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Harbour Place Shopping Centre () is a shopping centre located in
Mullingar
Mullingar ( ; ) is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland. It is the third most populous town in the Midland Region, with a population of 20,928 in the 2016 census.
The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 proclaimed Westmeath ...
, County Westmeath, Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. The centre is anchored by Dunnes Stores
Dunnes Stores is an Irish multinational retail chain that primarily sells food, clothes and household wares.
In addition to its main customer base in Ireland, the chain also has operations in Spain, and formerly in England and Scotland. The f ...
, which is the largest store.
Development
Permission was granted byWestmeath County Council
Westmeath County Council ( ga, Comhairle Chontae na hIarmhí) is the authority responsible for local government in County Westmeath, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible fo ...
for a shopping centre to be built beside Cusack Park. Development began in 1994 and the centre was completed a year and a half later opening in November 1995.
Sale
In November 2014, the shopping centre was auctioned for €50 million on behalf of theNational Asset Management Agency
The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA; ga, Gníomhaireacht Náisiúnta um Bhainistíocht Sócmhainní) is a body created by the government of Ireland in late 2009 in response to the Irish financial crisis and the deflation of the Irish ...
(NAMA), along with the rest of 'The Harvest Portfolio' which included the Johnstown Shopping Centre in Navan, Cashel Town Shopping Centre, Thurles Shopping Centre and Dungarvan Shopping Centre.
Stores
Harbour Place contains many small outlets, such asBoots
A boot is a type of footwear.
Boot or Boots may also refer to:
Businesses
* Boot Inn, Chester, Cheshire, England
* Boots (company), a high-street pharmacy chain and manufacturer of pharmaceuticals in the United Kingdom
* The Boot, Cromer St ...
, and a "Talk to Me" store. All stores are located on the ground floor of the shopping centre. On the first floor, there are a radio studio, toilets and an Esquire's Coffee café. In late January 2015, Golden Discs
Established in 1962 on Dublin’s Tara Street, Golden Discs is Ireland’s oldest home-entertainment specialist retail chain, with twenty outlets nationwide, and an online store as of November 2019. Their current offering includes music and film i ...
closed down unexpectedly with the loss of four jobs; the owners deemed the shopping centre location "no longer commercially viable".
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