Letterkenny Retail Park and Riverside Retail Park are retail parks on the Paddy Harte/Link Road in central Letterkenny, County Donegal. The largest retail parks in the county, they have come out as the best nationwide in terms of rent versus footfall.
Phase two of the retail park was developed by Patrick J. Doherty. Phase one is now mostly derelict, as initial stores such as Atlantic Homecare, Toymaster and The Jean Scene all departed one by one, and Elverys Sports fled to a safer location, with the global economic recession no help in hindering this. Lidl remains. However, recently, Aldi has ominously opened its latest Letterkenny store, this time not very far from its bitter rival.
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