Top brand BT2 to open Wilton outlet
Designer label store BT2, an offshoot of the popular Brown Thomas, will be drawing fashion-conscious shoppers to Wilton, Cork.
The store is understood to have agreed a lease at Wilton Shopping Centre.
The pricey clothes store features more casual gear than the clothes sold at the main Brown Thomas department store.
Other tenants for the new €20m extension at Wilton Shopping Centre are believed to include clothes stores New Look and Specsavers.
Meanwhile at Mahon Point Shopping Centre, a source has revealed that popular shoe store Schuh is to finalise a lease at the shopping centre.
It has also been revealed that high-street fashion outlets River Island, Mango, Zara and Miss Selfridge have made letting or sale agreements at the 500 million Mahon Point complex.
Already-named tenant stores are French Connection, Next, Principles, Pamela Scott, Easons, Sam McAuley chemists, Tesco, Debenhams and DIY retailers B&Q.
Urban fashion store Topshop has also been linked to the Mahon complex but no papers have yet been signed because of its plans to cut costs.
The shopping centre will also have three restaurants, a food court with six additional food outlets, an 11-screen cineplex and parking for 1,600 cars.
It is believed that Ward Anderson, the largest cinema group in the country, won the multiplex contract over rivals UCI cinemas.
The food court tenants expected to be announced shortly at Mahon are McDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Zumo Juice Bars and sandwich outlet Subway.
Meanwhile, shoppers to the west of the city could be buying M&S clothes and household goods locally.
A property source has also revealed that a possible tenant at the new Ballincollig Town Centre could be Marks and Spencer.
