Dolphin Centre 'not actively for sale' (From Thisisdorset)
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Dolphin Centre 'not actively for sale'
9:11am Monday 12th November 2012 in Latest By Melanie Vass
FUTURE: One of the drawings of proposed changes to the Falkland Square entrance to The Dolphin Shopping Centre
THE owners of Poole’s Dolphin Centre insist their multi-million pound revamp plans are still on track – despite speculation they could sell up.
Dutch property company Wereldhave say they will press on with their £6.5million proposals to rejuvenate the Dolphin Centre, Kingland Crescent and Falkland Square but admit they are seeking a partner to help with finance.
It has been reported that Wereldhave are keen to sell the Dolphin Centre, which it acquired in 2010 for £85m, and its other shopping centre at Ealing Broadway.
But the company has said that while it would consider a sale if the prices were right, the properties were not being actively marketed.
Richard Beentjes, a spokesman for Wereldhave, said: “We do have two shopping centres and they need attention, especially Poole. We will consider all strategic options for the two shopping centres including strengthening our own organisation, seeking potential joint venture partners and a full sale of the malls.
“We are contacting a select number of parties to see if they are interested in a joint venture. The properties are not for sale. We will consider all strategic options and if someone provides a tempting offer, we will consider it.”
And John Laker, the MD of Wereldhave UK, said: “We are carrying on at the moment with implementing the ideas that we have, nothing is stopping in that respect.
“It doesn’t mean that nothing will happen until this is resolved, this will go on in parallel with implementing the proposals we have already come up with.
“We also have some other ideas which will further improve the offer in the centre and make it we believe a much better centre for Poole.”
He said there was “no problem” with financing the Poole scheme in the short-term, but that longer-term, Wereldhave was looking for a partner.
The Hague-based business said in 2010 it wanted to double the size of its portfolio in the UK but its retail assets have dropped in value and it is now selling its non-core assets in the UK.
Comments(21)
Letcommonsenseprevail
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12:37pm Mon 12 Nov 12
HRH of Boscombe
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3:33pm Mon 12 Nov 12
LetcommonsenseprevaiAgree. How much rates will the council pull in when the high street shuts to online retailers? Who'll pick up the shortfall?
l wrote:
Never gonna happen. You only have to walk a short distance down the high street to see what a sorry state Poole is in. Cheap shops, empty shops, very dirty. Multi-million pound investment could pull the shoppers in, but we are talking on a scale way past what our short-sighted councillors and planners could ever handle.
SeafaringMan
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4:44pm Mon 12 Nov 12
HRH of Boscombe wrote:Us - of course!
LetcommonsenseprevaiAgree. How much rates will the council pull in when the high street shuts to online retailers? Who'll pick up the shortfall?
l wrote:
Never gonna happen. You only have to walk a short distance down the high street to see what a sorry state Poole is in. Cheap shops, empty shops, very dirty. Multi-million pound investment could pull the shoppers in, but we are talking on a scale way past what our short-sighted councillors and planners could ever handle.
SeafaringMan
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4:45pm Mon 12 Nov 12
HRH of Boscombe wrote:Us - of course!
LetcommonsenseprevaiAgree. How much rates will the council pull in when the high street shuts to online retailers? Who'll pick up the shortfall?
l wrote:
Never gonna happen. You only have to walk a short distance down the high street to see what a sorry state Poole is in. Cheap shops, empty shops, very dirty. Multi-million pound investment could pull the shoppers in, but we are talking on a scale way past what our short-sighted councillors and planners could ever handle.
boyerboy
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4:55pm Mon 12 Nov 12
Did the Arndale/Dolphin really help the residents of Poole????...and as for the Bus station........
boyerboy
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4:55pm Mon 12 Nov 12
Did the Arndale/Dolphin really help the residents of Poole????...and as for the Bus station........
RageAgainstTheMachine
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5:05pm Mon 12 Nov 12
It is the old Mothercare shop and the corner old tat shop.Borough plans state 10 full time workers and 5 part time workers.........My money is on a Tesco express or Lidl?
Wallisdown
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5:17pm Mon 12 Nov 12
GAHmusic
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5:48pm Mon 12 Nov 12
Yankee1
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6:16pm Mon 12 Nov 12
Yankee1
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6:16pm Mon 12 Nov 12
Yankee1
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6:17pm Mon 12 Nov 12
HRH of Boscombe wrote:Those who pay council tax.
LetcommonsenseprevaiAgree. How much rates will the council pull in when the high street shuts to online retailers? Who'll pick up the shortfall?
l wrote:
Never gonna happen. You only have to walk a short distance down the high street to see what a sorry state Poole is in. Cheap shops, empty shops, very dirty. Multi-million pound investment could pull the shoppers in, but we are talking on a scale way past what our short-sighted councillors and planners could ever handle.
Yankee1
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6:19pm Mon 12 Nov 12
boyerboy wrote:And the fact that pedestrians have two wait for a train to pass to get to the shops.
Very sad, I worked in the High street in the late 1960`s ....two way traffic, it was a vibrant area then. now we have high parking costs, poor access and tat.....try looking above the shop fronts in the high street, most buildings require considerable investment just to safeguard the buildings from decay.......
Did the Arndale/Dolphin really help the residents of Poole????...and as for the Bus station........
Why not a pedestrian underpass? Most Poole denizens look as though the Victorian stairs are a bridge too far.....
manyogie
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7:04pm Mon 12 Nov 12
Bring back Butchers, fruit n veg shops, bakers etc,
Or do the big four have caviats with their out of town rents that activly discourage Councils allowing lower rates for smaller businesses.
It is required now for every large housing developement to provide social housing, so, why not extend that to shopping areas too, affordable, local producers are catered for?
jaylmerb
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11:40pm Mon 12 Nov 12
RageAgainstTheMachinIt will be a Poundland store.
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Anybody know what the very large shop is going to be in Falkland square?
It is the old Mothercare shop and the corner old tat shop.Borough plans state 10 full time workers and 5 part time workers.........My money is on a Tesco express or Lidl?
But does anyone know whether this will be in addition to, or a replacement for, the current branch (beside KFC)?
yesitsmeagain
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6:19am Tue 13 Nov 12
BIGTONE
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7:46am Tue 13 Nov 12
RageAgainstTheMachinA Mosque.
e wrote:
Anybody know what the very large shop is going to be in Falkland square?
It is the old Mothercare shop and the corner old tat shop.Borough plans state 10 full time workers and 5 part time workers.........My money is on a Tesco express or Lidl?
Dorset Logic
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8:09am Tue 13 Nov 12
Dorset Logic
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8:15am Tue 13 Nov 12
Letcommonsenseprevail
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7:05pm Tue 13 Nov 12
Dorset Logic wrote:Don't forget the double push-chairs!
I feel the pictures are lacking in people with baseball caps and trekky bottoms to be an accurate projection of Poole
rudolph_hucker says...
10:20am Mon 12 Nov 12