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Tuesday, 01 December 2009

£100m Foyleside expansion plans

£100m expansion for Foyleside shopping centre

Plans for a major extension to Foyleside shopping centre in Londonderry could result in the creation of 300 full-time jobs.

It is estimated that the total cost of the expansion would be in the region of £100m and that it would take over two years to build.

As well as 300 full-time jobs, it is thought the expansion could generate 500 construction jobs for Derry.

The expansion proposals involve the creation of a further 235,000sq ft of additional retail space, an office block of 67,000sq ft and a 9 screen cinema.

Derry City Council has confirmed preliminary discussions had taken place between the developers and the Council in relation to the overall concept and its likely impact on the future of the Derry Visitors Centre Bureau site and the wider city centre.

Foyleside was conceived by Boston based developers O'Connell Brothers and opened in 1995.

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At 19:37 on 03 December 2009, jim wrote:

Heard on the grapevine today that this may well turn into a red herring...There may well be a bigger story behind this....

At 09:41 on 02 December 2009, jim wrote:

it'll also be interesting to see how many Derry tradesmen get a contract on this if it goes through...5000+ unemployed in this city and it'll be worthwhile to see how many DL registration vans are parked up while the building is on going........

At 09:37 on 02 December 2009, jim wrote:

don't hold your breath waiting for a YES on this project....it's not in Belfast....it west of the BANN and more than likely it'll get the thums down...i sincerely hope it get the thumbs up because this city needs abit of life injected into it.... obviously Rebbecca is a shopper and would like to have more shops to flit in and out of as would alot of other shoppers in the city but ask your self this question first...who gives the go ahead on this and if they turn it down, then WHY ????....

At 17:54 on 01 December 2009, rebecca doherty wrote:

YES YES YES ! that would be amazing, imagine how many more shops we could have in the centre of the town; supertramp, H&M and piles more, please please please make this happen !