Blanchardstown Centre

Blanchardstown Centre
Blanchardstown Centre entrance
Blanchardstown Centre entrance
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LocationBlanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland
Coordinates53°23′35″N 6°23′20″W / 53.393°N 6.389°W / 53.393; -6.389
Opening date16 October 1996; 28 years ago (1996-10-16)
OwnerGoldman Sachs
No. of stores and services180
No. of anchor tenants4[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 floors2
Parking7,000
Websiteblanchardstowncentre.ie

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.

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference sold was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Ireland's largest shopping centre to be put up for sale with €725m price tag". The Irish Times. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023. 112,000sq m (1.2 million sq ft) of retail space distributed across 180 shops. The scheme ... also comprises three external retail parks, external retail units, ... and 7,000 free car-parking spaces.
  3. ^ "Blanchardstown Town Centre". Falcon AM Real Estate. Retrieved 10 June 2023. 159,000 M² OF RETAIL ACCOMODATION
  4. ^ Blanchardstown Centre (PDF). Dublin, Ireland: Bannon. 2022.
  5. ^ "Centre History". Blanchards Town Centre. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  6. ^ Flanagan, Paul (18 June 2016). "Blackstone in €950m deal to buy Blanchardstown Centre". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  7. ^ McHugh, Robert (17 June 2016). "Blanchardstown Centre bought by Blackstone". Business World. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Goldman Sachs to sell Blanchardstown shopping centre". The Irish Independent. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.