they'd cream themselves to be able to boast about bringing jobs to Waterford.

    forgotten about that one...
    Frisby did own it, not sure if he sold it on thou...

    while he owed it he did a great job gutting the exisiting building and bringing it back to shell and core, new poured floors and a lot of internal work...
    plenty of parking on site and a very nice high profile building.

    last time Frisby brought me around it, it looked well on its way to be fantastic


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    #674
    Deiseen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭Deiseen


    rekdtangle wrote: »
    TrustedApple wrote: »
    No issues with car parks there as there is 3 carpark s there.

    The one under railway square the one behind it and the one in Tesco.

    Planty of space there for cars...

    Looking for free parking.

    Talk to John Cummins aswell, he will do his best to help you out.


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    #675
    erica74
    Registered Users Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭erica74


    I was between two minds about whether to post this and resurrect this thread but here we go. Apologies!

    http://www.thejournal.ie/naas-shopping-centre-derelict-2-3361712-Apr2017/

    I just spotted this article about a shopping centre in Naas that has been unfinished for many years, like our one in Ferrybank. I was interested to read that Dunnes Stores were to be the anchor there as well - was there some issue with Dunnes' finances during that period that they pulled out of these shopping centres? Were they involved in any other projects that they then pulled out of?


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    #676
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users Posts: 11,586 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    erica74 wrote: »
    I was between two minds about whether to post this and resurrect this thread but here we go. Apologies!

    http://www.thejournal.ie/naas-shopping-centre-derelict-2-3361712-Apr2017/

    I just spotted this article about a shopping centre in Naas that has been unfinished for many years, like our one in Ferrybank. I was interested to read that Dunnes Stores were to be the anchor there as well - was there some issue with Dunnes' finances during that period that they pulled out of these shopping centres? Were they involved in any other projects that they then pulled out of?

    Yep, they pulled the same stroke in the Point Village in Dublin: http://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/point-village-receiver-takes-action-against-dunnes-stores-over-15m-1.2615047


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    #677
    erica74
    Registered Users Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭erica74


    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    Yep, they pulled the same stroke in the Point Village in Dublin: http://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/point-village-receiver-takes-action-against-dunnes-stores-over-15m-1.2615047

    Didn't know about that one at all!


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    #678
    Deiseen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭Deiseen


    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    erica74 wrote: »
    I was between two minds about whether to post this and resurrect this thread but here we go. Apologies!

    http://www.thejournal.ie/naas-shopping-centre-derelict-2-3361712-Apr2017/

    I just spotted this article about a shopping centre in Naas that has been unfinished for many years, like our one in Ferrybank. I was interested to read that Dunnes Stores were to be the anchor there as well - was there some issue with Dunnes' finances during that period that they pulled out of these shopping centres? Were they involved in any other projects that they then pulled out of?

    Yep, they pulled the same stroke in the Point Village in Dublin: http://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/point-village-receiver-takes-action-against-dunnes-stores-over-15m-1.2615047

    Jesus Christ. Nobody will ever deal with them again!


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    #679
    wmpdd3
    Registered Users Posts: 9,624 ✭✭✭wmpdd3


    True, who'd trust them.

    Though it must have been for the good of the company, im sure things were tighter than they ever were around that time.

    I often worked opening anchor shops in shells of shopping centres that I thought would never take off, but most are still standing.

    When we opened in the Whitewater, there were more staff than customers. Same cars in​ the car park every day.

    I think at this stage, office space and appartments would be the best solution.


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    #680
    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users Posts: 10,710 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    DT saying Dunness to open by Christmas...



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    #681
    JohnC.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭JohnC.


    And this time it even seems to be real.



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    #682
    Rustyman101
    Registered Users Posts: 387 ✭✭Rustyman101


    Great that will b a huge boost to Waterford city center and the coifers of kilkenny County Council, thanks Mary butler for all your help with the boundary extension.



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    #683
    JimWinters
    Registered Users Posts: 109 ✭✭JimWinters


    Looks like Dunnes are buying the entire shopping centre!

    96E16B26-09AC-4EB2-9C13-6D8ECBE5C1F1.jpeg




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    #684
    Valhalla90
    Registered Users Posts: 417 ✭✭Valhalla90


    Makes no sense for them to buy the whole place, Im nearly sure that the zoning has been changed a few years back so that it can only operate as a district centre which is basically like Supervalu/Superquinn Kilbarry and thats it with a few smaller retailers. Ferrybank SC cant operate as a big multi store centre like it was built for. Interesting to see what happens going forward.



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