Plan to revamp city centre mall

The Royal Hibernian Way off Dawson Street in Dublin 2 is in line for a revamp to make it more financially viable.

Friends First, which owns the shopping mall, has got planning permission to amalgamate the units that run off the main mall.

According to F&C Ireland which manages the property, there is more demand from retailers for larger units.

Four units will be removed and replaced by one large unit of 149 sq m (1,604 sq ft).

Two further units will be combined to give 125 sq m (1,345 sq ft), and another two extended and combined to make a 80 sq m (861 sq ft) shop.

There will also be a realignment of Lord Mayors Walk.

The proposed development also includes an the building of an office above, linking two existing office blocks.

This will involve the extension of the first and third floors of one office block giving 171 sq m (1,840 sq ft), the removal of the existing rooftop garden and the construction of a fourth floor office of 260 sq m (2,799 sq ft) and a set-back of a fifth floor office of 241 sq m (2,594 sq ft).

Another block will be extended by the creation of a fifth floor.