Dundrum Town Centre is a shopping centre located in Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. It is built on the site of the defunct Pye television factory. This, the largest shopping centre in Europe^{[citation needed]}, was built in a relatively built-up suburban area and bucks the current trend of building out-of-town (such as The Square, Blanchardstown Shopping Centre and Liffey Valley Shopping Centre). It consumes 13 MW of power, this is over a 7th of the output of Ardnacrusha power plant (86 MW). Dundrum town centre has over 160 shops with more than 80,000m² of floor space. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Dundrum (Dún Droma in Irish) is a suburb in south Dublin, Republic of Ireland, now essentially part of greater Dublin city. ... Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: 01, +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... Pye Ltd. ... The Square is a shopping centre in Tallaght in south-west Dublin. ... Blanchardstown (Baile Bhlainséir in Irish) is a sprawling suburb of Dublin, Ireland. ... Liffey Valley Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Dublin, Ireland. ... The megawatt (symbol: MW) is a unit for measuring power corresponding to one million (106) watts. ... Ardnacrusha, originally The Shannon Scheme, is Irelands largest river hydroelectric scheme and is operated on the River Shannon near Limerick City, Ireland. ...

Phases and Milestone Dates

The second phase of the centre opened in September 2005. On 23 September 2005 the first Irish branch of Harvey Nichols opened. This is the anchor for a "fashion district". A cinema - Movies@Dundrum opened on 30 September 2005. A third phase included the addition of more retail units, several restaurants, a theatre (The Mill Theatre), a health centre and apartments. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Harvey Nichols at the corner of Knightsbridge and Sloane Street in London A Harvey Nichols advertisement encourages women to buy an expensive pair of shoes that they are unable to afford and eat beans on toast every day until the next time they are paid Harvey Nichols (Harvey Nicks), founded... Movies@ is a cinema chain in the Republic of Ireland. ... is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Tenants

Anchor tenants include Tesco Ireland, Marks and Spencer, House of Fraser, Next, Harvey Nichols, Penney's, River Island,Schuh,French Connection,Zara,Tommy Hilfiger,Pamela Scot,A-wear, Jack and Jones, Boots, L'Occitane and the first Irish branch of H&M. Also included is one of the first Irish branches of Starbucks Coffee as well as McDonald's, KFC, Milano (Pizzaexpress), Eddie Rockets and Pizza Hut. Tesco also operate a petrol station on site. In retail, an anchor store, or draw tenant, is one of the larger stores in a shopping mall, usually a department store in a major retail chain, such as Macys or JCPenney. ... Tesco Ireland Limited is a supermarket company in the Republic of Ireland. ... Marks and Spencer plc (known also as M&S and sometimes colloquially as Marks and Sparks) is the largest retailer in the United Kingdom by sales. ... House of Fraser is a British department store group with around 60 stores across the country, at one time including Harrods of London. ... For other meanings, see Next. ... Harvey Nichols at the corner of Knightsbridge and Sloane Street in London A Harvey Nichols advertisement encourages women to buy an expensive pair of shoes that they are unable to afford and eat beans on toast every day until the next time they are paid Harvey Nichols (Harvey Nicks), founded... Primark Stores Limited is a department store in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Spain. ... River Island is a male and female clotheswear chain with 197 stores located across the United Kingdom, Republic Of Ireland, Malta, Cyprus, Poland, Turkey, America and the Middle East with the name being a leader for casual fashion. ... The French Connection was an infamous scheme through which the drug heroin was smuggled from Turkey to France and then to the United States, culminating in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when it provided the vast majority of the heroin consumed in the United States. ... Zara may refer to: // Zara is the Venetian, Austrian and Italian name of the Adriatic port city of Zadar (official 13th-20th century), former capital of Dalmatia, in Croatia Zara (Turkish district), a district in the Turkish province of Sivas Zara, Eritrea, a city in central-western Eritrea. ... Thomas Jacob Hilfiger (born March 24, 1951 in Elmira, New York) is a world-famous American fashion designer and creator of the eponymous Tommy Hilfiger and Tommy brands. ... Boots is the name of at least five different albums and singles: Boots by Nancy Sinatra (1966) Boots by Mighty Gabby (1984) Boots by Condemned Eighty Four (2001) Boots by KMFDM (2002) Boots by Noe Venable (2003) It is also the name of a large chain of chemists in the... LOccitane (in full LOccitane en Provence) is a French retailer of body, face and home products with shops all around the world. ... Hennes & Mauritz AB (operating as H&M), is a Swedish clothing company, known for their inexpensive and fashionable clothing offerings. ... For other meanings of the name Starbuck, see Starbuck A Starbucks coffee shop in Leeds, England Starbucks ( NASDAQ: SBUX) is a large multinational chain of coffee shops, often serving desserts, with a reputation in the US as a center for socializing, particularly among students and young urban professionals. ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants, primarily selling hamburgers, chicken, french fries, milkshakes and soft drinks. ... KFC, or Kentucky Fried Chicken, is a fast food restaurant chain based in Louisville, Kentucky. ... Eddie Rockets is a Republic of Ireland owned Fast Food franchise, with stores across Ireland, and in Gran Canaria and Liverpool - much the same locations as held by Dunnes Stores. ... Pizza Hut is a restaurant chain and international franchise based in Addison, Texas, USA (a northern suburb of Dallas) specializing in American-style pizza along with side dishes including (depending on location) buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread. ... Modern gas station A filling station, gas station or petrol station is a facility that sells fuel for road motor vehicles – usually petrol (US: gas/gasoline), diesel fuel and LPG. The term gas station is mostly particular to the United States of America and Canada, where petrol is known...

One major disincentive to using the centre is that unlike its out of town rivals, parking is not free. This was a condition of the centre's planning permission - to prevent people using it as a Park and Ride site as it is adjacent to the Luas Green Line. As an incentive for people to come to the centre, it has recently offered three hours' car parking for the price of one hour. Luas [l̪ˠuː(ə)s̪ˠ] (Irish for speed), also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System, currently encompasses two unconnected on-street light rail lines in Dublin, Ireland. ...

Future

The future of this centre is for further expansion to include more retail units, and an eventual spread to the site of the older shopping centre. There are also plans to expand the centre to a size of 150,000m².

External links

• Dundrum Town Centre
• Irelandscape photographs of the Shopping Centre
• Movies@Dundrum
• The Mill Theatre

Coordinates: 53°17′10″N, 6°14′30″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...