Gateway to open retail unit at Liffey Valley

Computer giant Gateway 2000 is to open its first retail outlet in the Republic at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, in west Dublin. The company will be paying a rent of £90,000 for the 1,850 sq. ft premises under a lease, which has a break clause. Arrivals at the centre include fashion outlet Carraig Donn, which is to occupy a store of 1,900 sq. ft at a rent of £90,000; The Phone Store, £68,000 for 1,100 sq. ft; and a Fuji photo development and camera sales outlet, which will occupy a kiosk at a rent of £25,000. David Potter of agents Hamilton Osborne King is quoting a rent of £90,000 for a 1,300 sq. ft store, which has become available following the relocation of the gifts and home-ware retailer Gazebo from a shop of 573 sq. ft to one of 1,800 sq. ft. Gazebo will be paying a rent of £100,000 for the space, as well as a store of 1,000 sq. ft. The agents are in negotiations with a number of restaurants to trade out of three units opposite the new 14-screen multiplex cinema.