The long-awaited opening of Clerys Quarter on Dublin’s O’Connell Street will take place this week. Swedish fashion retailer H&M is in the final stages of fitting out its new 2,787 sq ft (30,000sq ft) store at the scheme and will begin trading this Friday from the ground and first floors of the scheme following a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony, The Irish Times has learned. Decathlon meanwhile is expected to open for business at Clerys Quarter this July.
The French-headquartered sports clothing and equipment specialist agreed a deal to occupy the other half of the development’s 5,575sq m (60,000sq ft) of retail space in January following the withdrawal of UK billionaire Mike Ashley’s high-end clothing retailer Flannels. The Clerys building restoration was largely completed last year, retaining the building’s historic features including its colonnaded facade and refurbished Clerys cloc