 Often named as one of the ugliest buildings in Dublin, the Fibsbury Shopping Centre is getting a makeover. New apartments that are expected to accommodate 340 students are set to be developed in Fibsbury as part of the 50 million euro redevelopment of the 1960s Shopping Centre. This scheme was approved by the council this month and was welcomed by DCU Student Union. Yeah, new shop accommodation is always welcome in Fibsbury so close, it's fantastic for us, but the only thing I'd worry about is the pricing of it. I'm looking to prepare it for the military that is for students but it's 249 euro a week so what I'd be worried about is would it be priced for a reasonable amount for a student or would it be overpriced? The price of student accommodation, however, is a concern. Seen as recent developments have rooms in Dublin costing a minimum of 249 euro a week. It's absolutely not fair, from my experience of renting, I'm really, really struggling especially at times like Christmas when everything is so much more expensive given my presence in all this. But I think the sad fact of it is that if you go to college in Dublin, Dublin is just an expensive place to live anyway, not just for students, for anyone buying a renting. So yeah, I mean, I think unfortunately just living in the capital is always going to be a bit more expensive. I'm looking since I still live at home but I have to commute to college daily and I find that expensive so I can't imagine how people are affording to live away from home because they have to pay for the food and everything as well. My man pays for all that for me. I know I wouldn't be able to afford it anyway. Definitely way too expensive. Even now with all the new accommodation centres popping up they're extortionate still so even though there's more and more becoming available it's still out of the reach of a lot of people and it's definitely taken advantage of students as well because they know that they're desperate for accommodation and would do anything to be near their college. So even though there's more now and it seems like they could do more for it, I mean they could do more in terms of pricing and making it more affordable in general. Although many of the local people here are excited and supportive of the idea of the development, some of them are concerned that the arrival of more students will also result in the arrival of more fast-food restaurants, especially when there's already an abundance of them here in Pubsborough. Rachel Martin, DCU TV News.