DÚN LAOGHAIRE SHOPPING CENTRE PLANNING €10M REDEVELOPMENT - The Irish Times reports that Dún Laoghaire Shopping Centre is planning a €10m redevelopment in a bid to attract a new anchor tenant.
The paper says the centre’s owner, Coltard, is seeking planning permission to renovate the property to create two large anchor stores fronting on to the Dublin harbour town’s Marine Road and George’s Street.
The work is estimated to cost €10 million and, if Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council gives it the go-ahead, should be finished at some point in the second quarter of 2017.
According to Jason Miller of the centre’s agents and property manager, Murphy Mullhall, potential new anchor tenants should be able to move in ahead of Christmas next year.
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SO-CALLED MAPLE 10 DEVELOPER PLANNING DUBLIN DEVELOPMENT - Developer Gerry Gannon - one of the so-called Maple 10 enlisted to support Anglo Irish Bank before it collapsed - has applied for planning permission for a huge project in north Dublin, according to today’s Irish Independent.
The paper writes the development will include the restoration of Belcamp Hall, a protected, but derelict Georgian building.
Mr Gannon acquired the more than 81-hectare site - formerly the home of the Belcamp College - in 2004 for €105m.
The historic house at the location has been subject to arson attacks and vandalism.
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OVER ONE MILLION CALVES TO BE BORN BY END OF APRIL - The Irish Examiner reports that more than one million calves will be born on Irish dairy farms before the end of April, with resulting challenges for farmers to ensure that the animals thrive.
Teagasc and Animal Health Ireland, in conjunction with the dairy milk processors Aurivo, Dairygold, Glanbia and Lakeland Dairies, and supported by Volac, have joined forces to organise a series of 10 events to promote best practice in rearing and looking after calves.
The paper quotes Teagasc dairy specialist George Ramsbottom, who says research shows that well-reared calves are more productive and profitable during their lifetime.
Steps to successful calf rearing will be highlighted at the 10 on-farm events, which begin next Monday.
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SANTANDER REENTERS INVESTMENT ADVICE SECTOR - The Financial Times writes that Santander UK is leading the way back into the investment advice market in the latest sign of a more assertive mood in London, just three years after high-street banks abandoned the sector over misspelling fines.
The bank has restarted branch-based investment advice for customers, two years after it was hit with one of the biggest ever retail banking penalties for giving unsuitable advice.
