Retail Parks
In addition to these new out of town shopping malls are smaller retail parks. Located on the outskirts of approximately twenty towns and cities, ranging from Letterkenny, e.g. Letterkenny Retail Parks to Limerick, e.g. Childers Road Retail Parkto, e.g., these new parks have no internal shopping malls. They usually consist of between five and ten major outlets surrounding a large carpark. The parks are typically built beside a major road with the idea being - free parking, easy to get to and plenty of space. Some may offer drive-thru restaurants such as McDonalds/KFC or standalone coffee units (e.g. Costa Coffee). Anchor tenants often include Woodie's DIY, Atlantic Homecare, Harry Corry or Elverys Sports. Many British stores also appear in these parks (e.g. Argos and Homebase).
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