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Blanchardstown Centre
Large retail facility in Dublin's western suburbs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Blanchardstown Centre is one of Ireland's two largest shopping complexes, located in Blanchardstown and Coolmine, western suburbs of Dublin, Ireland. It opened in October 1996 and was extended in 2004 to create extra retail space. It lies in the administrative area of Fingal County Council.
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Location | Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland |
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Coordinates | 53.393°N 6.389°W / 53.393; -6.389 |
Opening date | 16 October 1996; 27 years ago (1996-10-16) |
Owner | Goldman Sachs |
No. of stores and services | 180 |
No. of anchor tenants | 4[1] |
Total retail floor area | (Core centre) 112,000 m2 (1,200,000 sq ft), (Total incl. retail parks)159,000 m2 (1,700,000 sq ft)[2][3] |
No. of floors | 2 |
Parking | 7,000 |
Website | blanchardstowncentre |
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The Blanchardstown Centre has an annual footfall of 16.5 million,[4] and is served by over 600 bus movements per day,[5] and is close to Dublin's M50 radial motorway, and adjacent to the M3 motorway.
In June 2016 the centre was sold to the Blackstone Group by Green Property for an estimated €950m, making it the most expensive property ever sold in Ireland;[6][7] Blackstone in turn sold it to Goldman Sachs, who put it back on the market mid-2023.[8]