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Big and getting bigger: Blanchardstown shopping centre is expanding again

The plans will add nearly 10% to the centre’s retail space.

BLANCHARDSTOWN SHOPPING CENTRE’S owners have lodged plans for the second major expansion of the facility this year.

Earlier this week Multi Corporation – a subsidiary of US giant Blackstone Real Estate –lodged a planning application with Fingal County Council to reconfigure and extend Blanchardstown Centre’s ‘red mall’.

If permission is granted, the 100,000 sq ft development would create a major new 40,000 sq ft unit, as well as 18 extra standard retail units. It would add nearly 10% to the centre’s existing retail space.

Multi Corporation said that “a number of” existing tenants will be relocating to facilitate the development.

It is estimated that the project will cost around €40 million and result in enough extra space to support 300 new permanent workers when completed. Some 5,500 people are currently employed at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre in its various outlets.

The development of the red mall is the second major planned expansion announced at the centre within the last few months.

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In May, Multi Corporation applied for permission to build a 60,000 sq ft development that would create several large retail units on the lower and upper levels of the central mall.

It is estimated that the central mall project would cost about €15 million and would provide space for 150 new workers.

Managing director of Multi Ireland Dominic Deeny said that both the red mall and central mall developments “will provide the range of unit sizes and configurations that retailers seeking a presence within (the centre) require”.

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Blanchardstown Centre was sold to the Blackstone subsidiary last year for €945 million - the most expensive single property deal in Ireland’s history.

However a Fora analysis earlier this year found that the number of unoccupied shops at the shopping centre have reached their highest levels since the recession.

According to figures compiled by property agents Lisney, there was just one unoccupied unit at Blanchardstown Centre in the final months of 2016.

However, Fora learned that there were nine unoccupied stores as of the start of April.

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Written by Paul O’Donoghue and posted on Fora.ie

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    Apr 26th 2025, 8:32 PM

    The amount of love for the Pope and the Catholic Church that was shown this week, is so heart-warming and beautiful, the love and joy

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    Apr 26th 2025, 8:36 PM

    @John: and DESERVED John, our Holy Father was an all encompassing true man of God. R.I.P. Pontiff

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    Apr 26th 2025, 8:38 PM

    @Mary Linton: indeed, Mary

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    Apr 26th 2025, 8:40 PM

    @Mary Linton: I don’t think the Catholic Church is dwindling as much as the angry atheists like to believe it is :)

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    Apr 26th 2025, 8:44 PM

    @John: hoping & praying the conclave annoints a worthy successor to Francis, a forward thinking man of vision, humility & unity.

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    Apr 26th 2025, 8:57 PM

    @John: B.ll.x, the amount of disrespect towards the Catholic Church and dearly deceased Pope was shocking between the Politicians grandstanding and half the disrespectful clowns on here, it’s disgusting.
    I’m old enough to remember Pope John Paul II passing in 2005 , the respect and mourning that man had from Ireland was immense.Ive witnessed half the clowns on here with there comments and it’s quite disgusting.In 20 year’s have we lost all respect, all dignity, really??

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    Apr 26th 2025, 9:15 PM

    @martin lawlor: angry atheists, Martin, they have to have something to do, being bitter is one of those things

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    Apr 26th 2025, 10:57 PM

    @John: yawn

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    Apr 26th 2025, 10:58 PM

    @Mary Linton: Hi cutie

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    Apr 26th 2025, 11:04 PM

    @John: the idea of yourself and mary in the front row at mass on a sunday is making me hallucinate.

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    Apr 27th 2025, 1:47 AM

    @martin lawlor: really Martin? Maybe you’re dismayed at the genuine fact that, apart from yourself. Most of the free thinking Irish people have made the conscientious decision to distance themselves away from the RC cult (needless to mention the abusive atrocity of their last 90 yr reign in this country) and ANY fate of their representatives. They’re (rc) irrelevant! Not an Atheist view. Frankly, I’m getting pist off of the faux sanctimony of your like on these comments over the last 5 days. Move the f on!

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    Apr 27th 2025, 2:55 AM

    @John: how dare we speak our mind, down with that sort of thing

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    Apr 27th 2025, 5:56 AM

    @John Doe: I don’t think sanctimony is supposed to be part of Catholic doctrine

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    Apr 27th 2025, 11:50 AM

    @John Doe:
    What a way to live, full of anger and hate ! A bit of religion would do them good.

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    Apr 26th 2025, 8:56 PM

    All the comments here so far have been made by one person, using three accounts.

    It seems that some things never change.

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    Apr 26th 2025, 9:01 PM

    @Brendan O’Brien: look what the cat dragged in……… The official ” head of trolling” as he self- titled himself over on trustpilot, the supreme multi account muppet

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    Apr 26th 2025, 9:02 PM

    @Buster Lawless: Make that one person, using four accounts.

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    Apr 26th 2025, 9:03 PM

    @Buster Lawless: Clown

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    Apr 26th 2025, 11:37 PM

    @Brendan O’Brien: you have more than 1 account. It’s so obvious. Deny it all you want but your sanctamonious moralising can be recognised a mile away.

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    Apr 27th 2025, 12:02 AM

    Fair play to President Higgins for his statement about Gaza. A situation that greatly saddened Pope Francis.

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    Apr 27th 2025, 1:49 AM

    @JP: pope fra, could’ve easily put more spotlight on this, but yes, well done Mr Higgins.

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    Apr 27th 2025, 8:51 AM

    @John Doe: tired jim doing his best to rile folk at 3.59am…. páťhéťíć ťŕòĺl

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    Apr 26th 2025, 11:46 PM

    I hope this is the last article about the Pope’s funeral. It has been flogged to the death by the Journal

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    Apr 27th 2025, 12:14 AM

    @Patrick MC Dermott: considering the funeral is finished, I imagine it will be

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    Apr 26th 2025, 8:50 PM

    Respect to the pope and holy father. God bless in peace.

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    Apr 27th 2025, 5:43 AM

    Higgins couldn’t help himself having another of his favourite anti Israeli rants at the Pope’s funeral..
    Couldn’t just leave it be, nope, not our virtual signalling little president..
    Didn’t mention Yemen or Sudan did he, ? Not at all, no Jews = no News is his agenda..
    The sooner he’s gone the better ..

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    Apr 27th 2025, 8:55 AM

    @frank dowling: he’s the only man to address the onslaught in front of these supposed leaders. Pope Fra would’ve welcomed the use of his funeral to promote one ounce of peace.

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    Apr 27th 2025, 10:04 AM

    @frank dowling: he was asked by a reporter what he thought of Pope Francis’s support for the people of Gaza and the backlash he faced as a result.

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    Apr 27th 2025, 4:40 PM

    @frank dowling: A self-regarding narcissist who can’t keep his mouth shut!

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    Apr 27th 2025, 11:15 PM

    Gosh I got bored reading this article as it sounds like “they treated us journalists with detain” you need to fight for a story and need to figure out ways to get the best story!! Having a pass just creates the same story – sorry I’m bored perhaps it got better toward the end (is the pope all be again?!?)

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    Apr 27th 2025, 11:40 AM

    so they could have used the stairs all along and yet chose to queue for that elevator… I’m sure some were having some Jerusalem Syndrome related delusions and thinking they’d be going up to heaven

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