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Shops/Businesses opening/closing INFO thread

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    #422
    connemara man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,773 ✭✭✭connemara man


    Can we get back to the topic of Shops/Businesses opening and closing again?


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    #423
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,950 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    cfeeneyinterior wrote: »
    Woops, sorry. That's good news so. I'd wonder what unit in wellpark though. Aren't dfs and lidl already going.in there....

    The ex Maplin one is empty.

    Lots of renovations are being done to the ex furniture unit.


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    #424
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,950 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Wooza Pizza is open in Middle Street again - same place as before, but I know they did some work on the inside.

    Former Vina Mara premises also being renovated. Now has a sign up saying Papa'z opening early March.


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    #425
    m17
    Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭m17


    Here's what the dean hotel will look like when opening late 2020 where the shannon dry cleaners was
    643qSbu.jpg


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    #426
    Storm 10
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    m17 wrote: »
    Here's what the dean hotel will look like when opening late 2020 where the shannon dry cleaners was
    643qSbu.jpg

    They have taken a huge chunk of road there for pedestrians not sure why they could not put it on the footpath instead of where it is, it was a bottle neck there today


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    #427
    spurshero
    Registered Users Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭spurshero


    m17 wrote: »
    Here's what the dean hotel will look like when opening late 2020 where the shannon dry cleaners was
    643qSbu.jpg

    Looks class will be a great addition to the area. Hotel 2 mins from eyre square will clean up


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    #428
    xckjoo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭xckjoo


    Storm 10 wrote: »
    They have taken a huge chunk of road there for pedestrians not sure why they could not put it on the footpath instead of where it is, it was a bottle neck there today


    Probably artistic license. They don't seem to bother making that kind of things to scale.





    Did anyone notice something going on with the space between the Vic and Le Petite Pois? I've noticed the doors open and activity recently and it looks like there's a planning permission notice up (could be there for a while though). Anyone remember what used to be in there? Looks like it could have been an arcade or something from the building shape.


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    #429
    ?Cee?view
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    xckjoo wrote: »
    Anyone remember what used to be in there? Looks like it could have been an arcade or something from the building shape.

    Was it not a snooker hall?


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    #430
    brutes1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 477 ✭✭brutes1


    ?Cee?view wrote: »
    Was it not a snooker hall?

    Yes it was quite a good space there

    Plans for this there , I would say they are replanning things to go back in again for a revised version of this hotel block

    https://connachttribune.ie/e11m-hotel-plan-shot-down-for-poor-architectural-quality-011/


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    #431
    marklazarcovic
    Registered Users Posts: 6,216 ✭✭✭marklazarcovic


    Yes it was both at the same time


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    #432
    xckjoo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭xckjoo


    brutes1 wrote: »
    Yes it was quite a good space there

    Plans for this there , I would say they are replanning things to go back in again for a revised version of this hotel block

    https://connachttribune.ie/e11m-hotel-plan-shot-down-for-poor-architectural-quality-011/


    Thanks guys. I knew someone would know what used to be there. Snooker hall makes sense. Holy flip that plan looks mental. Got fairly slated by the planners too. Looks like something from a Wes Anderson movie. Quirky and out-of-keeping with the surroundings.


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    #433
    Cheshire Cat
    Registered Users Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭Cheshire Cat


    Aldi Westside closed for renovations. Will reopen on March 7.
    Be warned that this is currently causing mayhem at the Knocknacarra Aldi. Cars queuing for parking spots and very busy at the checkouts too.


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    #434
    joeKel73
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭joeKel73


    Cheshire Cat wrote: »
    Aldi Westside closed for renovations. Will reopen on March 7.
    Be warned that this is currently causing mayhem at the Knocknacarra Aldi. Cars queuing for parking spots and very busy at the checkouts too.

    I was in yesterday evening and staff were stripping stock off the shelves. Passed later last night and there were 9 lorries in the car park with more arriving! It must be one of the "Project Fresh" refurbs that they're rolling out across the country... looking forward to it.


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    #435
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,950 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Diamonds and Gold in Cross St and their kiosk in the Eyre Square Centre closed last weekend.


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    #436
    zell12
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    J o e wrote: »
    I was in yesterday evening and staff were stripping stock off the shelves. Passed later last night and there were 9 lorries in the car park with more arriving! It must be one of the "Project Fresh" refurbs that they're rolling out across the country... looking forward to it.
    Also steel bollards appear to have been erected on the pedestrian walkway and in part of the car park


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    #437
    JCX BXC
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    Cheshire Cat wrote: »
    Aldi Westside closed for renovations. Will reopen on March 7.
    Be warned that this is currently causing mayhem at the Knocknacarra Aldi. Cars queuing for parking spots and very busy at the checkouts too.

    Will be interested to see what it's like when they reopen. It's very convenient.


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    #438
    what_traffic
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    zell12 wrote: »
    Also steel bollards appear to have been erected on the pedestrian walkway and in part of the car park

    Are they doing a job on the Car Park here as well?


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    #439
    Cheshire Cat
    Registered Users Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭Cheshire Cat


    what_traffic wrote: »
    Are they doing a job on the Car Park here as well?

    They did a job on the car park about two weeks ago.


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    #440
    brutes1
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    xckjoo wrote: »
    Thanks guys. I knew someone would know what used to be there. Snooker hall makes sense. Holy flip that plan looks mental. Got fairly slated by the planners too. Looks like something from a Wes Anderson movie. Quirky and out-of-keeping with the surroundings.

    Probably go in with a big plan first to see if it will get through and revert then with another if no go !
    More hotels needed though so will likely happen in the end


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    #441
    what_traffic
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    Cheshire Cat wrote: »
    They did a job on the car park about two weeks ago.

    Is it all paved now ? or still have the loose gravel section near the road entrance?


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    #442
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users Posts: 8,397 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    what_traffic wrote: »
    Is it all paved now ? or still have the loose gravel section near the road entrance?

    They laid some pipes and filled a few potholes and changed the direction of traffic lanes, nothing more.

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    #443
    what_traffic
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    Gremlinertia wrote: »
    Crown Square, easy mistake. Haven't seen any movement there as yet.

    here is the latest on it in today's Connacht Tribune - March 1, 2019

    https://connachttribune.ie/e200m-crown-square-plans-revised/

    The figure that jumped out for me was this line
    "
    The office element alone would cater for a total workforce of 3,150 people.
    "


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    #444
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users Posts: 8,397 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    One of the most well-known buildings in the heart of the city is for sale.

    The building at 33 Shop Street which has been occupied by books and stationary retailer Eason for the past 30 years, is on the market for 8 million euro.

    It is being sold on a sale-and-lease basis.

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    #445
    flazio
    Registered Users Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    It looks like you copied and pasted that from somewhere. Mind linking where please?
    Also I believe Sale and lease just means that the buyer will become Easons new landlord rather than Easons moving out of one of the key shop street locations.


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    #446
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,411 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    flazio wrote: »
    It looks like you copied and pasted that from somewhere. Mind linking where please?
    Also I believe Sale and lease just means that the buyer will become Easons new landlord rather than Easons moving out of one of the key shop street locations.


    More info here:
    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/eason-building-in-the-heart-of-galway-for-sale-at-8m-1.3813899


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    #447
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users Posts: 8,397 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    flazio wrote: »
    It looks like you copied and pasted that from somewhere. Mind linking where please?
    Also I believe Sale and lease just means that the buyer will become Easons new landlord rather than Easons moving out of one of the key shop street locations.

    https://galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-fm-news-desk/well-known-building-in-city-centre-on-the-market/

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    #448
    OwenHanley
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    Considering the cost of land these days 8m kinda seems like a decent bargain. But maybe their long term relationship there brings the cost down


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    #449
    bobbyss
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    Cheshire Cat wrote:
    They did a job on the car park about two weeks ago.


    Well they made no effort to improve the disabled parking in front of Mr Price and that's for sure. It's like a trap that is difficult to access and more so to exit.


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    #450
    connemara man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,773 ✭✭✭connemara man


    stop the chat, this is a a businesses opening and closing thread, not a chat thread, not a rumour thread, not a who did what work thread etc...


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    #451
    joeKel73
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭joeKel73


    Cheshire Cat wrote: »
    Aldi Westside closed for renovations. Will reopen on March 7.
    Be warned that this is currently causing mayhem at the Knocknacarra Aldi. Cars queuing for parking spots and very busy at the checkouts too.

    Aldi Westside is open again today. Couple of photos on the link below.

    "Drop by and check out its exciting new Project Fresh design. Thanks to all our customers for bearing with us during the renovation works."
    https://www.facebook.com/AldiIreland/posts/2237623459633573


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