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A number of national and independent retailers have recently opened their doors in Erneside Shopping Centre, Enniskillen, creating significant employment and retail attraction for the Fermanagh area and boosting Erneside’s diverse tenant offer.
Fashion retailer New Look, has opened in a new ‘flagship’ 21,000sq ft unit within Erneside Shopping Centre, increasing its store size within the centre by some 6 times. The upsize was negotiated by BTWShiells who confirmed the opening of the new store has created 21 full and part time jobs for the Co Fermanagh area, bringing New Look’s employee total in the Erneside Shopping Centre store to 35. New Look is one of the largest and most successful fashion retailers in the UK, with over 800 stores in the UK, ROI and mainland Europe.
Jack Robinson has also opened its doors in Erneside, Enniskillen, creating a further four jobs for the area. Jack Robinson is a local independent store with a strong focus on branded quality menswear products and has provided an attractive new dimension to the fashion mix of the centre.
Another of Erneside’s new additions is a 1,700sq ft Costa Coffee, employing eight new full time employees and three new part time employees. Placed at a prominent corner site, the operator provides some 140 covers and provides a welcome new catering offer to the centre.
Paul Wilson, Retail Director and Letting Agent, BTWShiells says;
‘The larger New Look store, as well as contributing to Erneside’s exciting and diverse retail offer, also provides key employment in the Co Fermanagh area. The store provides a massive investment and confidence boost to the town. The opening of the 2,000sq ft Jack Robinson store provides a further boost to Erneside’s diverse retail mix and the Costa Coffee outlet has filled a welcomed gap in the centres food offer providing customers with an attractive quality stop-off point to fulfill their shopping experience.’
Martin Wallace, Director, Savills says;
‘The larger New Look store and new additions, Jack Robinson and Costa Coffee, are having a very positive impact on footfall within the centre, drawing shoppers both from the local area and further a field, particularly from across the border. The new stores will undoubtedly bolster trading for the other tenants within the scheme and will make a great contribution to the local economy.’
Further major lettings are soon to be announced. Please see www.ernesideshopping.com for more information.
[posted: 11 November 2009]
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