500 new jobs set for Newry

Published Wednesday, 12 October 2011

A multi-million pound development plan for The Quays Shopping Centre in Newry will create 500 jobs.

The new £35m, 150,000sq ft of retail and restaurant space, with an additional 600 space multi-storey car park, looks set to receive the go-ahead from planners.

The new phase subject to final approval is expected to commence in 2012 with completion late 2013.

It is hoped the project will create in the region of 200 jobs during construction and 300 full and part time retail and associated jobs on completion.

Dr Gerard O'Hare, owner of The Quays, said: "I am delighted that the application is to be recommended for approval by the Department. This will allow The Quays to offer a further new and exciting phase to its customers.

"Of course it will remain difficult to deliver these plans in current market conditions and impossible without certainty of demand but I am delighted to announce that with half of the space already reserved we have very good reason to be optimistic".

The development of the phase at the complex will be situated on the existing site at the centre and will be linked to the present mall via a glass covered bridge.

Comments

4 Comments

Gareth in Kilkeel wrote (223 days ago):

Great. More useless pound stores. The world we were educated for no longer exists.

JAE in Fermanagh wrote (223 days ago):

Once again we see jobs being created for those living East of the Bann. Fermanagh and South Tyrone is an industrial black stop and yet Arlene Fosters DETINI continues to ignore her own constituency. To get a job in Fermanagh is a near impossibility with every job being competed for by loads ofapplicants. Arlene; open up your InvestNI wallet and share a bit of industrial health our direction. PS> We need jobs created in Fermanagh for Fermanagh people so don't be bringing in conscripts from England like the "Allen & Overy " farce

Brian in Newry wrote (224 days ago):

Once again we look at a headline and say, "Great, 500 new jobs in an area of need", but look at it a bit more closely. 200 jobs in construction and 300 in full and part-time retail jobs on completion. Where will the 200 construction workers go after the two year building programme? There will be a maximum of 300 new (full and part-time) jobs IF it comes to fruition. It would also be nice to know if any Public money will be spent to "encourage" the expansion of the Doctor's empire!

happy in ards wrote (224 days ago):

more great news on the job front.