Golden Island Shopping Centre

Golden Island Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located on the outskirts of Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland.

History
The centre, which stands on the townland of Goldenisland (Kilmaine), was developed on the site of a former landfill by Owen O'Callaghan, Michael Tiernan and Tom Diskin. Aiming to attract more business to the Midland Region of Ireland, the centre opened in October 1997, and has gained a footfall of 65,000 a week. The shopping centre was sold to Tesco for €52 million in 2005, and it was registered on February 24, 2005.

Tesco stated in June 2015 that they were considering selling the centre, and the building was purchased by Credit Suisse on March 23, 2016 for €43.4 million. Over three years later, on 1 May 2019, the centre was once again put on sale by Credit Suisse for €41 million.

Stores
The centre contains 45 stores, ranging from clothing to health, mobile phone providers and a supermarket. Of the clothing, there is a large Penneys, as well as smaller units such as Diesel. There are many restaurants and cafés in the mall, including Costa Coffee, Burger King and Insomnia. At the eastern end of the mall is a large Tesco, selling food and clothes.

Cinema
The shopping centre also contains an IMC cinema, which opened in 1998 with six screens and a capacity of 871 seats.