New Developments in Galway City
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Here’s another image of that City Point development on Prospect Hill – looks much more promising in this one – the black stone would look quite striking I think and in this scenario the pre patinated copper would work. it’s grand when it’s being used sparingly on roofs etc. or when it’s done with a bit of flair like on GMIT but when it’s just tokenistically plastered on a building as wallpaper as in the building down at the claddagh or used in stupidly inappropriate places like the kiosks in Eyre Sq it becomes a problem….
Check out this new Site, Pretty impressed myself! http://www.gluas.com/
I can understand your impatience with the ubiquity of patinated copper, but it’s just a fad, like many other fads, e.g. exposed concrete, unpainted galvanised metal, acres of glass cladding and flat-roofed, boxy house extensions. Much of architecture – at any period – is fashion and what is touted as ‘cutting edge’ (whatever that means) is actually just the latest trend. So, there’s a lot more patinated copper to come until people get tired of it and go on to something else like titanium (no, sorry, that’s been done) – and it’s still better as a surface material than exposed concrete, especially in this climate.
Hi Guys Just found these Pics of The HOPEFULLY soon to be approved and redeveloped Galway Shopping Centre on The Headford Rd, http://www.lsharch.co.uk/portfolio_retail_mixed_gal.htm the Architects involved seem to have a lot of experience in these sort of major redecelopments, i personally hope for Galway citys sake this plan is approved asap especially in the current economic climate and the fact the city is starting to have retail spending leakage to smaller centres such as Athlone recently.
Hope these come out Bigger!
No joy im afraid but you can see them better at http://www.lsharch.co.uk/portfolio_retail_mixed_gal.htm
As far as I know the plan will move ahead once the oil depots have been fully moved to there new location further down the docks and the current ones are demolished, this is gonna happen in the next few months as they have to be down before the Volvo yacht race in May 2009
Great to hear IÉ taking somw initiative for a change. I really hope they introduce Double tracking between Ceannt and Athenry. A single track wouldn’t have a hope in hell of accomidating Commuter services to Athenry and intercity services to Dublin and Limerick
http://www.crownsquare.ie/index.htm also heres a look at the new crown development. looks great,
yea i passed the crown development the other day,i had heard about a year back but never knew it had been approved,it looks like they already have the groundwork down!!
@rob mc wrote:
yea i passed the crown development the other day,i had heard about a year back but never knew it had been approved,it looks like they already have the groundwork down!!
bit dissapointed from the website looks like its gonna be Homebase that anchors the development.. my hopes of Galway getting an Ikea seem dashed :p
@Jammyd wrote:
bit dissapointed from the website looks like its gonna be Homebase that anchors the development.. my hopes of Galway getting an Ikea seem dashed :p
Only another 1.2m people to add to reach their primary retail catchment floor. For a retail park it looks quite good; the architects job on Festival Place Basingstoke is an interesting project as it involved the remodeling of a failed 1960’s planned town type scheme (bizarely dropped into the centre of quite a pleasant market town) into a hugely successful covered shopping centre that attracts a footfall of 350,000 per week which is impressive for a town of 90,000 people.
Any updates on the Ceannt Station project?
@PVC King wrote:
Only another 1.2m people to add to reach their primary retail catchment floor. For a retail park it looks quite good; the architects job on Festival Place Basingstoke is an interesting project as it involved the remodeling of a failed 1960’s planned town type scheme (bizarely dropped into the centre of quite a pleasant market town) into a hugely successful covered shopping centre that attracts a footfall of 350,000 per week which is impressive for a town of 90,000 people.
Any updates on the Ceannt Station project?
Galway has 72,000 in total.. not 90,000. 🙂 a bit of an exaggeration.
@dave123 wrote:
Galway has 72,000 in total.. not 90,000. 🙂 a bit of an exaggeration.
It’s approx 102,000 within a 15 KM radius of the city.
Still a small place though.UP TO 1,000 jobs will be created by the new look €200 million Galway Shopping Centre when it is completed within the next five years.
Work on the massive project — which will see the size of the centre quadruple — is expected to begin early in the New Year, with the developers keen to begin as soon as possible.
The redevelopment plan for the centre is set to be given planning permission following a vote by city councillors last Monday in favour of rezoning land to accommodate a new entrance.
The entire four-phase project should be completed by 2013, with the first phase expected to be completed in 2010. And according to the project’s backers, Harcourt Developments, the construction phases will create around 250 to 300 jobs.
In a letter to councillors, Harcourt’s Director of Group Operations Conal Harvey asked that the rezoning be passed so that the development “can proceed as soon as possibleâ€.
“The total projected investment in the project is in the order of €200m over a four to five year period, with construction employment running at 250 to 300 people. When the entire centre is completed, employment will grow by an additional 1,000 jobs,†he said.
This week, councillors voted 12-2 in favour of a Material Contravention of the City Development Plan to rezone land on the Sean Mulvoy Road (owned by Hibernians Football Club) to make way for a new entrance to the shopping centre.
The access roadway from the Sean Mulvoy Road will be 70 metres in length, and according to planners, the development will result in an overall improvement of the access roads, including junction changes and better use for pedestrians, cyclists and buses.
The Council’s Director of Services for Planning, Tom Connell, advised members to accept the recommendations being made by the Council’s executive, adding that it was “a vote of confidence that such an investment is to be made in the cityâ€. :D:D:D:D:D
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http://www.harcourtdevelopments.com/images/galway.jpgFantastic. Lets make the Galway Shopping Centre, which is located at the Terryland Roundabout, the biggest bottleneck in the city, four times its current size. Yes, that’ll be a good idea, all that extra traffic will make getting across the city EVEN MORE FUN.
Good grief why couldnt this wait till the Outer Bypass had at least been started?
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