Completed in 2003 this Office and retail development of 20,000 sq ft comprises of 3 floors and rear yard over basement car park, with prominent Frontage to the green overlooking Malahide Marina.

Retail and commercial services in Cromcastle are mainly concentrated within the Northside Shopping Centre. The shopping centre contains approximately 14,000sqm of leasable retail and commercial floorspace. The shopping centre contains two major prestigious food supermarkets (Dunnes Stores, Superquinn) and a large drapery store (Dunnes Stores).

The remaining commercial units are smaller, typically in the order of 100-200 metres square. In addition to the supermarkets the shopping centre contains smaller food outlets - two butchers and a fruit and vegetable store.
The shopping centre accommodates a broad profile of ‘high street’ or comparison retail and convenience retail.  The shopping centre contains two cafés and a fast-food restaurant. The upper level of the shopping centre also houses an optometrist, a dentist and a general practitioners clinic.  The shopping centre is an important local centre for financial institutions, containing a credit union, two banks and a building society premises. The shopping centre also houses a post office and the state employment and training agency (Fás).

Constructed in 1969 Northside Shopping Centre is one of the largest shopping centres on the North side of Dublin City located in the Cromcastle area. The national economy has witnessed tremendous growth over the time since the centre was developed and the most appropriate economic driver in the Cromcastle area is to expand on the existing retail and accompanying uses.

A retail study carried out recently indicated the shopping centres ability to transform itself from a district convenience centre into a destination comparison shopping centre. Through expansion, refurbishment of existing spaces and refocusing of the tenant mix, it is projected that the Cromcastle area can support up to 13% of the available shopping demand among its North Dublin catchment population, a doubling over its existing 6% population share.  This expansion can ensure that a diverse range of shopping opportunities are available and easily accessible for residents and area visitors, while forming a distinctive and positive identity and image of the Cromcastle area.

3 .  Cromcastle Masterplan

Cromcastle is located in the northern suburbs of Dublin approximately 6km from the city centre. It is well located in close proximity to the M1 Dublin-Belfast motorway, M50 motorway and the soon-to-be-complete Port Tunnel.

The Dublin City Development Plan 2005-2011 has uniquely designated the Cromcastle area as both a Prime Urban Centre and Framework Development Area. These designations reflect the importance of the Cromcastle locality within the larger context of the city, and the potential for the area to become a thriving, vibrant centre for services, employment, leisure and recreation for the local community.


JOINT INITIATIVE

As the two major landowners in the area, Dublin City Council and Headland Holdings Ltd. agreed to form a joint initiative to commission a masterplan for the area. While the resulting Masterplan is not statutory in nature, it is deemed that a balanced, congruous approach to forming development aspirations and objectives for the area would lead to more favourable future development. Dublin City Council and Headland Holdings Ltd are the two major landowners, holding approximately 77% of all land in the study area (the 9.02 acre Northside Shopping Centre site is owned by Headland Holdings Ltd.
The Masterplan covers an area of approximately 65 acres (26 hectares), bisected by the Oscar Traynor Road. The core area of the Masterplan is as defined by the Framework Development Area boundary in the Dublin City Development Plan 2005-2011; however a larger study area is examined in this project including open space adjacent to the Santry River, and the Clonshaugh Business and Technology Park (IDA Ireland).

CROMCASTLE AS A PRIME URBAN CENTRE (PUC)

In the Dublin City Development Plan 2005-2011, Cromcastle is designated as one of eight Prime Urban Centres (PUC) within the Dublin area.
PUCs are recognised nodes for development that can provide a range of services for a wide catchment population. PUCs have potential for increased residential, commercial and employment development supported by existing and proposed quality public transport routes. By virtue of their existing size, established urban form and public transport linkages it is envisaged that PUCs have the potential to deliver, with some increased density of development, an improved and viable retail/commercial core.

In addition to the PUC designation, Cromcastle has been identified in the Development Plan as one of thirteen Framework Development Areas (FDA).

Framework Development Areas are where proposals for comprehensive development or re-development have been, or are in the process of being prepared.



Overall Vision –

To create a mixed-use development providing new community and recreation places for residents and area children and improved infrastructure to meet the needs of current residents, employers and visitors to the area.

Typical of many suburbs developed in the 1960s and 1970s, Cromcastle lacks a strong sense of place and remains underdeveloped.  Through careful redevelopment and infill, Cromcastle can achieve the look and feel of other successful suburbs.

This Commercial Investment site comprises 120,000 Sq. Ft. over 4 Acres with prestigious clients, Atlantic Homecare, part of the Grafton Group PLC and one of Ireland's leading DIY retail chains, and Tile Market Ireland's largest supplier of quality ceramic tiles.

Within the Clonshaugh Business Park, 120,000 Sq. Ft. over 12 Acres housing Ricoh Ireland  and Oxygen Recycling Centre.