Castlebawn Shopping Centre
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Castlebawn is a proposed £250 million, 75 acres (303,514.5 m²), shopping centre and retail park in Newtownards
, County Down
, Northern Ireland
. It is a joint venture between Eastwood Property and R&A Group. The ambitious proposals, which promise to create up to 2,000 jobs, will extend the town centre and edge of centre southwards in a three-stage development, which is expected to completed by 2012. The development includes a Retail Park with 12 retail warehousing units, as a well as a shopping centre. It also includes a bypass from Portaferry Road to Comber Road, which will link to the roundabout at the beginning of the main road to Belfast
. This will allow traffic to bypass Newtownards town centre and will help ease traffic problems in the area.
The scheme is being developed as part of the Newtownards Town Centre regeneration scheme and will feature:
The Tesco Extra store on the Castlebawn site opened to the public on 3rd October 2011.
Newtownards
Newtownards is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. Newtownards is the largest town in the Borough of Ards. According to the 2001 Census, it has a population of 27,821 people in...
, County Down
County Down
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, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. It is a joint venture between Eastwood Property and R&A Group. The ambitious proposals, which promise to create up to 2,000 jobs, will extend the town centre and edge of centre southwards in a three-stage development, which is expected to completed by 2012. The development includes a Retail Park with 12 retail warehousing units, as a well as a shopping centre. It also includes a bypass from Portaferry Road to Comber Road, which will link to the roundabout at the beginning of the main road to Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
. This will allow traffic to bypass Newtownards town centre and will help ease traffic problems in the area.
The scheme is being developed as part of the Newtownards Town Centre regeneration scheme and will feature:
- a 300000 sq ft (27,870.9 m²) Shopping Centre which will be physically integrated with the town centre, of retailing,
- a 116000 sq ft (10,776.8 m²) Business/Office Park, of Leisure units,
- a petrol filling station and two car showrooms, and
- an 80000 sq ft (7,432.2 m²) TescoTescoTesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...
store with associated retail units.
Commencement
In April 2008 the go-ahead was given for the building of an £8m, two-mile (3 km) road to ease traffic congestion in Newtownards, after which construction of the shopping centre would start. The developer, Castlebawn Ltd bbbb m towards the cost of the road scheme, which has now been completed.The Tesco Extra store on the Castlebawn site opened to the public on 3rd October 2011.