Summary
THEIR cut-throat price war has been the one ray of light for hard- pressed consumers in these gloomy times. Now grocery giants Aldi and Marks & Spencer are taking their yellowpack philosophy into the property market - by building almost 130 apartments on two Dublin northside sites.
Dublin City Council has already given M&S the green light for 22 apartments in a new seven-storey extension to its Mary Street-Abbey Street site, which will also boost shopping space by 2,400sq.m. Meanwhile, budget rival Aldi has received Bord Pleanala approval for 107 apartments in a new development at Clonard Hill, Balbriggan, Co Dublin. One of five blocks in the design will accommodate a 1,536sq.m discount store and six office units. But it is unlikely that either chain will be offering would-be homeowners two flats for the price of one, or 33 per cent extra floor space free.See the full content of this document
Extract
So It's Not Just a Home... It's an M&S Home [Eire Region]
Two-bedroom apartments in Balbriggan sell for anywhere up to E220,000. At an average price of E160,000, Aldi wo...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
