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Sep 04
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Green light for €57m development at former Avid Technology site.

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Developers Atlas GP Ltd have received the green light for a €57 milliom residential development at the former Avid Technology site in south county Dublin.

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council approved plans to construct 183 new apartments on the site in Sandyford.

Four blocks will house the apartments, ranging from four to 13 storeys, and include 25 studios, 29 one-bedroom units, 54 two-bedroom units, and 75 three-bedroom units.

All residential units will provide private balconies and terraces.

Developers have planned a creche for the fourth block.

In terms of other communal and public open space, residents will be able to enjoy a 1215 sq.m. plaza in the courtyard.

Plan also see the provision of a creche play area.

Around 64 car parking spaces are planned at basement level, as well as 428 bicycle spaces.

To make way for the new residence, developers sought a new vehicular entrance from Carmanhall Road.

A plan is in place for vehicular egress onto Blackthorn Road.

Atlas GP Ltd initially put forward plans in July of this year.

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council granted permission on August 27, subject to one condition.

Previously, the former Avid Technology site had plans for 428 high-rise build-to-rent apartments in 2021.

However, An Bord Pleanála ultimately refused permission, citing a substandard quality of communal open space.

The board also said the height and density of the development exceeded provisions from the council.

Feature Image Credit: McCauley Daye O’Connell Architects Ltd

Sep 04
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Green light for €112m Coastal Quarter housing development on old Bray Golf Club

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An Bord Pleanála (ABP) has granted permission for the second phase of the Coastal Quarter Strategic Housing Development (SHD) in Bray, Co Wicklow.

The planning body gave developers Shankill Property Investments Limited the go-ahead on the condition that floors 7, 8 and 9 in Block B were removed.

The €112 million development will offer over 586 new homes on the old Bray Golf Club lands.

Coastal Quarter Credit: Glenn Howells Architects

An Bord Pleanála (ABP) has granted permission for the second phase of the Coastal Quarter Strategic Housing Development (SHD) in Bray, Co Wicklow. Credit: Glenn Howells Architects

Around 76 terraced houses are set to be constructed: 13 two-bed, two-storey houses, 51 three-bed, two-storey houses and 12 four-bed, three-storey houses.

Another 51 apartments will be in duplex units, comprising of 26 two-bedroom ground-floor apartments and 26 three-bedroom apartments across 26 three-storey terraced buildings.

All duplexes will be provided with balconies and gardens.

Another 458 apartments were planned to span across four apartment blocks, ranging in height from three to 12 storeys.

In total, 239 one-beds, 198 two-beds and 21 three-beds were in plans applied to An Bord Pleanala.

Coastal Quarter Credit: Glenn Howells Architects

The €112 million development will offer over 586 new homes on the old Bray Golf Club lands. Credit: Glenn Howells Architects

Each will be offered either a balcony or a terrace.

A retail unit, a café and a commercial space housing a gym and a juice bar are included in plans for residents. These amenities will be found in Block B.

A creche will also be built.

Communal areas such as open spaces, playgrounds and a multi-use games area are planned. 

Developers will build 549 car parking spaces – 478 spaces for residents, 36 spaces for residential visitors, 14 spaces for retail use and 21 spaces for staff, creche set down and car sharing.

326 of these spaces will be at undercroft level with the remaining 223 spaces to be at the surface, on the street or curtilage.

A total of 23 spaces will be accessible parking spaces and 66 will be EV charging spaces.

Coastal Quarter

A retail unit, a café and a commercial space housing a gym and a juice bar are included in plans for residents. These amenities will be found in Block B. Credit: Glenn Howells Architects

Another 24 spaces will be reserved for motorcycles and there will be 1,076 bicycle parking spaces (791 residential and 254 visitors).

Bike stores will also be erected for the house and duplex units.

This project is the second phase of Shankill Property Investments Limited’s Coastal Quarter SHD, with the first phase commencing construction last year.

Feature Image Credit: Glenn Howells Architects

Mar 04
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€46m hotel in Dublin City shot down but apartments get green light

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Planning permission has been refused for the development of a €46 million hotel on Mount Street in Dublin city.

In December last year, Esprit Investments put forward an application for a mixed development on the site of the 19th-century buildings.

However, Dublin City Council granted partial permission and refusal.

On the residential side, the council approved the conversion of offices on 37 and 41 Mount Street into eight one-bed apartments, one three-bed apartment and one four-bed apartment.

The mews building at 50 James’s Place East is also to be converted to a residential dwelling with two bedrooms.

Dublin Hotel Credit: Digital Dimensions

In December last year, Esprit Investments put forward an application for a mixed development on the site of the 19th-century buildings. Credit: Digital Dimensions

A three-storey building is to be constructed at the rear of 50 Mount Street and 50 James’s Place East for a studio and two two-bed apartments.

A public park was also approved for the grounds of 33-34 Mount Street Upper.

However, Dublin City Council shot down the demolition of existing buildings 38 to 43 James’s Place East to make way for a 7-storey, 300-room hotel.

At 11,550sq.m, it would have been one of Dublin’s biggest hotels.

Offices on 38, 39 and 40 Mount Street Upper would also be converted for hotel use.

A glazed link and bridge from the rear of 38 and 39 Mount Street Upper was planned for ground floor level. Then at the front, there will be two platform lifts.

Dublin Hotel Credit: Digital Dimensions

Dublin City Council shot down the demolition of existing buildings 38 to 43 James’s Place East to make way for a 7-storey, 300-room hotel. Credit: Digital Dimensions

A multi-use school space and an arts/cultural space were also planned for the ground level of the hotel.

Dublin City Council refused permission for the hotel as its height and scale would “not contribute positively to the local area character and distinctiveness”.

The local authority also stated that the hotel “would have a significantly adverse and injurious impact on the special architectural character and setting of the Protected Structures”.

It is unknown if Esprit Investments will appeal this decision.

Feature Image Credit: Digital Dimensions 

Jan 12
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Credit: PM Group

Green light for €330m Astellas facility in Kerry

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Kerry County Council has given the green light to Astellas €330 million plan to construct a new production facility.

The pharmaceutical company will build a new three-storey state-of-the-art facility at the IDA’s green-field site Kerry Technology Park near Tralee, Co Kerry.

The project will take place over two phases and will see the construction of a three-storey ‘FillFinish’ production building covering an overall floor area of 19,989 sqm.

A Central Utilies Building with a floor area of 663sqm

In Phase One, a woodchip boiler building, an electrical switch room, a security office building and a sprinkler pump house will all be built.

A wastewater pre-treatment plant with an associated storage tank will begin construction during Phase One. A second storage tank will be built during Phase Two.

Plans were submitted on November 2023 with the council approving on 19 December 2023.

Construction is expected to start later this year, creating an estimated 600 jobs.

Speaking during the announcement of the project, Astellas’ Chief Manufacturing Officer Hideki Shima said that the company “is developing innovative drugs and technologies based on our Focus Area research and development approach, placing patients at the forefront of everything we do.”

“With the new facility, Astellas will aim to strengthen our in-house production capacity and capabilities and ensure a stable supply of high-quality Astellas medicines to patients around the world.”

Michael Lohan, CEO at IDA welcomed the announcement as “excellent news for the South West region and indeed Ireland”.

“Astellas already has a presence in both Kerry and Dublin and this significant investment of approximately €330 million, adding a new state-of-the-art aseptic drug product facility, underscores the strategic importance Ireland plays in Astellas’ global operations.

“The new facility in Tralee will be built with sustainability at its core and will showcase Ireland and our regional attractiveness as a location for investment.”

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Jul 06
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Credit: Model Works

Approval granted for €290 m mixed development ‘Guinness Quarter’

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Dublin City Council has approved the €290 million mixed development of hotels, offices and housing at the Guinness brewery site.

To be built at a 12.5-acre site on James Street, the ‘Guinness Quarter’ will consist of a total of 336 residential units, two hotels (with 304 beds between them) and a number of buildings for office space.

Of these apartments, there will be 45 studios, 88 one-beds, three two-beds (for three people), 163 two-beds (for four people) and 37 three-beds built with 90 of these to be build-to-rent in a 16-storey building.

A new 300-seater performance space, a markethall, a foodhall, and various venues for retail, café, restaurant and pub spaces are to be constructed.

Credit: Model Works

Dublin City Council has approved the €290 million mixed development of hotels, offices and housing at the Guinness brewery site. Credit: Model Works

One hotel will have 100 beds in total and will be four to six storeys in height, on the ground floor there’s to be a bar, reception, a meeting rooms and restaurant.

The other hotel will be bigger at 204 beds from four to six storeys and will include a rooftop bar and restaurant and also a swimming pool.

Ground Level will provide reception, toilets, bar, restaurant and ancillary front of house.

Dublin City Council also approved the provision of five new office buildings ranging in heights from eight to ten storeys.

A number of buildings are set to be demolished as part of the development alongside the reservation of a number of existing protected structures on the site.

Credit: Model Works

A new 300-seater performance space, a markethall, a foodhall, and various venues for retail, café, restaurant and pub spaces are to be constructed. Credit: Model Works

Some of these protected structures include St James’s Gate, the original jome of Arthur Guinness 1 Thomas Street and the early Brewhouses 1 and 2 – these will all be restored and repurposed.

Dublin City Council approved Ballymore’s application subject to a number of conditions.

The build-to-rent apartments will not be used for short-term lettings in the “interests of orderly development and clarity”.

Ballymore must also pay a development contribution of €10.6 million to the local authority “in respect of public infrastructure and facilities benefiting [the] development”.

This fee will be paid once the development commences.

Ballymore hailed the project as one ‘of the most exciting regeneration schemes in Europe’.

The development also has the ambition to become Dublin’s first Carbon Zero District.

Feature image credit: Model Works 

Nov 15
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Credit: Davey + Smith Architects

Council green light for over 400 new homes in Dublin

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South Dublin County Council has given approval for over 450 new homes.

The council made the approval for the homes for Tubber Lane, Adamstown in Lucan in October after plans were submitted by Hugh McGreevy & Sons Ltd last December.

The mixed residential development will see 455 units in total, with a variety of two and three-storey semi-detached and terraced houses, as well as duplex units apartments in three and four-storey blocks.

Of the houses, there are set to be 58 two-bed, two-storey terraced houses; 6 three-bed, two-storey semi-detached houses; 190 three-bed, two-storey, terraced houses; 5 three-bed, three-storey, terraced houses and 6 four-bed, two-storey, terraced houses.

There will be 12 apartment blocks in total.

For seven of the apartment blocks, 111 apartments will be provided – including 32 one-beds, 22 two-beds and 57 three-bed duplex apartments over 3 storeys.

Another four apartment blocks will have 37 apartments/duplexes of 8 one-beds and 29 three-bed duplex apartments over 4 storeys.

The other apartment block located on a site south of Tubber Lane will have 42 apartments including 2 one-beds and 40 two-beds over 4 storeys.

In the planning report submitted by agent John Spain Associates, they stated that the development would be an appropriate form of residential development in regards to the SDZ zoning objective and the provisions of the Adamstown SDZ Planning Scheme.

The report added: “The mix of dwelling types and sizes will provide an appropriate choice to meet the needs of different lifecycle stages and help facilitate the creation of a ‘sustainable and vibrant community’ as supported by the Adamstown Planning scheme.”

South Dublin City Council approved the development subject to 37 conditions, which included the developer/landowner submitting a detailed phasing schedule “in the context of the delivery of units in the overall SDZ development”.

The developer will also pay a financial contribution of €4,727,535.11 to the Planning Authority regarding public infrastructure.