M&S coming to Santry?

Asdfghjkl987

Heard rumors from a few people about an M&S Foodhall opening beside LIDL in omni. Anyone know if it's true? Would be great if it was!

technocrat

Asdfghjkl987 wrote: »

Heard rumors from a few people about an M&S Foodhall opening beside LIDL in omni. Anyone know if it's true? Would be great if it was!

Looks to be true going by the planning notices on the Swords Rd and on the hoardings next to Lidl.
I can see Tesco making an objection and the traffic there on a Saturday doesn't bode well for adding another supermarket!
Fingers crosssed it will become a reality.

TallGlass

technocrat wrote: »

Looks to be true going by the planning notices on the Swords Rd and on the hoardings next to Lidl.
I can see Tesco making an objection and the traffic there on a Saturday doesn't bode well for adding another supermarket!
Fingers crosssed it will become a reality.

What ever about Tesco objecting, the traffic into mainly and the outflow from the Omni is literally out of control at this stage. You cannot have one entrance in and out.

DCC should be not agreeing to anymore shops until it's sorted out and to be honest, I don't see how it will be sorted out.

jd

Yes, according to Cllr Andrew Montague
https://twitter.com/MayorMontague/status/852264600473141249

jd

TallGlass wrote: »

What ever about Tesco objecting, the traffic into mainly and the outflow from the Omni is literally out of control at this stage. You cannot have one entrance in and out.

DCC should be not agreeing to anymore shops until it's sorted out and to be honest, I don't see how it will be sorted out.

They could put another entrance here
https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3945697,-6.2473353,3a,75y,174.05h,74.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCXXeu2p0llQJdXzLqjpkyQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

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TallGlass wrote: »

What ever about Tesco objecting, the traffic into mainly and the outflow from the Omni is literally out of control at this stage. You cannot have one entrance in and out.

DCC should be not agreeing to anymore shops until it's sorted out and to be honest, I don't see how it will be sorted out.

Is it not Fingal CoCo?

jd

Julian Tiny Memento wrote:

Is it not Fingal CoCo?

Fingal Co Co is north of Santry Avenue and Coolock lane

flogen

jd wrote: »

They could put another entrance here
https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3945697,-6.2473353,3a,75y,174.05h,74.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCXXeu2p0llQJdXzLqjpkyQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Would be very easy for them to run a road from Lidl, through the patch of land behind the Topaz/McDonalds - maybe make it a left turn only just to keep traffic flowing.

It's crazy how much they've added in there over the years while keeping a single route in or out.

I mean, who thought it was a good idea to put the exit of the underground car-park right onto an already busy roundabout?

I wonder if there also could have been a way for them to add an exit through the road between the centre and the Maxol (currently used for deliveries) back when they redeveloped the buildings that now house Boots & Deals etc

TallGlass

flogen wrote: »

Would be very easy for them to run a road from Lidl, through the patch of land behind the Topaz/McDonalds - maybe make it a left turn only just to keep traffic flowing.

It's crazy how much they've added in there over the years while keeping a single route in or out.

I mean, who thought it was a good idea to put the exit of the underground car-park right onto an already busy roundabout?

I wonder if there also could have been a way for them to add an exit through the road between the centre and the Maxol (currently used for deliveries) back when they redeveloped the buildings that now house Boots & Deals etc

It is an absolute disaster, really is reaching the stage now where someone is going to get into a serious accident.

M&S is shooting up the building looks fairly big, I wonder if it is going to be two floors.

But they seriously need to sort out a second entrance and exit.

jd

Here is the view from the back - surely there could be access that way.

HenryHill

Poorly run shopping centre, managment are clueless.

Asdfghjkl987

HenryHill wrote: »

Poorly run shopping centre, managment are clueless.

Couldn't agree more!

wordofwarning

HenryHill wrote: »

Poorly run shopping centre, managment are clueless.

AFAIK it is owned by a single family. So it is not as if it is run by a faceless American giant.

HenryHill

wordofwarning wrote: »

AFAIK it is owned by a single family. So it is not as if it is run by a faceless American giant.

Its run by two families and theres no end to their money. They wont even do anything with the toilets the state of them.

jd

Ha the state of the Tesco in there. Gave up shopping in there years ago. When customer service go on the tannoy the paint peels off the walls

flogen

jd wrote: »

Ha the state of the Tesco in there. Gave up shopping in there years ago. When customer service go on the tannoy the paint peels off the walls

Not sure how much blame they should get for the way Tesco looks after its shop, but they've definitely made a bags of the place in many other ways - in particular the extension, which hasn't been full in the 10+ years it's been there.

HenryHill wrote: »

Its run by two families and theres no end to their money. They wont even do anything with the toilets the state of them.

They don't seem to like people relieving themselves on their land - only explanation for them having one (manky) set of toilets for the whole centre.

MilesMorales1

Should put it in Swords, get rid of that ****ty Dunnes in there.

Asdfghjkl987

The omnipark.ie website has been down for at least a year at this stage. unbelievable. Management are a complete disaster.

L1011

jd wrote: »

Ha the state of the Tesco in there. Gave up shopping in there years ago. When customer service go on the tannoy the paint peels off the walls

Great for finding stuff that should have gone out ages ago. Bought a 2005 bottle of Jameson 18 there last year (in a damaged tube) for 88 quid. A new bottling is 130+ quid; a 2005 is closer to 300 and nobody really cares about the tube.

Impyinky

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Should put it in Swords, get rid of that ****ty Dunnes in there.

I've been hoping M&S would finally get to Swords but I suppose Omni is not too far away.
Still holding out hope that a big M&S (with clothes & home) will open in Swords eventually!

Impyinky

From MKN site:

"Construction work will start in Spring 2017 on a new 1,320 m2 unit for Marks & Spencer supply food store. The store is due to open Christmas 2017."

With one road in & the usual insane Xmas traffic, should be a crazy opening

TallGlass

https://twitter.com/omniparksantry?lang=en

Crumbs

TallGlass wrote: »

https://twitter.com/omniparksantry?lang=en

Ha, that's class! I went back to the beginning and read every tweet.

Asdfghjkl987

Glass facade of the building is already in. This should be open in no time!

technocrat

Asdfghjkl987 wrote: »

Glass facade of the building is already in. This should be open in no time!

I read somewhere it wouldn't be open till December which surprised me really.
Looking at the current progress it could be open by late August early September.

flogen

Don't want to turn this thread into a rant about how bad Omni management is at long-term thinking, but was in the upstairs bit last week and saw that they had planning permission up to turn the unit that used to house Menarys into a gym studio.

They don't seem to have any strategy for driving footfall up there - all of the tenants bar the wool shop are effectively appointment-led destinations (hairdresser, driving licence office, estate agents). Not to mention the fact that two of the units don't allow access on that floor.

It's the same way they seem happy to have a churn of cheap clothes shops in the main centre rather than try to think ahead and build a better balance of retailers. As long as rent is being paid, who cares?

Asdfghjkl987

Still no word on what's going in between the new M&S and Lidl in the smaller unit. I hope it won't be left vacant like a lot of the Omni already is :pac:

Kh1993

Fit for Less is the gym going in. They have the small gym in the old Total Fitness in Clare Hall too.

flogen

Kh1993 wrote: »

Fit for Less is the gym going in. They have the small gym in the old Total Fitness in Clare Hall too.

The same crowd behind Energie fitness (their very ugly website says they'll have a gym in Finglas soon too - on the North Road where all the car dealerships are).

It seems like €259 is the standard for a year's membership, so the Santry branch may struggle to compete with Ben Dunne (swimming pool, more studio space) & FlyeFit's new Drumcondra branch (much better opening hours, probably bigger studio too).

jd

Kh1993 wrote: »

Fit for Less is the gym going in. They have the small gym in the old Total Fitness in Clare Hall too.

Isn't that on the first floor of the Omni itself? Not the small unit between Lidl and M&S?

Kh1993

Yeah apologies, was answering post a few back where someone said a gym is going in the old Menarys. Haven't a clue where its going. Their instagram has a floor plan, but no measurements, it doesn't look big anyway so could be right that its upstairs and not outside beside Dealz.