Letterkenny Retail Park and Riverside Retail Park are retail parks on the Paddy Harte/Link Road in central
Letterkenny
Letterkenny ( , meaning "hillside of the O'Cannons"), nicknamed the Cathedral Town, is a large town in County Donegal, Ireland, on the River Swilly in the north-west of Ulster. Along with the nearby city of Derry, Letterkenny is a regional eco ...
,
County Donegal
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.
History
Phases
Phase 1 opened with
Atlantic Homecare, Toymaster, Lidl,
Harry Corry and other stores.
Phase 2 construction finished by 2005, with stores such as
Next
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,
New Look,
Tempest,
TK Maxx
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It is owned by American retailer TJ Maxx, who could not trade under the initials "TJ" in the United Kingdom due to the British d ...
,
Argos
Argos most often refers to:
* Argos, Peloponnese, a city in Argolis, Greece
* Argus (Greek myth), several characters in Greek mythology
* Argos (retailer), a catalogue retailer in the United Kingdom
Argos or ARGOS may also refer to:
Businesses
...
and
SuperValu.
Marks and Spencer
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and
Menarys Department Store opened in May 2007. Due to the
2008 financial crisis
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, SuperValu closed on 6 January 2009. Phase 2 of the retail park was developed by Patrick J. Doherty.
€35m scheme planned for Letterkenny
''Irish Independent''. 27 October 2004.
Riverside Retail Park
Construction of the Riverside Retail Park commenced in 2006. It has a total of 10 retail units. The first store opened in this phase was a ladies fashion clothing store, followed by Donegal Sports and Sony Centre
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.
Receivership and sale
In March 2012, Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland Group plc () is a commercial bank operation in Ireland and one of the traditional Big Four Irish banks. Historically the premier banking organisation in Ireland, the bank occupies a unique position in Irish banking history. At ...
appointed KPMG
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as receiver to Letterkenny Retail Park.McDonald's
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drive-thru fast food restaurant and Lidl
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supermarket were not included in the sale.Dunnes Stores
Dunnes Stores is an Irish multinational retail chain that primarily sells food, clothes and household wares.
It was founded by Ben Dunne (businessman, born 1908), Ben Dunne in 1944.
In addition to its main customer base in Ireland, the chain al ...
was also not included in the sale.
See also
* Courtyard Shopping Centre
References
Buildings and structures in Letterkenny
Retail parks in the Republic of Ireland
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