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What’s that on the top.. the Eye of Sauron?
DDDA have certainly changed their tune on building height all of a sudden.
Sorry, this is old news, but 130,000 square feet for Dunnes, that’s half of Dundrum Town Centre 😮
Dunnes Stores and Point Village Announce Anchor Tenant Agreement
Today Dunnes Stores revealed that it will be the anchor tenant for the Point Village. The deal will see Dunnes take 130,000 square feet of space spread over three floors within the retail element of the village.
The new Dunnes Stores outlet will feature the full Dunnes range including a large food court and fresh produce section, fashion for all the family and home furnishings/furniture.
A spokesperson for Dunnes confirmed the move and stated that the company was looking forward to providing a much needed facility incorporating its full range of products for the growing population of not only of the Docklands but also the surrounding residential catchment. “This will be another City Centre flagship store for us which will include the most up to date modern facilities for customers taking advantage of the quality and design of the Point Village and the extremely customer friendly 1300 capacity car park. The store will incorporate travealators as well as customer lifts.”
“Being able to come to an agreement with the biggest and most respected name in Irish retailing is particularly pleasing,” explained Harry Crosbie, Chairman, Point Village Ltd. “And we’ve agreed a plan that will see Dunnes leading one of the most remarkable retail developments the country has seen. The Village will include the Watchtower opposite the U2 Tower which together will form a marine gateway to the city.”
The Point Village and its shopping quarter will be serviced by a mix of public and private transport. Central to this will be the LUAS line which will serve the Point’s own station, along with at least six quality bus corridors along the quays and the Dublin Port Tunnel. Two new Liffey bridges will connect the site to the southside. River taxis are being introduced and the ferry across the Liffey is coming back.
With an expected population of 65,000 people the Docklands is expected to contribute a significant number of customers while the PointVillage sits at the centre of Dublin’s coastal wealth belt, and will provide a unique retail experience to a much larger catchment area. Meanwhile the Point Village Complex will also act as a major tourist attraction and will be serviced by a 275 bed hotel to be operated by the Clarion Group in addition to a newly extended Point Arena and a new Vicar Street.
Harry Crosbie is also chairman of the National Conference Centre at Spencer Dock and the Libeskind theatre at Grand Canal Quay. These two projects, along with the Point Village will act as people magnets, shifting the centre of gravity of the city down the river Liffey. All in all the development is 1.85 million square feet and will cost €850 million. Construction is well advanced.
Heuston Gate is waiting for its Fire Cert, not sure about the Point Tower though.
Morlan it may be difficult to gauge from where you took the picture but can ou say how advanced the excavation for the tower might be?:)
It’s impossible to tell from the gate, but I’m guessing it will Dec/Jan before we see the lift shaft rising out of the ground.
Here are the excavation works for the tower. You can see the Point Depot to the left.
The excavation works at the back of the truck must be for the escalators in Point Square.
And the District Centre
New Luas line set for launch
Thursday September 27 2007
A BRAND new Luas line from Lucan to Dublin city centre, capable of carrying 20 million passengers annually, will be unveiled today.
The F line is expected to be finished in 2013 and will serve Ballyfermot, Liffey Valley and Lucan.
It will open up a new tram corridor on the south inner city for areas that now have poor rail access.
The line will also connect to the existing Tallaght and Sandyford Luas lines, Irish rail commuter services and the proposed Metro North.
http://www.rpa.ie/upload/documents/Luas%20Line%20F%20Route%20Options%20Detailed%20Drawing.pdf
One step closer to line BX being scrapped altogether?
€100m Luas link derailed
Friday September 28 2007
THE long overdue link-up between the two existing Luas lines has been further delayed to avoid digging up Dublin streets and crippling motorists and businesses for longer than absolutely necessary.
The €100m project to connect the Tallaght and Sandyford lines at O’Connell St, Dublin, will not start now until 2009 at the earliest , the same time as the €5bn Metro.
The link-up from St Stephen’s Green to O’Connell Street will involve digging up much of the city centre around TCD and Westmoreland Street, while the Metro will roughly follow the same route underground.
Instead of digging up the streets for the Luas link-up, and later digging them up again for the Metro it is now expected that both projects will get underway at the same time.
The Railway Procurement Agency and Transport Minister Noel Dempsey yesterday unveiled two proposed routes for the new Luas line from Lucan to the the city centre.
The line will serve Ballyfermot, Liffey Valley and Lucan and is scheduled to be completed by 2013. It will carry up to 25m passengers every year, with a journey time of 42 minutes from Lucan to the city centre.
It will connect to the two existing lines, as well as the Irish Rail network and the proposed metro between the airport and the city centre.
The public is being asked to give its opinion on which route should be chosen, one of which is closer to Ballyfermot.
At a press conference to launch the Luas line, Frank Allen, chief executive of the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA), expressed disappointment that there had not been speedier progress on the city centre link-up.
“We had hoped to have achieved consensus on the route more quickly but that has not happened,” he said.
A new Luas bridge across the River Liffey is being designed to carry trams as part of the new agreed route which runs up O’Connell St and back down Marlborough St before crossing the river.
It is now expected that the link-up and the Metro will start together to avoid digging up streets for one project and then repeating the exercise later.
Mr Dempsey said it was more important to get the project right than doing it fast.
“There is no point in having to dig up the city centre for five or seven years if you can do this in a shorter timescale,” he added.
@ctesiphon wrote:
New interventions? I’ll try to take a look at lunchtime- I work not too far away.
Also, does anyone know why the flags on Clery’s are at half-mast today?
I was in Superquinn car park when it happened. Fair play to the guys 🙁
@PTB wrote:
I started a rumor in Bolton Street recently that there is a tunnel going from Bolton street under the road to the Linenhall buildings. My friends didn’t belive me at the start but I when I fabricated a story about it being regularly used until 1994, when it collapsed due to a minor earthquake, and was surveyed shortly after by my fictional engineer uncle, who swore to it’s existance, they belived me and went off into the basement to look for a possible entrance to the tunnel.
Ye mean feckin bollox! 😀
@hutton wrote:
Many thanks Morlan 🙂
btw I’d love to add some others if there are any more about 🙂Righto, here’s few for the moment. They should be easy to get.
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Great collection there hutton. Definately deserves a thread of its own.
It’s easy to tell which ones are from ****** *****, but I won’t spoil it for the others 😉
Tnx for the shots Graham,
I’m not a fan of the bland-brick facade either, but It will blend in perfectly with the Docklands!
The DCC elegance of the pole in situ says it all.
By the way, I’m planning to interview the Taxi drivers at that rank with my camera so watch this space. I’ve spoken to many drivers about it and the majority are neutral about it. A good majority believed it was gone for good.
@paul h wrote:
Its great to check back onto this site and see this progress (of sorts)
Thanks for the work posting the pics Morlan, and the live cam, sweet!! ]www.dublincity.ie[/url] page but the cams only go up to no.98 or something
No probs 🙂
dublincity.ie doesn’t show all availalbe cameras for some reason. You can access all of them here: http://dublintraffic.com/cameras.htm@ake wrote:
But there should be a great view of the point tower up that street there, whatever it’s called.
Yes, it should be a fantastic view from Harbourmaster Place with the tower terminating the street 1.3km away. It will be one of the longest linear streets in Ireland.
A perspective from Mayor Street Upper & the Spencer Dock development.
And another view from Mayor Sq.
View from Grand Canal Dock.
ctesiphon wrote:(Also, Morlan- you know that’s a live link to the DCC traffic camera you’ve put in there, I presume? ]I do, ctesiphon. Handier than having to upload the latest capture all the time. 🙂
