Swords Pavilions

Suburban shopping centre in Swords, near Dublin, Ireland

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Swords Pavilions

Swords Pavilions exterior

Location| Swords, County Dublin, Ireland
Opening date| May 15, 2001; 24 years ago (2001-05-15)
Management| Ian Hunter
Owner| Hammerson/Great-west Lifeco
No. of stores and services| 90+
No. of floors| 2 shopping floors, 5 parking floors
Website| pavilions.ie

Swords Pavilions is a shopping centre in Swords, County Dublin, Ireland. The centre contains more than 90 shops, restaurants and cafes, as well as the 11 screen Movies@Swords cinema, and has over 2,000 surface and multi-storey parking spaces. The centre is owned by Hammerson and Great-west Lifeco.

## Tenants and services

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The centre is home to stores such as Penneys, Dunnes Stores, H&M, Zara, River Island, SuperValu, Easons, Boots, Rituals and TK Maxx.[1] There is a range of car parks, a cinema and a post office, and there are several restaurants and cafes such as Five Guys, Subway, Abrakebabra, Chopped, Starbucks, Butlers Chocolate Café, Costa and Milano.

## History

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Concourse area of Swords Pavilions

In 1996, a planning application was sent to Fingal County Council for a commercial complex to be built on a 20-acre site between the Main Street and the Swords by-pass road. Construction work was meant to start in the middle of 1997 with an opening in the autumn of 1998, however construction did not begin until 1999.[2] The Pavilions was eventually opened on the 15 May 2001, by then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

### Expansion

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In 2006, the Movies@Swords cinema opened. Additionally, in the same year, Phase 2 of the center was inaugurated, introducing retailers like Penneys. There are proposed plans for a Phase 3, situated at the front of the center, adjacent to the Swords metro stop on the R132. However, Phase 3 has been put on hold until further notice.[3]

In June 2018, plans for a €3.3 million development were announced which would reconfigure the first floor of Phase 2 to accommodate 3 new restaurant units where two of the units would be occupied by Five Guys and Milano. The development would also include a glass bridge that will link the first floor of the centre.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Shop in Dublin | Swords Pavilions Shopping Centre".
2. ^ "£100m Swords centre planned". The Irish Times. 18 September 1996.
3. ^ "Pavilions developers remain committed to phase three". Fingal Independent. 20 November 2012.
4. ^ McMahon, Conor (13 June 2018). "Burger chain Five Guys is opening a joint in Swords Pavilions' new 'restaurant quarter'". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

## External links

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* Official website

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Shopping centres in the Republic of Ireland

Dublin|

* Artaine Castle
* Blanchardstown
* Charlestown
* Clarehall
* Donaghmede
* Dundrum
* George's Street Arcade
* Ilac Centre
* Jervis
* Liffey Valley
* Merrion Centre
* Northside
* Nutgrove
* Omni Park
* Powerscourt Townhouse Centre
* Talbot Mall
* The Square Tallaght
* Stephen's Green
* Swords Pavilions

Leinster|

* Athlone Towncentre, Westmeath
* Golden Island, Athlone, Westmeath
* Harbour Place Shopping Centre, Mullingar

Munster|

* Crescent, Limerick
* Mahon Point, Cork
* Wilton, Cork

Ulster|

* Courtyard, Donegal

See also: Retail in the Republic of Ireland
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