Letterkenny Retail Parks
History
History
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### Phases

Phase 1 opened with Atlantic Homecare, Toymaster, Lidl, [Harry Corry](/wiki/Harry_Corry "Harry Corry") and other stores.

Phase 2 construction finished by 2005, with stores such as [Next](/wiki/Next_%28retailer%29 "Next (retailer)"), [New Look](/wiki/New_Look_%28store%29 "New Look (store)"), [Tempest](/wiki/Menarys "Menarys"), [TK Maxx](/wiki/TK_Maxx "TK Maxx"), [Argos](/wiki/Argos_%28retailer%29 "Argos (retailer)") and [SuperValu](/wiki/SuperValu_%28Ireland%29 "SuperValu (Ireland)"). [Marks and Spencer](/wiki/Marks_and_Spencer "Marks and Spencer") and [Menarys](/wiki/Menarys "Menarys") Department Store opened in May 2007\. Due to the [post 2008 downturn](/wiki/Economic_crisis_of_2008 "Economic crisis of 2008") SuperValu closed on 6 January 2009\.[Letterkenny SuperValu set to close with the loss of 27 jobs](http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/donegalnews/Letterkenny-SuperValu-set-to-close.4738818.jp) , *Donegal Democrat*. 27 November 2008\. Phase 2 of the retail park was developed by Patrick J. Doherty.[€35m scheme planned for Letterkenny](http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/property/35m-scheme-planned-for-letterkenny-151802.html), *Irish Independent*. 27 October 2004\.

### Riverside Retail Park

Construction of the Riverside Retail Park commenced in 2006\. It has a total of 10 retail units. The first store opened in this phase was a ladies fashion clothing store, followed by Donegal Sports and [Sony Centre](/wiki/Sony_Centre "Sony Centre").

### Receivership and sale

In March 2012, [Bank of Ireland](/wiki/Bank_of_Ireland "Bank of Ireland") appointed [KPMG](/wiki/KPMG "KPMG") as receiver to Letterkenny Retail Park.

As of 2022, Letterkenny Retail Park had been placed on sale for around €35 million. At the time it had 36 retail warehouse units. The standalone [McDonald's](/wiki/McDonald%27s "McDonald's") drive\-thru fast food restaurant and [Lidl](/wiki/Lidl "Lidl") supermarket were not included in the sale. The [Dunnes Stores](/wiki/Dunnes_Stores "Dunnes Stores") was also not included in the sale.


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