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Riverpoint Tower will be completed in two months

By Claire Connolly Doyle
THE city’s flagship building, the 75million euro 14-storey Riverpoint tower, opposite Shannon Bridge, will be ready in August. As part of the development, the worst eyesore in Limerick, Munchin House, will be torn down and rebuilt in keeping with the striking architecture of the neighbouring tower.

It could not be demolished before now as its tenant, the Department of Agriculture occupies most of it and will be moving into the Riverpoint tower when its ready for occupation.

So far, all of the apartments in the building to the right of the tower and to its rear have been sold and marketing will begin in September of the remaining 100 that will be located in the building that will replace Munchin House.

This development has a completion deadline of July 2006.

According to Rooney Auctioneers’ Gordon Kearney, all but one of the tower’s 14 storeys have been sold with just the ninth floor remaining.

But Riverpoint isn’t cheap. With two bedroomed apartments costing “north of 300,000 euro” according to Mr Kearney, they are well in excess of the average apartment price in Limerick. With tax incentives, two bedroomed apartments cost in or around 250,000 euro, or 210,000 without, according to Mr Kearney.

“But considering the location and the luxury of this property, it isn’t expensive,” insists Mr Kearney, “the views are spectacular.”

The Riverpoint tower is not as high as The Clarion Hotel, whose own architecture it mirrors. The Clarion towers above the Shannon at 17 storeys and 208 feet tall.

Clarion manager, Sean Lally said this week that he is “delighted” with the building and that it is “wonderful to see two of the highest buildings in the country alongside each other in Limerick”. He added that he hoped there would be more.

The entire Riverpoint development includes 124 one, two and three-bedroomed apartments and almost 67,000 sq ft of office space spanning 14 floors. It will have an on-site restaurant and bar on the ground floor which has already been purchased, a gym, creche and several, probably small, shops. It also has 200 parking spaces which can be purchased either by residents or workers. Each one costs 15,000 euro to buy.

Riverpoint’s developer is Limerickman Michael Daly who is also behind the Savoy development which he will be beginning work on next year.

Dublin based firm, Burke-Kennedy Doyle, are the architects of Riverpoint, which may well be in the running for some awards for their eye-catching design.

i heard that clare and limerick county council rejected the boundary extension yet again????
i cannot understand this it has not been enlaged since 1950???

its real population is close to 100,000
Galway, athlone and othe centres have expanded theirs
considering glaway city bounday is 2 or three times bigger than limerick city boundary and twice hte size of corks ciy boundary??
it dosent make sense…..

Enhanced city streets

WITH the next phase of Limerick city centre’s street remodelling due to commence shortly on upper Bedford Row and plans currently in hand to develop a number of the city’s laneways, the transformation of the heart of Limerick city is well and truly underway.

Last week councillors were presented with further details of the upgrade and voicing his confidence in the project, Cllr Joe Leddin, chairman of Limerick City Council’s Transportation Strategic Committee, pointed out that already the city has benefited from enhanced quality surfaces, street lighting, street furniture, wider pavements and additional tree planting.

“The next phase of the street remodelling will include areas between O’Connell Street and Cecil Street, William Street, Little William Street, Little Catherine Street and Fox’s Bow, all of which will result in a more enhanced street landscape.”

The councillor tempered his enthusiasm however with some cautionary observations: “While currently experiencing a major change in its physical look, Limerick does face a direct threat from the arrival of suburban retail centres and we must now act to make the city centre a more attractive and safe place in which to shop and socialise and to do business in.

“Most modern cities now have their centre either fully or partially pedestrianised and Limerick must follow this route. With the future completion of the fourth river crossing, which will result in less through traffic coming into the city, we must seize this opportunity to redirect the remaining traffic volumes around the city and breathe new life and activity back into the heart of Limerick city,” he said.

The Transportation Committee chairman also stressed the importance of green routes to successful pedestrianisation in the city.

“We need quality green routes to enable people to access the city quickly and efficiently with reliable public transport. Once suitable orbital routes for traffic have been identified around the city there’s no reason why we should not move towards complete pedestrianisation of O’Connell Street.”

The councillor said he is convinced that a vibrant city centre creates an atmosphere that cannot be found in a retail complex, which is why the “creation of a city centre with character, buzz and charm will become a huge source of appeal that will totally revitalise the heart of Limerick city”.
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i don’t how to post them larger? i know the royal george building looks way out of proportion and looks more like floor tiles , i didn;t really look to much at because i don;t the plans?i would like to be able to post them straight onto the thread without attachments?

i got a pic of the dev. of royal georges site (not sure )
havent a clue of the rest of them
all are high quality design
taits courner (mistake) its not taits courner just came up when i ssved iteml.ie architects

i agree with you Anto about the arthurs quay park, such a amazing 360 view is really sheltered ???from the centre of the park you can see feck all i haven’t been there for a few years myself

the new building near Taits clock , is a real splendid design of a building!!!
not only is it different and cutting edge it also fits really well with the old buildings too

you have to go see it for yourself , and you’ll see the resemblance, well thats my verdict
and its quite different to most new buildings built in the city or others new dev in other cities.
the pavement in even brings out the building further i think (almost forgot)

its a real pity the cresent didnt build upwards ? realisitc there is no land for anymore dev. practically
they could of come up with two levels at the old sections of the SC where the ceilings are very low and would make more of a balance throughout the entire Sc as the new Units have very high ceilings like liffy Valley.

there are some real derilict buildings that were rfine in thier old days but pity they are to ruins , even on some major throughfares and courners in the city

here is a few mor pics , couldnt wait to post them !

and nicolas street it has changed not much since 1200! medivel times