Point Village Shopping Centre

It's just that something original would be nice.

Fred_Johnson wrote: »

Good news. While not a great building architecturally, it will bring an extra 2,000 office workers down there which will be great for the area.

Not for the current residents of East wall who can barely drop the kids to school without fear of having to park half a mile away when some selfish bigwig parks outside their house all day.

L1011 wrote: »

There is zero need to drop kids to school that distance to begin with.

Depends where there in school doesn't it!

L1011 wrote:

The city has extensive buses. Too mamy sugar babies these days.

This is OT but most of the cities buses run on arterial routes so unless you live close to one of those and the school is also close to it, you're probably out of luck. And that assumes all your children are in the same school. I'm about as pro public transport as you can get but school runs are very difficult to do by bus unless you're lucky. Walking or driving are much more workable.

Neon_Lights wrote:

Not for the current residents of East wall who can barely drop the kids to school without fear of having to park half a mile away when some selfish bigwig parks outside their house all day.

Anyone can park outside your house, get used to it. If you want reserved parking, get a driveway or an apartment.

the cinema must be losing money hand over fist even if they had no rent to pay

LeeroyJ. wrote: »

Must be http://martinos.ie/

NEW RESTAURANT COMING SOON!!
COMING SOON TO POINT VILLAGE, DUBLIN. FOR MORE INFO CONTACT CONOR AT 0857271991""

They've had that on their site for over two years. Wasn't them.

The construction of Dublin's tallest office building - 'The Exo' at Point Square in Dublin's docklands - has moved a step closer following the issue of a tender for the appointment of a building contractor to deliver the development.
Savills and CBRE have been instructed by joint receivers Stephen Tennant and Paul McCann of Grant Thornton to seek pre-letting agreements with tenants for the building which upon completion will reach a height of 73m (239 ft) and have the capacity to acccommodate up to 2,000 office workers.
While the Exo's height may yet be eclipsed by Johnny Ronan's proposed development of an 88m (290 ft) office tower adjoining Tara Street railway station, the north docklands scheme will see the creation of some 350 jobs during its construction phase, which it is anticipated will take approximately 24 months at a cost of €70m.

Planning permission for the 15,800 sq m (170,000 sq ft, net lettable) LEED Gold office building was approved in March 2016, less than six months after the application was submitted to Dublin City Council.
The speed at which planning approval was achieved is being viewed within the property industry as evidence that the designation of the area as a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) has worked.

An 'SDZ' designation allows for the fast-track delivery of new residential and non-residential development in locations of strategic importance within the Greater Dublin Area.
Point Square (formerly known as Point Village) is one of only a handful of locations where taller buildings are permitted in Dublin. The Exo, which is designed by Irish architectural practice Shay Cleary Architects, responds to the design brief set out in the SDZ Planning Scheme and reflects the importance of this site within the wider Dublin docklands.

The docklands area has benefited significantly from Dublin's economic recovery in recent years, with demand for commercial and retail space growing rapidly.
In 2014, Yahoo moved its EMEA headquarters, which employs 375 workers to Point Square. The success of the 3Arena concert venue meanwhile has helped make the Gibson Hotel one of the most popular hotels in the City, while the Odeon Cinema, which opened in 2012, continues to grow audience numbers. In addition, Starbucks, Eddie Rockets, Ruby's Bar & Grill and Bunzl, have all either opened or are about to open new stores at The Point Square Shopping Centre.

Commenting on the latest move to progress the Exo building's development, Stephen Tennant of Grant Thornton said: "We are delighted to get this project off the ground and look forward to seeing it through to completion. Our first priority is to secure a main building contractor who can deliver a quality scheme on-time and on-budget."
Savills chairman Roland O'Connell said: "The Exo will provide the most spectacular workspace in the city. Its accessibility is unrivalled, with the Luas stopping outside and the Port Tunnel providing quick access to the M50 and a 15 minute trip to Dublin Airport - surely one of the quickest airport links in the world."

Referring to the level of interest that the Exo has already generated, CBRE executive director of office agency, Mark Smyth, said: "Since planning approval was granted for the development of the Exo, we have had numerous enquiries from both local and international office occupiers, all of whom are interested in being part of an area of Dublin that has been completely rejuvenated."
With a recent report from Savills showing that pre-lets accounted for 28,000 sq m (300,000 sq ft), or 44pc, of all the Dublin office space leased in the final quarter of 2016, the Exo building's joint agents believe the quoting rent of €47.50 per square foot is exceptionally competitive for the thriving north docklands area.

Video of EXO Building



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LeeroyJ. wrote: »

I wonder if they will ever fisnish that new road, I feel like they worked until it was 90% done around march and then just stopped. Makes no sense.

It should be open since they have closed off Upper Sherriff St and Castleforbes Road is one way. All that seems to be required is the final layer of asphalt.

subpar wrote: »

http://imgur.com/wHV0cul


Photo taken today from top floor of Yahoo Building

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the view of property increasing in value.


My take on the new road opening is that it is being kept closed until most of the new construction is complete to save damage to the road surface.

Yep. A lot of services have to be laid down Sheriff Street for the student accommodation. Also there are sewer works to be carried out in the area.

Saw the traffic lights were fixed to the poles at the new road/Sherrif street junction and bagged so some work is still going on

Top layer of asphalt on North Wall Avenue started in the last day or two from the north wall quay end. This photo was taken from the LUAS stop.

geecee wrote: »

Nice to see the Hales Freight shed on North wall quay demolished today, most of the sheds on Castleforbes road also seem to be in the middle of demolition...

Going to really improve the look of the place... I know that they will be building sites for a number of years... but I would rather marvel at the construction than look at those broken down old units!

My feelings exactly, out with the old and in with the new and even if its 10 years late its nice to see a new city quarter emerging.

I note that the Tile Style building also went at same time as hales
So we now have a clear quay from the maritime building at Castleforbes to the strangely preserved white building next to the Point Depot...

Great to see north wall so exposed after all these years!

Mr.S wrote: »

I like going there from D4 because it's always empty

Even new releases at the weekend can be pretty dead. I'm sure it still does well enough or else it wouldn't still be open.

It gets a lot of corporate gigs as well.

I'm the exact same. Live in d4, this is the nearest cinema.

Its a top class cinema really, only a few screens. Best seats and legroom. Always really quite.

One huge selling point of the north docklands is how close it is to the airport, its literally 15 minutes.