Buttercrane Shopping Centre
opened for business on 10th November 1988. The centre
was developed by a local Northern Ireland company and
was built at a cost of £7.5 million.
The Buttercrane is located
on a site of 5½ acres and originally provided
some 159,000 sq. ft of retail space consisting of two
Anchor Stores; Stewarts Supermarkets and a Wellworths,
plus 37 other tenants. The Centre provides some 429
on site car park spaces.
Primark
Phase (III) of Buttercrane was completed in April 2001 with the opening of the centre's third anchor store - Primark.
Occupying
a 27,000 sq. ft purpose built unit Primark
carries a full range of departments - Ladiesware,
Secret Possessions Lingerie Shop, Childrens
wear, menswear, and household.
Targeted at young fashion conscious under
35's Primark offers fashionable quality
merchandise at value for money prices.
Refurbishment
With various extensions having been
added over the years, 2003 saw the
entire centre getting a facelift.
The 2 million facelift featured
a new wall, floor and ceiling finishes,
installation of new energy efficient
lighting and an impressive new Francis
Street entrance. Buttercrane was
upgraded overall to incorporate
a new stylish city ambiance, yet
done sympathetically. The new Francis
street entrance emphasises buttercranes
links with the city centre of Newry.
Work was largely undertaken
out of hours causing minimum disruption
to customers and tenants alike.
The main contractor was McLaughlin
and Harvey with project architect
WDR and RT taggart.
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