Construction BUSINESS

The management company for Blanchardstown Centre has lodged a planning application to extend the centre’s central mall area. The application by Multi Corporation involves a 60,000sq ft development which is expected to create a number of new large retail units on both the lower and upper central mall levels. Some tenants are said to be relocating in an effort to facilitate the development.

If the project gets the green light, the company suggests that that will result in a €15 million investment in the centre, the creation of 150 permanent positions with a further 125 jobs during the construction phase of the project.

Multi Corporation is a manager and redeveloper of shopping centres and is owned by Blackstone real estate which acquired the Blanchardstown Centre in August 2016. “This is the first of a number of planned investments in the Blanchardstown Centre that will enhance the shopping experience for all our customers and create the large well-configured units that our retailers require to grow their businesses,” said Dominic Deeny, managing director of Multi Ireland.