The Williamson’s Mall site
Two prime pieces of Dundalk real estate have gone on the market for a combined price of just over €1 million.
Williamson’s Mall, which sits on a 1.63 acre site fronting onto Francis Street and the Ramparts, is on the market for €825,000, while 23 Francis Street – which currently houses Euro Antiques and sits opposite the main entrance to Williamson’s Mall – has also gone up for sale for €190,000.
Both properties are on the market with Dublin 4-based estate agency Ganly Walters, on behalf of Monarch Properties.
Monarch, who are responsible for a number of shopping centre developments around the country including the original Dundalk Shopping Centre, are understood to have place to have also placed a number of other developments they own on the market but from a local perspective few have as big an impact on Dundalk as Williamson’s and Francis Street.
Monarch, which was founded by the late Phil Monahan from Dundalk, had planned a major development for the area which was to be called Cathedral Walk.
The proposed multi-storey development was granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanala, was to comprise of two buildings, ranging in height from two to six storeys with a new pedestrian link and civic plaza connecting from the Ramparts Road via the pedestrian link to Francis Street.
Cathedral Walk was envisaged as having retail, office and residential accommodation with a proposal to reopen the Ramparts River over the length of the Ramparts Road fronting the development with pedestrian and vehicular bridges across the river.
The development was to include a multi storey car park, valet area, service yard, retail units, cafe/bars, hot food take away, off license, amusement arcade, taxi/hackney office, bookmakers, offices, financial / professional services, restaurants and 34 apartments.
Meanwhile the Francis Street development was to be a five storey retail and office building with c.3,500 sq ft of retail space at ground and first floor level, with c.10,000sq ft of office space above.
Planning permission for both proposed developments runs until December 2017.
23 Francis Street
