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The new H&M, located in the redeveloped building, will open its doors this Friday. Alamy Stock Photo

H&M will open its new store at Clerys Quarter in Dublin City on Friday

The long-awaited reopening of the site will take place this week.

SWEDISH FASHION RETAILER H&M will open its new store located at the long-awaited and newly-developed Clerys Quarter on O’Connell Street in Dublin City centre, this Friday. 

The historic former department store in the middle of Dublin’s main street has been vacant for some time and was due to reopen before Christmas last year. The long-awaited reopening of the site will take place this week, it has been confirmed.

While H&M has yet to make an official announcement, a spokesperson for the company confirmed that the store will be in operation at the site this Friday.

A Decathlon sports store will also later be housed at the location, after UK fashion store Flannels pulled out of plans last year.

In December, the building’s owners unveiled its iconic Christmas Window for the first time in many years. The building’s famous clock was also refurbished and unveiled earlier this year.

Dublin Town, a business representative body for Dublin City, previously told reporters at the time that the H&M store would launch in March of this year.

Both Decathlon and H&M will occupy 30,000 square feet each. The redeveloped Clerys Quarter will accommodate numerous businesses and amenities, including 90,000 square feet worth of office space and a 213-bed, four-star hotel.

The premises will also offer a diverse range of food services, including a panoramic rooftop restaurant, which will house the latest venue from PressUp Group, and the newly refurbished Clerys tea rooms.

Europa Capital and its local partners Core Capital and Oakmount are behind the development.

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    Mute Connor Savage
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    Mar 12th 2024, 7:19 PM

    Decathlon is a good shout for going into that building. Great store for a random browse and it will put a bit of activity back into Clery’s!

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    Mar 12th 2024, 6:28 PM

    Been looking forward to Clearys reopening. Not a big fan of H&M but I like Decathlon.

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    Mar 12th 2024, 6:52 PM

    @Gearoid MacEachaidh: At least Decatlon is something new. It gets so boring when every shopping centre has the same 4-5 chains!

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    Mar 12th 2024, 7:59 PM

    So there’s Clery’s quarter and Grafton quarter, how is the other half of Dublin divided?

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    Mar 12th 2024, 8:22 PM

    @Padraig O’Brien: is it any wonder our political cast haemorrhage money? They think there are more than are 4 quarters in a hole. (its not a misspell) Obviously maths isnt a strong point with them. Calling an area a quarter doesn’t make it better, a bit like university hospital dosent mean its a hospital. Our “cultural quarter” is an over priced tourist trap with little more than pubs and diddly music and an occassional gallery.

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    Mar 13th 2024, 4:51 PM

    @Padraig O’Brien: Paris has 80 quarters

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    Mar 12th 2024, 10:14 PM

    About time. The owners/developers should have been fined for every day it has been sitting empty for the past few years.

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    Mar 13th 2024, 6:18 AM

    Another track suit shop, Fantastic!

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    Mar 13th 2024, 7:21 AM

    In Cork sdone people are calling MacCurtain St the ‘victorian quarter’. Such pretentious nonsense.

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    Mar 14th 2024, 1:11 PM

    There is already enough sports shops ,food places,and fashion shops in Dublin ,it’s a waste of space.

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    Mar 13th 2024, 10:52 PM

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