Shopping Centres located in County Down - Northern Ireland

Bloomfield is the dominant shopping centre for Bangor, providing the bulk of the town’s retail function. Bloomfield is located in a prominent location on the A25 miles north of Newtownards and 14 miles north east of Belfast. The scheme is easily accessible by car and benefits from frequent bus services to Bangor town centre and Newtownards.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The 350,000 sq ft shopping centre and 120,000 sq ft retail park is anchored by Primark, Sainsbury's, TK Maxx and JD Sports. Retailers include Next, H & M Hennes, River Island, Topshop/Topman, Dorothy Perkins, New Look, HMV, Jack and Jones, Boots, Vodafone, The Jean Scene and Costa Coffee. Outline planning permission has been granted for redevelopment of the East Mall, to include 152,000 sq ft additional retail and leisure space.

The Quays Retail and Leisure Complex is a hugely successful scheme. Key brands Next, Topshop,River Island, H&M, Miss Selfridge, Oasis, Monsoon, Sainsbury's and Sport Direct. 10 Screen Ominplex Cinema. Additional Phases have been developed within the complex to provide additional retail outlets such as Next, Prezzo and Pur Gym and other exciting retailers. Phase 5 - a new 100,000 sq f extension underway.

Buttercrane Shopping Centre provides some 269,000 sq ft of retail space which accommodates most major high street retail brands. Anchored by Marks & Spencer, Dunnes Stores and Primark, the centre consists of 60 stores in total.