Brian Graham
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@TLM wrote:
I wonder if the plan to link Georges St into Dublin Castle on the axis with Exchequer Street is also now back on the cards..
Good question, I would presume it is much the same plan. The original planning permission granted in 2001 is valid up to August next year. Trawling through the Council site, I found a “Pre-Application Consultation”, submitted in Jan 06 which is still undecided, reference PAC0019/06, location “Castle House, Georges Street, Dublin 2”, text is “Change to previously approved development from office to residential on upper floors and the addition of two more floors.” Frank McDonald’s article quoted by Devin above mentions 110,837 sq ft with an additional 5,920 sq ft in a new penthouse floor on the Stamping Branch, but yesterdays article mentions “150,000sq ft of offices” (which may include the existing buildings)
Anyone have any more goss on it?
It looks like the plan has been revived. The lead article in the commercial property section in the Times today is about the Revenue Commisioners having rented space in the new Dunnes building at the top of Sth Gt Georges St.
The end of the article says –
“The Revenue’s office deal with Dunnes Stores means that its staff will only be moving a few hundred yards from its offices in Castle House and Wicklow House at the bottom of South Great George’s Street. Once its lengthy lease of those buildings ran out, the Revenue looked for alternative space close to its offices in Dublin Castle. The new block completed by Dunnes proved an ideal alternative and staff are due to move in the coming weeks.
The owners of Castle House and Wicklow House, Chartered Properties, in which the McCanns of Fyffes are investors, plan to embark on a €60 million redevelopment of the buildings which include 15 shops. When completed it will have a new frontage and 13,935sq m (150,000sq ft) of offices”.
