Northside Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located in

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, a suburban area in

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. One of the earliest shopping centres in Ireland, it was built in 1970 and is the only one with a swimming pool. It has been expanded and refurbished and renovated a number of times and passed through the hands of the

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, before being sold to Patron Capital. Patron then sold the centre for a sum of €50 million in 2019 to German company Am Alpha

History

The centre was originally constructed in 1970 as an open-air facility, designed by Stephenson Gibney & Associates. It, along with Stillorgan Shopping Centre, which remained open-air for decades, was one of the first modern shopping centres in

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. The local authority, then

Corporation, arranged for a municipal swimming pool, constructed above the shopping centre proper. Renovations and extension in the 1980s and 2008 have covered most of Sam Stephenson's original open-space concept. In 2013 it was announced that a €5 million further refurbishment was about to commence in the centre. This followed the loss of the anchor non-food store, a

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branch, and saw the arrival of new shops, including Heatons (with Sportsworld), new dining facilities, and a Well Woman Centre. The refurbishment was completed in late 2016 following a 2-phase modernisation of both interior and exterior. The centre was numbered among the property assets of NAMA, Ireland's post-recession

; it was subsequently sold to Patron Capital for €49m.

Popular media

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'' episode 3, season 4.

Competition

Three other centres,

Omni Park Shopping Centre Omni Park is a large shopping centre and retail park in the Republic of Ireland. Located in Santry, in the north of Dublin close to the M50 motorway. It comprises over of retail space in 86 retail units over 2 floors of an indoor shopping m ...

Artaine Castle Shopping Centre Artaine Castle Shopping Centre (officially Tesco Artaine Castle Shopping Centre) is a small shopping centre in Artane in Dublin 5, Ireland, anchored by Tesco Ireland. Location and name The centre is located at a roundabout on Kilmore Road, cl ...

and

Clarehall Shopping Centre Clarehall Shopping Centre is a mid-size shopping centre located in the northern part of Coolock, north Dublin, adjacent to Ayrfield and near the housing estate of Clare Hall. The centre is owned by Tesco Ireland and anchored by one of Ireland ...

, compete for business in the area.

References

External links

Northside Shopping Centre
{{Shopping centres in the Republic of Ireland Coolock Shopping centres in County Dublin Buildings and structures in Dublin (city)