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Sainsbury's store was built on the northern part of the roughly triangular site which was unoccupied as part of the Supermac complex. Sainsbury's first annual report after the store opened in March 1997 noted that the store was "trading far above
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Northern Ireland business, £8 million of which was invested in its Forestside store. This involved remodelling, the addition of a second floor to add 22,000 sq ft (2,000 m) and a
329:" which delivers annual rates of over £4 million to its local authority. In summer 2013 River Island, Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Evans all closed. Next expanded into the former River Island Unit. Other new retailers to open included O2 store, Vision Express and Blue Inc.
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Sainsbury's opening its first stores in Northern Ireland.
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