Blanchardstown Centre

Blanchardstown Centre is Ireland's largest shopping, leisure and retail-park destination, located in West Dublin just off the M50 motorway. With over 180 stores, 25+ restaurants and 7,000 free parking spaces, it is anchored by Penneys, Dunnes Stores, Marks & Spencer and BT2, alongside Zara, River Island, H&M, Boots, JD Sports, Bershka and Mango. Leisure draws include a nine-screen Odeon cinema with iSense and IMAX, and the Draíocht Arts Theatre. The centre attracts an average weekly footfall of 320,000 and around 17 million visits a year, with a customer average spend of €109 and a dwell time of 101 minutes, making it one of the strongest brand-activation and pop-up locations in the country.

Level 1

Level 2

Center type

• Shopping center
• Retail park

Location & catchment

• Urban
• Suburban
• Regional
• Residential catchment
• Commuter belt
• Mid-market catchment
• Multicultural catchment

Footfall & traffic patterns

• Very high footfall
• Weekend-strong
• Seven-day trading
• After-work peak
• Evening trade
• Destination shopping
• High dwell time
• Repeat visitor heavy

Seasonal patterns

• Year-round steady
• Christmas peak
• Back-to-school peak
• Black Friday peak

Center character & positioning

• Mid-market
• Family-friendly
• Community-focused
• Destination-led
• Food and leisure-led
• Fashion-led
• Modern build
• Indoor

Audience demographics

• Young families
• School-age families
• Teens
• Students
• Mid-career professionals
• Domestic tourists
• Commuters
• Local residents
• Ethnically diverse audience
• Fashion-forward
• Value-conscious
• Event-goers

Anchor tenants - coffee & cafe

• Starbucks

Anchor tenants - fast food & QSR

• McDonald's
• KFC
• Burger King
• Nando's
• Popeyes

Anchor tenants - fashion

• Zara
• H&M
• Primark
• Next
• Marks & Spencer
• River Island
• New Look
• Mango
• Bershka
• Hobbs
• FatFace
• Hollister
• Calvin Klein
• Tommy Hilfiger

Anchor tenants - beauty & health

• Boots
• L'Occitane
• Rituals
• Specsavers
• Vision Express
• Opticians
• Pharmacy

Anchor tenants - electronics & tech

• Vodafone
• Three

Anchor tenants - homeware & lifestyle

• Flying Tiger Copenhagen

Anchor tenants - supermarkets & grocery

• M&S Food
• Aldi

Anchor tenants - sport & active

• JD Sports
• Foot Locker
• Nike

Anchor tenants - entertainment

• Odeon

Anchor tenants - kids & toys

• LEGO Store

Center amenities & facilities

• Food court
• Cinema on site
• Post Office on site
• Car park
• Free parking
• EV charging
• Baby changing facilities
• Family bathrooms
• Customer service desk
• Free Wi-Fi throughout

Transport & access

• Bus interchange
• Taxi rank
• Ample parking
• Walkable from residential
• Disabled parking