Point Village Shopping Centre

L1011 · 09-10-2020 9:24am

manofachill wrote: »

Not an accurate comment. Far more left leaning than the national government. Far more NIMBYs too. Across the North and South inner city areas Sinn Fein have the most councillors with 3.

Fianna Fáil (11)
Green Party (10)
Fine Gael (9)
Labour Party (8)
Sinn Féin (8)
Social Democrats (5)
Solidarity–PBP (2)
I4C (1)
Independent (9)[a]

Its an entirely accurate comment. There is a ruling coalition - "The Dublin Agreement" - which is FF-Green-Labour-SD. 34/63 seats.

The others have no influence until the next election.

manofachill · 09-10-2020 1:50pm

green, labour and sd are all left of centre for one thing. It doesn't work in practice the same as a national government

CucaFace · 10-10-2020 12:17pm

Anyone else living beside the student accom block at the Point getting very annoyed at the what seems to be gangs of people coming out of the accommodation at 3am and staying outside screaming and shouting for a few hours every Friday and Saturday night lately?

Are they having large parties inside there or what?

Man with broke phone · 10-10-2020 12:53pm

CucaFace wrote: »

Anyone else living beside the student accom block at the Point getting very annoyed at the what seems to be gangs of people coming out of the accommodation at 3am and staying outside screaming and shouting for a few hours every Friday and Saturday night lately?

Are they having large parties inside there or what?

Students being students I suppose, no night clubs or anywhere for them to go with the lockdown.

Pomberg77 · 30-10-2020 8:00pm

CucaFace wrote:

Anyone else living beside the student accom block at the Point getting very annoyed at the what seems to be gangs of people coming out of the accommodation at 3am and staying outside screaming and shouting for a few hours every Friday and Saturday night lately?

CucaFace wrote:

Are they having large parties inside there or what?

Actually checked this thread last night because I could hear it.
I'm on the opposite side of Liffey Trust so fairly isolated from it but that's crazy how much noise has come from there in recent weeks. I'd be livid if I were more exposed to it.

subpar · 29-12-2020 11:53am

An Post will start fit out on New H.Q. in Exo Building in early 2021.

AN POST will move its historic headquarters from Dublin’s GPO to the new Exo Building in the city’s docklands in the second half of 2021, it has told potential contractors.

The building will be Dublin’s tallest office block, at 79 metres.

It is close to completion and was touted earlier this year as the new HQ for An Post.

An Post has confirmed that it intends to start fitting out six floors of offices at the premises in the second quarter of 2021.

“It is envisaged that the fit-out will be completed over a circa six-month period commencing in early quarter two of 2021,” it has told potential contractors for the fit-out.

An Post said it hopes to take possession of the fitted-out premises some time in the second half of 2021

The net internal floor area of the six floors being taken by An Post will be about 100,000 sq ft. That represents a significant portion of the total 169,000 sq ft that the building extends over.

An Post said it intends to complete the fit-out as a “leading example of sustainable and innovative office accommodation”.

“The fit-out will deliver efficient layouts, high quality working environments for the occupants and energy-saving measures including minimum environmental ratings of LEED Gold v4 minimum,” it said in a tender document.

An Post will take vacant possession of its floors at the Exo Building prior to the commencement of any fit-out works.

“The building will be multi-tenanted and there could be other tenants fitting out other floors during the course of this fit-out,” it added.

The Exo Building is one of a number of potential locations that was shortlisted by An Post for its new headquarters. Others included Dublin Airport.

The building was developed by Nama-appointed joint receivers from Grant Thornton and bankrolled by a fund advised by Tristan Capital Partners and SW3 Capital. Those two funders acquired the development in late 2017.

An Post will retain a public post office at the GPO while its Witness History museum at the premises will also remain there.

subpar · 13-01-2021 10:22am

Latest News on whats happening to Castleforbes Business Park and the former A1 site from yesterdays Irish Times

Glenveagh to charge council up to €791,500 for family apartments
Housebuilder expects to get €33.4m for 71 social housing units at 702-unit city centre development.
Housebuilder Glenveagh expects to charge Dublin City Council €33.44 million for 71 social housing units at a major development on Sheriff Street

Glenveagh, one of the State’s best known housebuilders, expects to charge Dublin City Council €33.44 million for 71 social housing units at a major development on Sheriff Street.

In a letter to the city council about how it might meet its Part V social housing obligations under the plan, Glenveagh estimated that the units might cost the council up to €791,531 each.

That price relates to six three-bed apartments it is offering the council in the 702 unit scheme.

The builder is also planning to sell 14 two-bed apartments to the council at a price of €641,899 each and 41 one-bed apartments for €408,074 each. Glenveagh is also planning to offer the local authority 10 studio apartments at a price of €297,323 each.

Glenveagh has lodged a “fast track” planning application for 702 apartments in nine blocks on the six acre site at Castleforbes Business Park at Sheriff Street and East Road, Dublin 1. The plan, which is classed as a strategic housing development will be considered by An Bórd Pleanála.

The overall plan comprises 406 one-bed units, 100 studios, 169 two-bed units, 15 three-bed units, eight two-bed duplexes and four live-work duplex units.

Located 400 metres from the Spencer Dock Luas stop, the blocks will range from one to 18 storeys reaching up to 206 feet in height.

Indicative
In a letter to Dublin City Council, Wesley Rothwell, director at Glenveagh Living, said the figures were “purely indicative and are intended to provide a reasonable estimate of the costs and values of the units based on construction costs prevailing at the time of the application”.

He said any ultimate Part V agreement was dependent on the final grant of permission and the site value of the time of planning permission.

In a letter to Glenveagh’s consultants, Brady Shipman Martin, the city council said its preferred option was to acquire units on site.

The planning report lodged with the application states that the vision for the proposed site “is to transform an underutilised brownfield site through a major urban regeneration project, by consolidating the various areas which meet at this confluence point”.

The application is the last of three applications Glenveagh has for the overall site.

“This new urban quarter will combine living, employment, public realm, and a significant cultural offering in a diversified model of housing supply, new adaptable employment, and community use opportunities,” the report says.

The application is open to submissions until January 19th, with the appeals board due to a decision on the application in April.

Thelonious Monk · 14-01-2021 4:15pm

It's rough enough around there anyway but it's not going to get better if they keep giving apartments to Sheriff st heads.
Last girl I went out with owned an apartment around there, beautiful place, but she did have some rather less salubrious neighbours in the building who got the luxury apartments on the social.
It has no effect on me, but they shouldn't be giving apartments in that part of town to wans who get pregnant from Sheriff st and that seems to be what's going on at the moment, not really fair when most of us will never be able to live anywhere close to the city centre due to the price of everything.
**runs and hides**

subpar · 22-01-2021 9:34am

Johnny Ronan in ‘fast-track’ bid to build Dublin’s tallest tower
Developer submits planning application for 45-storey block in city’s north docklands

Johnny Ronan has taken the latest step towards fulfilling his ambition of delivering Dublin’s tallest building with an application to An Bord Pleanála to build a 45-storey residential tower.

The proposed structure forms part of a wider mixed-use scheme known as Waterfront South Central, which Ronan Group Real Estate (RGRE) is building in the city’s north docklands.

As part of its application, which it submitted on Wednesday under the Government’s Strategic Housing Development (SHD) or “fast-track” planning process, RGRE has sought permission to develop a total of 1,005 apartments distributed across three blocks ranging in height from eight to 45 storeys over a triple-level basement.

At 155m, the tallest of the scheme’s three blocks would be Dublin’s tallest building, dwarfing both Liberty Hall (59.4m) and the 88m (23-storey) tower on Tara Street for which RGRE secured planning permission in 2019.

tabbey · 22-01-2021 10:50am

subpar wrote: »

Johnny Ronan in ‘fast-track’ bid to build Dublin’s tallest tower
Developer submits planning application for 45-storey block in city’s north docklands

Johnny Ronan has taken the latest step towards fulfilling his ambition of delivering Dublin’s tallest building with an application to An Bord Pleanála to build a 45-storey residential tower.

I am in favour of some taller buildings strategically located in Dublin.

However, two points;

Have we learned nothing from Ronan point, Ballymun and Grenfell tower?
High rise and homes are uncomfortable bed fellows in Ireland and Britain. Office blocks with restaurant and viewing places on top, are fine but people need to live closer to the ground so they can evacuate in case of fire.

To what level of moral degradation have we descended, that someone can leave creditors unpaid on a massive scale, yet can rise like a phoenix, to amass a new fortune.

beauf · 22-01-2021 11:12am

Because people who've made (and lost) large amounts of money tend to have the experience, skillset and contacts. To be able to repeat the process.

Thelonious Monk · 22-01-2021 11:59am

tabbey wrote: »

Have we learned nothing from Ronan point, Ballymun and Grenfell tower?
High rise and homes are uncomfortable bed fellows in Ireland and Britain. Office blocks with restaurant and viewing places on top, are fine but people need to live closer to the ground so they can evacuate in case of fire.

I just can't believe people are still saying this in 2021

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Hubertj · 22-01-2021 9:39pm

tabbey wrote: »

subpar wrote: »

Johnny Ronan in ‘fast-track’ bid to build Dublin’s tallest tower
Developer submits planning application for 45-storey block in city’s north docklands

Johnny Ronan has taken the latest step towards fulfilling his ambition of delivering Dublin’s tallest building with an application to An Bord Pleanála to build a 45-storey residential tower.

I am in favour of some taller buildings strategically located in Dublin.

However, two points;

Have we learned nothing from Ronan point, Ballymun and Grenfell tower?
High rise and homes are uncomfortable bed fellows in Ireland and Britain. Office blocks with restaurant and viewing places on top, are fine but people need to live closer to the ground so they can evacuate in case of fire.

To what level of moral degradation have we descended, that someone can leave creditors unpaid on a massive scale, yet can rise like a phoenix, to amass a new fortune.

I think it looks great. Plenty of cities have “high rise” apartments. Also, I thought Ronan discharged all debts to NAMA?

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2015/0401/691460-johnny-ronan-nama/

dotsman · 27-01-2021 1:40am

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I just can't believe people are still saying this in 2021

To be fair, while I don't have a problem with residential high-rise, I have a massive problem with high-rise and "social" housing. Recipe for "anti-social".

Just like a few bad apples can harm a housing estate, a few bad apples in an apartment complex can be disastrous.

Also, prior to the pandemic, the red luas line was already beyond capacity. During rush hour, it would already be full to capacity by the time it reached just the second stop at Spencer Dock. While I absolutely want DCC to develop the Point area with high-density, there needs to be serious upgrades to public transport in the area.

L1011 · 27-01-2021 10:11am

Residential development at the Point area will generate anti-peak direction traffic - people won't be coming to the apartments to work; they'll be heading in to the city at those times. Its not anywhere near as busy in the opposite direction.

beauf · 27-01-2021 10:49am

L1011 wrote: »

Residential development at the Point area will generate anti-peak direction traffic - people won't be coming to the apartments to work; they'll be heading in to the city at those times. Its not anywhere near as busy in the opposite direction.

Yet...

Wasn't busy in either direction only 3-4 yrs ago. Was like a ghost town.

dotsman · 27-01-2021 2:20pm

L1011 wrote: »

Residential development at the Point area will generate anti-peak direction traffic - people won't be coming to the apartments to work; they'll be heading in to the city at those times. Its not anywhere near as busy in the opposite direction.

Perhaps, but a lot of what is being built is office space as well (Salesforce Tower, Exo Building, North Dock etc), which will add thousands of people to rush hour. Also, with concerts/events etc, the luas can be overflowing many a weekday evening rush hour heading to the point as well.

beauf · 27-01-2021 3:05pm

Generally to have frequency in one direction you have to increase it in both.

L1011 · 27-01-2021 5:48pm

Frequency increase would be challenging, as there isn't much capacity to add more trams through the city centre

Dropping Connolly as a stop entirely (plus adding trams to make up for the longer run time / keep existing headway) is about the only thing that would do it without figuring out how to push more trams through the centre.

AngryLips · 27-01-2021 5:56pm

Well you have to remember that under Bus Connects the area will be better served as well. In the future the 79/79A and the 40 will terminate at the Point (numbering will be changed), plus there's going to be two orbital bus routes nearby, one of which is the 104 that currently terminates at Clontarf Road. And hopefully the Luas will be extended onwards to... Sandymount?

CucaFace · 27-01-2021 10:38pm

L1011 wrote: »

Frequency increase would be challenging, as there isn't much capacity to add more trams through the city centre

Dropping Connolly as a stop entirely (plus adding trams to make up for the longer run time / keep existing headway) is about the only thing that would do it without figuring out how to push more trams through the centre.

The Connolly stop really annoys me. What a complete waste it is and causes so many other carriages (especially when concerts are on) to be packed.

I dont know why it hasn't be stopped already and they could just call bus aras Bus Aras/Connolly going forward.

subpar · 28-01-2021 9:36am

CucaFace wrote: »

The Connolly stop really annoys me. What a complete waste it is and causes so many other carriages (especially when concerts are on) to be packed.

I dont know why it hasn't be stopped already and they could just call bus aras Bus Aras/Connolly going forward.

Fully agree , Connolly stop is unnecessary , you can walk quicker to the next stops. Looks good on the network map , thats all.

subpar · 03-02-2021 10:08am

Latest news on vacant site at the corner of East Wall Road ( port end )

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/landmark-dublin-docklands-site-seeks-80m-1.4474359

Pomberg77 · 04-02-2021 2:11am

Anyone considering upping sticks and getting out of here? I rent an apartment here and I love it. Been for over four years but the killings and stabbings in East Wall and the IFSC in recent times show the place is getting dangerous. I never see GardaÃ down here since the concerts were going.
That combined some rotten egg neighbours who are just a nightmare, the place is getting dog rough.

CucaFace · 04-02-2021 9:46am

Pomberg77 wrote: »

Anyone considering upping sticks and getting out of here? I rent an apartment here and I love it. Been for over four years but the killings and stabbings in East Wall and the IFSC in recent times show the place is getting dangerous. I never see Gardaí down here since the concerts were going.
That combined some rotten egg neighbours who are just a nightmare, the place is getting dog rough.

Where abouts are you in the IFSC? Because i personally don't see anything rough down around the point at least.

Sorry to hear about the bad neighbors. Thats a nightmare for sure. Did they just move in recently?

dotsman · 04-02-2021 10:54am

Have to say I haven't seen anything in the IFSC.

Yeah, there was the stabbing of that woman, which was horrific. But that seems to be it. Unfortunately, one-off brutal crimes can happen anywhere (from my own experience, in plush, quite suburbs). All the other stuff I have been hearing (down by East Wall) is just the standard Knackbag behaviour that has always been there. Guards should be sent down there to administer beatings, but it's not going to happen. That's not to dismiss it in any way - I'm just saying I'm not aware of any increase (other than deliveroo riders being targeted).

Maybe with schools closed, there's more teenagers congregating during the day and it appears more menacing? But are they actually doing anything?

Pomberg77 · 04-02-2021 1:25pm

CucaFace wrote:

Sorry to hear about the bad neighbors. Thats a nightmare for sure. Did they just move in recently?

I'm down closer to the point. I don't see trouble either really but don't want to be caught here as the place is getting worse.
Ah they've been hear for over a year. Usually unnoticeable bar the rubbish, odd bit of noise and just nastiness from them.
Since working from home, their telly is blaring until around 2am/3am every night, having domestics during that time, their place is just constant noise. Don't want to complain because other people have and they'll possibly get kicked out and they have kids. Can't say it to them because the parents are just nasty.

Ben D Bus · 04-02-2021 6:42pm

Pomberg77 wrote: »

I don't see trouble either really but don't want to be caught here as the place is getting worse.

There's a contradiction in that sentence. Sounds more like a reaction to the media than to reality. Without in any way diminishing the horrific deaths there in the last couple of weeks, the media loves to portray these things as the end of society.

Note the facts of these events but rely on your own experience too.

beauf · 04-02-2021 8:13pm

That whole area has radically changed over the past 6yrs. Mostly because the whole influx of new people into the area. It must be a lot quieter now..

Pomberg77 · 05-02-2021 2:19am

Ben D Bus wrote:

There's a contradiction in that sentence. Sounds more like a reaction to the media than to reality. Without in any way diminishing the horrific deaths there in the last couple of weeks, the media loves to portray these things as the end of society.Note the facts of these events but rely on your own experience too.

It's not really a contradiction. Seeing that people are being killed in your immediate vicinity whether it's knife crime or joyriders, you'd be mad not to be concerned and what this place can turn into if left without response.

subpar · 17-02-2021 10:12pm

K.P.M.G. may relocate to new headquarters in North Docklands.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/five-developers-in-bid-to-deliver-new-dublin-hq-for-kpmg-1.4486605

dotsman · 17-02-2021 11:37pm

subpar wrote: »

K.P.M.G. may relocate to new headquarters in North Docklands.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/five-developers-in-bid-to-deliver-new-dublin-hq-for-kpmg-1.4486605

They already have a large office there. Guess they are going to try and consolidate in the one location.

subpar · 03-03-2021 1:59pm

Blueface to be first tenants into Northdock

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/tio-secures-blueface-as-tenants-at-north-dock-two-1.4495942

subpar · 25-03-2021 10:37am

Battle of The 2 Towers

Appeals board rejects council’s Dublin City Councils proposals to limit docklands height increases.

Developer Johnny Ronan plans to build two 40-plus storey towers in the zone in his Waterfront South Central project and Dublin City Council planners have voiced their opposition to the plan.

An Bord Pleanála has thrown out Dublin City Council’s proposals to permit only modest height increases in tower blocks for a strategic site in Dublin’s Docklands.

The appeals board rejected the city council’s proposed amendments to the 2014 North Lotts and Grand Canal Docks Special Development Zone (SDZ) Planning Scheme which allowed for what the board describes as only “minimal” increases in building height in the area.

In its formal direction, board member, Paul Hyde said that the board considers the city council’s proposed amendments “to be a missed opportunity to accommodate much needed residential homes and commercial floor space for a growing and changing population, demographics and employment sector within the city centre on a strategic and well serviced land bank”.

The board pointed out that the proposed amendments to the 2014 scheme provide for an increase of only 225 residential units and proposed increases in commercial floor space were equally restrictive.

Developer Johnny Ronan plans to build two 40-plus storey towers in the zone in his Waterfront South Central project and Dublin City Council planners have voiced their opposition to the plan as they claim it breaches the 2014 North Lotts and Grand Canal Docks SDZ planning scheme concerning building heights.

Now, in a stern rebuke to the council’s proposed amendments to the SDZ scheme, the appeals board said that “options to consider greater housing provision within this strategic location have not been fully assessed and have not been realised”.

The board said that of the 29 submissions received by the council, 21 sought greater height.

The board rejected its own inspector’s recommendation to allow the amendments after stating that it was not satisfied that the proposed amendments fully reflected national policy objectives to deliver compact growth and/or the promotion of height in the Urban Development & Building Height Guidelines given the very minimal changes proposed

On behalf of the board, Mr Hyde said that the fundamental intention of the guidelines was not to introduce height for the sake of height, but to introduce and consider heights and densities as a means of accommodating greater residential accommodation within zoned land banks.

Mr Hyde said that the board was concerned that the implications and potential impact of not facilitating meaningful population growth within the SDZ “could place greater demands to provide housing in locations further away from services and the city centre”.

In a submission, Dublin Chamber had said that the proposed amendments by the council lacked ambition while IDA Ireland said Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) would be promoted by maximising height, density and flexibility.

In response to submissions calling for increased heights over what was proposed, the council said that its amendments were based on sound urban design principles.

A spokesman for Dublin City Council said on Wednesday that the council “will not be in a position to make a comment until we have fully reviewed the decision and the inspector’s report”.

subpar · 07-04-2021 8:32am

Interesting news regarding house and property values in the area.

Glenveagh secures green light for 702 ‘build to rent’ apartments 6th April 2020
Dublin City Council in line to buy 71 homes

Glenveagh can now enter talks with Dublin City Council on its plan to sell 71 apartments to it for an estimated €33.4.

House-builder Glenveagh can now enter talks with Dublin City Council on its plan to sell 71 apartments to it for an estimated €33.44 million. This follows An Bord Pleanála giving Glenveagh the green light for 702 “build to rent” apartments at Castleforbes Business Park at Sheriff Street and East Road, Dublin 1.

The development, on a six-acre site 400m from the Spencer Dock Luas stop, comprises of nine apartment blocks ranging from a storey in height to one 18-storey block.

As part of its Part V social housing obligations, Glenveagh is planning to sell six three-bed apartments at an indicative cost of €791,531 each to the city council as part of the proposed €33.4 million deal.

The builder is also planning to sell 14 two-bed apartments to the council at a cost of €641,899 each and 41 one-bed apartments at a cost of €408,074 each. It also plans to sell 10 studio apartments to the council at a cost of €297,323 each.

In a letter to the council, Wesley Rothwell, a director of Glenveagh Living Ltd, said that the figures “are purely indicative and are intended to provide a reasonable estimate of the costs and values of the units based on construction costs prevailing at the time of the application”.

Mr Rothwell said that the ultimate Part V agreement was dependent on the final grant of permission and the site value at the time of planning permission.

Residential density
In giving the apartment scheme the go-ahead, the appeals board said that the proposal would constitute an acceptable residential density, would not seriously injure the residential or visual amenity of the area, and would be acceptable in terms of urban design, height and quantum of development.

The board accepted that the scheme would materially contravene the Dublin City Development Plan in terms of height. However, the board stated that the scheme is considered to be of strategic or national importance due to its potential to contribute to the Government’s policy to increase delivery of housing.

In giving the plan the green light the board upheld the recommendation of its senior planning inspector, Lorraine Dockery, to grant planning permission .

In a submission, former lord mayor of Dublin councillor Niall Ring (Ind) hit out at the “build to rent” nature of the scheme.

Mr Ring told the appeals board that “this concept is anathema to me, and I, like so much of the community, am against the idea of a scheme which excludes any possibility of a young person/couple being able to get on the property ladder” .

“The idea of a non-resident pension fund owning block after block of apartments in the city must be resisted.”

He added: “Build to rent would, by its very nature, attract a transient population which, according to studies carried out, impact very negatively on the overall social fabric of an area.”

Figures recently provided to councillor James Geoghegan (FG) show that the top price that the city council paid for a Part V home last year was €645,486 paid for a four-bedroom house on Dollymount Avenue.

Mr Geoghegan said that the average cost of a Part V home to the council between 2020 and 2018 was €245,000.

“What the figures demonstrate is that when taken on average, Part V can be a cost effective way of creating mixed tenure communities,” he said.

Thelonious Monk · 07-04-2021 10:28am

Cant for the life of me understand why the council keep buying luxury apartments normal people could never afford to live in

L1011 · 07-04-2021 10:29am

Its almost certain that they will decline the 800 grand apartments - but they must be offered a mix.

cgcsb · 07-04-2021 12:35pm

Keep telling myself, only 4 more years till they are out on their asses.

Fred Cryton · 07-04-2021 7:04pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Cant for the life of me understand why the council keep buying luxury apartments normal people could never afford to live in

Some BS about inclusion.

I've noticed actually Spencer Dock and IFSC have really gone downhill since COVID. Council have clearly leased a huge number of apartments formerly rented to tech workers who have gone home to remote work. No hope of getting them out now so area is only going to get worse.

subpar · 08-04-2021 9:40am

Fred Cryton wrote: »

Some BS about inclusion.

I've noticed actually Spencer Dock and IFSC have really gone downhill since COVID. Council have clearly leased a huge number of apartments formerly rented to tech workers who have gone home to remote work. No hope of getting them out now so area is only going to get worse.

Not accurate. Spencer Dock Apartments were all sold to private individual buyers back in the early 2000's. They have not been sold off or bought by the City Council and the general north doclands area is getting far more developed with high end offices and wiil improve even further once covid abates.

L1011 · 27-04-2021 3:41pm

Fitout has started for a medical centre (GP I believe) in Macken House, the never used retail units on North Wall Avenue

dotsman · 28-04-2021 2:30pm

subpar wrote: »

Not accurate. Spencer Dock Apartments were all sold to private individual buyers back in the early 2000's. They have not been sold off or bought by the City Council and the general north doclands area is getting far more developed with high end offices and wiil improve even further once covid abates.

But private individuals can still sell their properties to the council.

With the pandemic, combined with the flight of amateur landlords, I would imagine that quite a few owners have tried to sell to DCC. How many have been successful? I don't know.

But, I too have noticed a few new residents who one would not expect to be able to afford to buy/rent (by a longshot) &/or would not be the typical person/family who would seek to live in the IFSC. And DCC taking ownership or the landlord reducing rent and accepting HAP (big mistake!) are the only reasons I can think of.

Celltale_CMcN · 21-05-2021 2:59pm

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/johnny-ronan-s-40-storey-docklands-tower-scheme-is-refused-permission-1.4571367

brownbeard · 23-05-2021 3:09pm

Looks like the new medical centre is opening soon just saw this today while passing:

Pomberg77 · 24-05-2021 11:59am

I can hear the Liffey Trust Dance Studios are back open (Still not allowed due to restrictions but doing it anyway) .

You'd forget how lovely it was without them blaring the same song for hours on end across the apartments. WfH for the next few months is going to be a chore now.

stevedublin · 25-05-2021 12:43pm

cgcsb wrote: »

Keep telling myself, only 4 more years till they are out on their asses.

....wait until you see who the new crowd are!

subpar · 17-06-2021 5:20pm

Latest News on Coopers Cross Development

https://www.independent.ie/business/commercial-property/construction-start-shows-enduring-confidence-in-dublin-office-market-40548144.html

L1011 · 17-06-2021 6:51pm

Interesting thing with Coopers Cross is that they've set up the site offices in the never used commercial units of Northbank, so as to not use up space on site

They've also built out over footpaths on Castleforbes Road and Mayor Street in a manner I find very questionable, with no proper provision for pedestrians or wheelchair access to anywhere, particularly as the wide path the other side of Mayor Street is used as a carpark most of the time.

Pomberg77 · 18-06-2021 8:47pm

Looks like a bit of protestin' going on.

(Not mine but might be of interest)

tabbey · 21-06-2021 12:47am

Pomberg77 wrote: »

Looks like a bit of protestin' going on.

(Not mine but might be of interest)

Presumably the meeting is on Monday 21 June not 21 July.

Point Village Shopping Centre

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