Dun Laoghaire Shopping Centre Refurbishment Works – Grant Planning Permission

BKD Architects are delighted to announce the grant of a planning application for redevelopment of the existing Dun Laoghaire Shopping Centre. The shopping centre was built in 1977, making it one of the first shopping centres to be constructed in Ireland. The centre has 5 retail levels with a rooftop car park and 4 storey office building overhead. The centre has 3 levels of mall accessible retail accommodation.

The proposed upgrade works consist of the reconfiguration of internal mall and retail space to provide new large format units at locations which will drive footfall through the centre and also works to the elevations to announce the arrival of the reconfigured retail offer, creating visibility between internal uses and the surrounding streets and marking the entrances.

The proposal will also deliver a new anchor unit over two levels on George’s Street with the previous mall entrance becoming an on street entrance to the unit with a double height space just inside the doors providing a generous feeling of height and space on arrival. The existing windows are proposed to be reconfigured with a new stone cladding surround. Above Georges Street a long horizontal feature window is proposed to denote the position of the new proposed Anchor unit and to promote maximum visibility of the retail offer from the street below.