Unit 8b, Smithfield Plaza, Smithfield, Dublin 7

Rent: in the region of €31,424 p.a. This is good opportunity to rent a ground floor lock up shop unit with excellent retail frontage on to the Thundercut Alley. It is conveniently located close to Queen Street and a launderette unit and doctors surgery and dental clinic. It is also located close to Charter Medical Centre as well as Escape Leisure Centre. This large retail premises may suit a variety of spin off retailers including a clothing repairs or alterations company, taylors, fashion retailer, or a health & beauty spa, tanning salon, massage therapy, weight loss clinic, acupuncture, martial arts centre/Karate do jo, UFC training centre, or even a pharmacy, subject to planning permission. This self contained ground floor lock up shop and is located beside a launderette and directly opposite a doctors surgery. Number 6 Bar & restaurant, Charter Medical Centre, Escape Leisure Centre and the Smithfield Park Right car park are also located within 1 minutes walking distance. It is also within 150 meters walking distance from the Maldron Hotel and Queen Street. This ground floor retail premises has excellent retail frontage on Thundercut Alley and is close to the corner of Queen Street and Thundercut Alley, which is located off Smithfield Market and Plaza and links Smithfield Plaza and Queen Street. This retail unit may suit a pharmacy or a variety of other retail or office uses. This retail unit has excellent frontage and large shop display windows facing on to the Thundercut Alley. This unit has 2 large display windows and benefits from excellent floor to ceiling height and a dual shop front window, which provides spacious retail space. The shop fronts comprise of a granite slab front with aluminium shop front facade and windows. There is also potential for air extraction or ventilation above the shop front windows. This retail unit may also suit a pharmacy, taylor or clothing repairs or alterations shop, destination retailer, health & beauty use, or office user or professional service i.e. solicitors practice, accountants, physiotherapist, chiropractor, semi state body, charity etc. Given the amount of apartments and hotels in the immediate area it may also suit suit a local community hairdressers, beauticians, pharmacy, book shop, art gallery etc. The unit will be handed over in shell and core condition. There are some drop down pipes provided but the tenant will have to connect the services and provide air extraction. Adjoining retail tenants to Unit 8b include a launderette, a doctors surgery, Number 6, Charter Medical, Fresh supermarket and Escape Leisure Centre. There is a huge apartment community in the immediate Smithfield area and many of these are of foreign nationality i.e. Polish, Russian, Chinese etc. Other retailers in the immediate area include Fresh Food Market, Bel Cibo Pizzaria & Deli, Number 6 public house, Escape Health Club, Charter Medical Group as well as a smaller Medical Centre etc. Bel Cibo and Number 6 are 2 local eateries that face on to a large market square with external seating for customers and the public. In addition to these adjoining retailers the location also benefits from the historic Jameson Distillery and viewing tower, the Light House Cinema, the Complex Theatre as well as 2 large hotels, thousands of nearby apartments and a host of legal bodies and Law Courts. The Four Courts, Blackhall Place Law College, Circuit Family Court, Richmond Law Courts, Special Criminal District Courts as well as the Law Society of Ireland and the Director of Public Prosecutions office are all within 5 minutes walking distance from the Haymarket. There are also thousands of local office occupiers that are working in the immediate Smithfield area. Most of these are legal firms or other companies technical or cultural companies such as the Light House Cinema, Brown Bag Films etc. The Maldron Hotel has 92 bed rooms as well as other hotel facilities and the Generator Hostel has 550 guest rooms and will be opening in July. The reopening of the Generator Hotel will also link with the reopening of the Smithfield viewing tower which is a huge draw for tourists to the area. There are also extensive refurbishment works being carried out on the Smithfield Plaza to include landscaping, cobbling and electricity supply points for market stall holders and the now famous Smithfield on Ice and Christmas market. The Market Plaza is being redeveloped so that it can accommodate stall holders with electricity and lighting in a large open market environment. Smithfield Square is the largest purpose-built open civic space in Europe. It is designed to give the area a new lease of life by bringing people back into this area of the city. The Smithfield Square has hosted large open air concerts or large public events in the past. It is also home to the historic Smithfield Horse market and fair which runs once a month on the Smithfield Plaza. This is a unique horse market that is the only one of it's kind in Dublin city centre. The Plaza also accommodates a pay and display car park and Dublinbikes.ie bicycle rack for up to 50 bicycles. There is also a 3 storey car park which backs on to the Haymarket and can accommodate hundreds of retailers or visitors to the area. Other than the excellent car parking and public bicycle facilities the retail unit is less than 2 minutes walking distance from the Smithfield LUAS Station which provides an electric tram system to the city centre, Irish Financial Services Centre, Point Village, O2 concert hall, Connolly train station, Heuston train station as well as the west suburbs as far as Tallaght. The LUAS will also extend as far as Citywest in 2012.

2011 Statistics for the immediate Smithfield area


· According to the 2006 Census:

o 13,566 residents (grown 165% in 10 years)

o 5,500 households – 84% apartments

o 70% between 15 and 45 years old

o 60% in full time employment

o 66% have no household car

· According to the Geodirectory and Kompass database:

o Daytime population of 19,400

o 15,000 come to work daily

o 4,400 at home/studies

· A footfall survey carried out at the north end of the market (at Smithfield Square) found that:

o 10,369 people crossed the square or entered the Motor Tax office between 8am and 8pm (wed March 23rd 2011 see attached survey for detail)

o Mornings, lunchtime and evenings busiest times

§ 1200 b/w 8 and 10am

§ 3585 b/w 12 and 3pm

§ 3627 b/w 5 and 8pm

· The latest RPA-Veolia survey records 5700 people using the Smithfield LUAS stop daily (Thursday, November 2010)


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