One of the top furniture retailers DFS is to open a new store at the Blanchardstown Centre in west Dublin. The unit extends to 1,950sq m (21,000sq ft) and the rent is understood to be in excess of €400,000 per annum. The shop is currently being fitted within Retail Park One close to PC World, JJ Sports, Hickeys and McGuirk’s Golf. The UK retailer was founded in 1969 by Lord Kirkham and was sold to private equity firm Advent International for a reported £500 million in 2010. It has 85 stores.

The joint letting agents at Blanchardstown are BNP Paribas Real Estate and Jones Lang LaSalle.