city square

davyboy1975

See a beauty shop opening in one of the glass units here. Just what the city needs as there's not enough of them to go around :-P

ImAHappyCamper

Well as long as there are women infesting the planet,there will always be a market for make up and beauty $hite.

Dum_Dum

ImAHappyCamper wrote: »

Well as long as there are women infesting the planet,there will always be a market for make up and beauty $hite.

Did I hear the first bit right?

ImAHappyCamper

Probably. Depends on how good your hearing is?

fargojones123

davyboy1975 wrote: »

See a beauty shop opening in one of the glass units here. Just what the city needs as there's not enough of them to go around :-P

It's that or another coffer shop

dzilla

fargojones123 wrote: »

It's that or another coffer shop

Lol

Kracken

ImAHappyCamper wrote: »

Probably. Depends on how good your hearing is?

Ahh the ol' Waterford misogynist, active and hateful as usual. How is "Make America Great Again" hat going?!

dzilla

Kracken wrote: »

Ahh the ol' Waterford misogynist, active and hateful as usual. How is "Make America Great Again" hat going?!

MWGA

savic04

Road-Hog wrote: »

Heard city square is closing down due to pressure it will experience from the north quays development.

Do people actually still think This North Quays thing will go ahead

Wanderer78

savic04 wrote:

Do people actually still think This North Quays thing will go ahead

Why wouldn't it happen?

savic04

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Why wouldn't it happen?

It's Waterford

Something is bound to happen, how many false dawns have we been sucked in with (especially when a General election isn't so far)


Plus I know someone tho worked on a feasibility study for the dock area from The bridge down to Bus Eireann depot and it apparently the cost of upgrading it to take the level of planned building has stunned those who are involved. They plan to submit the full scale and work back from that, meaning if it ever goes ahead it will actually only end up a fraction of the size. Something that our council is aware of but have not been talking openly as it may ruin public perspective

dzilla

savic04 wrote: »

It's Waterford

Something is bound to happen, how many false dawns have we been sucked in with (especially when a General election isn't so far)


Plus I know someone tho worked on a feasibility study for the dock area from The bridge down to Bus Eireann depot and it apparently the cost of upgrading it to take the level of planned building has stunned those who are involved. They plan to submit the full scale and work back from that, meaning if it ever goes ahead it will actually only end up a fraction of the size. Something that our council is aware of but have not been talking openly as it may ruin public perspective

Mental if its true. You should post this on the other thread about the development.

Harry Palmr

savic04 wrote: »

It's Waterford

Something is bound to happen, how many false dawns have we been sucked in with (especially when a General election isn't so far)


Plus I know someone tho worked on a feasibility study for the dock area from The bridge down to Bus Eireann depot and it apparently the cost of upgrading it to take the level of planned building has stunned those who are involved. They plan to submit the full scale and work back from that, meaning if it ever goes ahead it will actually only end up a fraction of the size. Something that our council is aware of but have not been talking openly as it may ruin public perspective

I really wish people would not post hearsay as evidence of something.

dzilla

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I really wish people would not post hearsay as evidence of something.

Do we have to quote and cite everything we post now?

There would not be a lot of conversation in that case.

Deiseen

dzilla wrote: »

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I really wish people would not post hearsay as evidence of something.

Do we have to quote and cite everything we post now?

There would not be a lot of conversation in that case.

But a hell of a lot less bull****.

This place is good for breaking news but I rarely see anything from "someone in the know" turn out to be true. If ever.

JohnC.

It's not like the building is going to be resting on top of the docks. Whatever happens, a building of that size will surely have piles going down into the ground.

ImAHappyCamper

Debenhams announcing some stores will be closed here and in the UK over the next few years. Anyone think the one in C.S will be one of them? Seems pretty quiet in there these days.

Max Powers

ImAHappyCamper wrote: »

Debenhams announcing some stores will be closed here and in the UK over the next few years. Anyone think the one in C.S will be one of them? Seems pretty quiet in there these days.

A bit grim to be predicting that when there has been no indication any Irish shops closing and it just went thru a restructure process few years back here, rents, etc, the UK high street is in a very bad way indeed (house of fraser, mothercarre had problems, etc)Well if we don't support our city centre, hopefully not. Too often common to hear complaints about shopping in city centre, and in the next sentence same person saying how they did/do their Christmas shopping, normal shopping, whatever online, in dundrum, etc.

Wanderer78

Max Powers wrote:

A bit grim to be predicting that when there has been no indication any Irish shops closing and it just went thru a restructure process few years back here, rents, etc, the UK high street is in a very bad way indeed (house of fraser, mothercarre had problems, etc)Well if we don't support our city centre, hopefully not. Too often common to hear complaints about shopping in city centre, and in the next sentence same person saying how they did/do their Christmas shopping, normal shopping, whatever online, in dundrum, etc.

Shopping locally is a fair point, but unfortunately sometimes, people simply can't afford it. Hopefully jobs aren't affected here

Max Powers

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Shopping locally is a fair point, but unfortunately sometimes, people simply can't afford it. Hopefully jobs aren't affected here

Yeah get that 100%...no point and hypocrtical complaining though if there no retail left.

Wanderer78

Max Powers wrote:

Yeah get that 100%...no point and hypocrtical complaining though if there no retail left.

Ah shur, we re probably all hypocrites at some stage in life, online retail is just too easy, can be very damaging to local economies though

iseegirls

How long is that Next building being lying empty for in City Square? Possibly 10 years? Ridiculous. How haven't they gotten anyone into that place. The rent must be unreal

Wanderer2010

High street shopping really is on the way out. There will always be the die hards who love the shopping experience but give it about 20 or 30 years time and online shopping will have taken over, particularly with so many older people getting skilled with technology.

Harry Palmr

iseegirls wrote: »

How long is that Next building being lying empty for in City Square? Possibly 10 years? Ridiculous. How haven't they gotten anyone into that place. The rent must be unreal

Increasingly I feel this is the biggest hindrance to retail development in Waterford. Is there a data base of rents - property companies have to file accounts is that info public?

Wanderer78

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

High street shopping really is on the way out. There will always be the die hards who love the shopping experience but give it about 20 or 30 years time and online shopping will have taken over, particularly with so many older people getting skilled with technology.

amazon warehouses sound like a fantastic place to work, and with the potential automation of transport systems, and from the trickle down of the wealth created from such processes, our future looks good!;)

Max Powers

Wanderer78 wrote: »

amazon warehouses sound like a fantastic place to work, and with the potential automation of transport systems, and from the trickle down of the wealth created from such processes, our future looks good!;)

Exactly....are people happy with that, certainly seems like some people don't give a dam or can't make the link between supporting city centre and employment, city centres, etc.

engiweirdo

Are people really suggesting taking an anti-capitalistic stance and supporting often poor value high street retail over a more competitive online option? That's frankly ridiculous. They know the game they're in. Are the epitome of capitalism themselves and would more often than not (and do so on an alarming basis) cut the parse out of wages to increase their bottom line. Compete/adapt or die. You don't get to be capitalist when it suits/cast some weird appeal to charity/loyalty when it suits.

Max Powers

engiweirdo wrote: »

Are people really suggesting taking an anti-capitalistic stance and supporting often poor value high street retail over a more competitive online option? That's frankly ridiculous. They know the game they're in. Are the epitome of capitalism themselves and would more often than not (and do so on an alarming basis) cut the parse out of wages to increase their bottom line. Compete/adapt or die. You don't get to be capitalist when it suits/cast some weird appeal to charity/loyalty when it suits.

If you take that hard line, fine i suppose, you must be fine with lack of jobs, lack of retail in city centres also. Doesn't chime well with you complaining about lack of work around some time back (hope you have had some luck or good leads there) different industry obviously but still, we are all connected, maybe a son or daughter would like some seasonal Christmas work etc. Describing supporting your city centre as charity, can't be done every time yeah but supporting city centre is charity / sense for ourselves.

fargojones123

iseegirls wrote: »

How long is that Next building being lying empty for in City Square? Possibly 10 years? Ridiculous. How haven't they gotten anyone into that place. The rent must be unreal

It had/has a reserved sign on it.

Wanderer2010

Another factor that can stop people supporting local employment is the staff in shops. Its all well and good saying shop local and put money back into the economy but if staff in shops leave a bad impression and are rude you wouldn't return there again. Certainly I wouldn't step foot in Gregorys again, the guy there has an awful manner to him, and same for Bagel Factory too. Its a two way street, if you want people to keep supporting you, provide a friendly quality service.