Retail Schemes located in Belfast

Leading bulky goods retail park. Shane Retail Park is located at the southern entrance of the Boucher Road – Northern Ireland’s premier retail warehouse destination. Access and egress is easily facilitated in all directions via the Boucher Road. The location is only a few minutes from Stockmans Lane roundabout, which leads directly onto the M1 motorway. The scheme is anchored by a 50,000 sq. ft Homebase and a further 8 units occupied by tenants including EZ Living, Smyths Toys, Dunelm, Oak Furniture Land, Dreams/Sofatime and Costa Coffee.

Longwood Retail Park extends to approximately 193,645 sq ft and comprises of 11 retail units together with Costa Coffee and 872 customer car parking spaces and close to Newtownabbey Existing Occupiers: Matalan, TK Maxx, The Food Warehouse, Poundland, Dreams, House Proud, Pets at Home, Hobbycraft, Home Bargains and Costa. Newtownabbey is an important regional centre within the context of Northern Ireland with a broad retail offer both within Abbey Shopping Centre and the surrounding retail warehouse parks.

The scheme provides in excess of 177,000 sq ft of ground floor retail accommodation with an additional 104,000 sq ft of mezzanine accommodation. Anchored by Boots, Matalan, Next, River Island, Sports Direct and TK Maxx.

A unique Leisure opportunity. A unique opportunity to secure a presence in the dynamic and multi-cultural capital city of Northern Ireland. Already the premier leisure and entertainment destination in Belfast, Odyssey will be transformed by a large-scale refresh that will cement its position as the place to go for families seeking a great day out! The finished development will be a contemporary modern scheme spanning 3 levels, with redesigned feature entrance allowing all visitors to the SSE Arena to come via Odyssey and experience everything the scheme has to offer.

Forestside Shopping Centre is a 304,000 sq ft stand-alone shopping mall located in an affluent catchment on the outskirts of Belfast. As Belfast’s premier out of town shopping centre, it occupies a prime location in the south east of the city at the junction of Saintfield Road and Upper Knockbreda Road. The three anchor stores - Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s and Dunnes Stores are complemented by leading high street names including: Next, H&M, Goldsmiths, Clarks, Monsoon, New Look, Oasis, Warehouse, H Samuel, Molton Brown and Boots. The very strong fashion statement with a line-up of top brands, which is complemented by the other uses and the external trading, creates a real attraction and sense of place for visitors from the wider community. In 2015 the H&M followed NEXT and extended its store at the heart of the central mall by a further 2,800 sq ft to provide almost 16,500 of fashion. 2016 has already seen the food and beverage offer improved further with the newly extended M&S’ Café Revive being joined by a 3,187 sq ft Caffe Nero.

The scheme is located approximately 3 miles from Belfast city centre, with a resident population of circa 95,000 people and only 250 metres from the junction of the M1 corridor, which serves to link Greater Belfast to Dublin and the west of the Province.

The scheme provides over 1,350 car parking spaces

Park Centre comprises over 30 retail outlets with excellent letting space and opportunities. The Centre provides free surface car parking and designated disabled parking. Tenants at the site include Dunnes Stores, New Look, Iceland and Superdrug among others.

A Leading Out of Town Retail and Leisure Destination in Northern Ireland. Cityside Leisure and Retail Park extends to 309,102 sq ft and is NI’s largest leisure and retail development located on the edge of Belfast City Centre. The property comprises leisure accommodation totalling 141,336 sq ft anchored by a 14 screen multiplex cinema, Indoor Golf, Bingo Hall, a health and leisure club, soft play area and other complimentary F&B and leisure accommodation. The property comprises retail accommodation totaling 128,980 sq ft, with occupiers including Asda Living, B&M, Home Bargains, Sports Direct, Burger King, Costa Coffee and Card Factory. In addition there is 38,786 sq. ft of mezzanine accommodation. The park benefits significantly from the1,100 free car parking spaces. A Tesco Supermarket and Petrol filling Station are located adjacent to the scheme.

The mall forms the pedestrian link between Great Victoria Street and The Bus & Rail stations and multi storey car park. The mall comprises 14 retail units of varying sizes with the common service yard to the rear. Other retailers within the mall include Caffe Nero, Boots and Metro Barbers.

Holywood Exchange Retail Park is positioned approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) to the east of Belfast City Centre, at the primary gateway to Belfast Harbour Estate. Holywood Exchange is the dominant retail park in the catchment, providing a significant critical mass of retail warehousing with 150,300 sq. ft (13,963 sq. m) and is accessed directly from the A2 carriageway. The scheme contains a number of key retailers including Sainsbury’s, B&Q, Decathlon, Next Home, and Harvey Norman. Holywood Exchange is also home to Northern Irelands’ only Ikea store and is therefore a key destination within the wider Belfast and general Northern Ireland retail hierarchy. The area also has a large office sector with a number of major employers having representation.

New Anchor Leisure Scheme due Autumn 2023. 1.91 Million - Population of Northern Ireland. 9.5 Million - Tourists visting each year. 724,000 - Population in belfast primary catchment area. 10 million - annual footfall. 15,000 New students at the university Of ulster campus with 3,000 staff minutes away - £500 Million. A Leisure scheme due to open Autumn 2023. A 340,000 sq ft shopping centre with 81 stores and eateries. With parking for over 1,600 cars at the Centre and Park Mark approval, parking in Belfast city centre has never been simpler. ‘The Avenue’ cinema is now open! Adjacent to major - development Belfast Stories’ upcoming £100 million tourism destination less than 1 minute from CastleCourt. Summer 2022 saw a record number of cruise ships visiting Belfast, bringing 325,500 visitors. While over 2.2 million passengers flowed through NI’s three main airports between January and May 2022. CastleCourt Shopping Centre has the busiest foodcourt in NI, hosting top brands such as KFC, Burger King and Subway.

Retail, Food & Beverage Leasing Opportunities - Belfast Grand Central Station opening Q4 2024. This is an informal open market tender, each unit is tendered on an individual basis. Information and Tender packs are available from Finch on request. Translink are not required to accept the highest or any submission. The projected opening date is set for Q4 2024. Tenants are expected to be open on day one of operation and appropriate fit out periods will be agreed in advance.

The Centre is anchored by an 88,000 sq ft Tesco Extra, with a small mall occupied by Burger King, Card Factory, Medicare and Tesco Cafe. The Range and constructing a 40,000 sq ft store adjoining the centre, and the new mall units will complete the development. The Centre has an appoximate footfall of 3,000,000 people per annum, an average of 58,000 per week. This will increase significantly upon completion of the development.

Connswater Shopping Centre and Retail Park (c.358,000 sq ft) is located 2 miles from Belfast City Centre and provides the principle retail facilities for the densely populated area of East Belfast which has a population of c. 150,000 people within a 10 minute drive time. Major tenants within the scheme include New Look, Boots, Poundland, H Samuel, Perfume Shop, Peacocks, Optical Express, Clarks and Argos The scheme benefits from 1,642 free car parking spaces.

Holywood Exchange extends to 150,000 sq ft and comprises a retail terrace and separate restaurant block extending to c.10,000 sq ft. The terrace benefits from approximately 691 car parking spaces.

A prominently located retail park offering c. 160,000 sqft of retail space with generous surface car parking. Retailers include Dunelm Mill, Carpetright, Homebase and Harveys.