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have to say i think the 20 story handbag looks good. I think it would fit with the Clarion and Riverpoint. A view from the other side would be good. Heard rumour of a high rise tower if the Arthurs Quay/Liddy St project gets the go ahead.Anyone hear anymore about the status of that project especially with Debenhams taking over Roches?
Apparently there is a plan pn the way for this street. I agree it is horrible at the moment but a firend who manages a business on William Street says it is on the way. I’ll try to find out more. They can;t do all the streetss at once but if the pedestrianisation of Bedford Row and the start of Thomas Street are anything to go by..things will look great in a year or two. Can’t happen overnight,
@Tuborg wrote:
Who or what are superdrug?, its not a chain of chemists is it?:rolleyes:
William street really needs to be re-energized, theres a lot of deadwood there at the moment, sports 2000 was a prime example of this and always seemed to attract its fair share of wannabe scumbags! What this street needs is a big name retailer to attract more footfall. This building is in an excellent location and is one of the bigger units on the street,i really thought it would’ve been more sought after than this, what we really need to do is get rid of the charity and betting shops that seem to have taken over the upper portion of the street in particular!
The physical condition of the street dosent exactly give a good impression either, the buildings are dirty, many of them are in a state of decay (the upper floors especially) and the pavement is broken and in urgent need of replacement, i know major streetscape renewal works are planned but i dont think theres a timescale for this yet. Bedford row is basically complete and the thomas street works are underway, is william street next?
Limerick waterfront sites to fetch €100m
ADVERTISEMENTLANDS totalling 7.2 acres fronting the Shannon at Limerick stand to fetch €100m.
Shannon Foynes Port Company is seeking tenders from developers for the purchase of two prime waterfront properties. The largest of the sites is a 5.3 acre development property with significant frontage to the River Shannon and located on the west side of Limerick Docklands.
The port company is also selling a 1.9 acre site beside the Clarion Hotel. Both sites are being sold by Jones Lang LaSalle and could set a new benchmark for Limerick city. The sale will generate interest from developers seeking to cash in on the transformation of the Shannonside Docklands – driving land values up towards levels heretofore seen only in the capital.
Earmarked
The Docklands has already been earmarked as one of Limerick’s most important developments areas over the next decade – extending Limerick city centre as a new residential business and leisure quarter.
The sales form part of an overall (and very valuable) 40 acre holding between the Shannon and the Dock Road. Redevelopment of this area has already commenced with the Clarion Hotel a landmark building to the north east of the port company’s lands.
The land now for sale is zoned “general purpose” under the Limerick City Development Plan 2004. Preferred land uses include “hotel/motel, residential, local shop and neighbourhood shop. offices, community facility, cultural use, schools, science and technology based industries,” among others.
Both sites are for sale by tender. The larger site has approximately 190m of frontage to the River Shannon. Access is from Atlas Avenue.
The 1.9 acre site is roughly rectangular and presently includes a portion of the old disused Graving Dock. Both sites are freehold and Des Lennon at JLLS has the complete details.
The Limerick City Development Plan 2004 identifies the Docklands area as a significant remaining major landbank for both “greenfield” and urban renewal redevelopment potential for the city.
It identifies the Docklands precinct as a key element for the implementation of the National Spatial Strategy and the development of this area is to be viewed as an adjunct to the city centre, whilst providing an opportunity for the provision of a range of mixed land uses which will add value and employment opportunities for the city.
i know people have concerns about that design but I think its definitely a good thing for the city. Even as a construction site you can see it will have a good impact driving out the Ennis road and the Hilton is a good brand hotel. Definitely positive imo. The apartments are definitely at the higher end of the market as well so can;t see another Mount Kennet type thing devloping there.
Good news for the region!
The companies behind two new hotel developments in Dublin and Limerick say the projects will create 250 jobs.
Hilton International is to operate the hotels, in which developer Lalco Developments has invested over €80m. Both hotels are scheduled to open in late 2006.
The seven-storey high, 184-bedroom Limerick Hilton is part of a larger development which will include 137 apartments, while the Kilmainham Hilton has 120 rooms over five floors. The hotel is situated beside Kilmainham Gaol and is part of the Chocolate Factory development which includes apartments, office and retail space.
Ryanair has announced five new routes from Shannon, bringing its total number of routes from the airport to 24.
The new routes are to Biarritz and Carcassonne in the south of France, Faro in Portugal, Krakow in Poland and Venice in Italy. Ryanair says it will also increase frequency on routes from Shannon to Barcelona Malaga and Milan. The new routes will start on October 12.
‘From September, Ryanair will base a fourth Boeing 737-800 aircraft in Shannon, bringing our investment in Shannon to over $240m,’ said CEO Michael O’Leary.
Maybe you;re right. but i wouldn’t trust wikipedias info to be fair. Firstly they list Shannon traffic based on 2004 numbers. TRaffic in Shannon hsa grown immensley this year. The also say Shannon is the main transatlantic airport in ireland and Cork acts as one of Ryanairs main European hubs so its a arseways anyway. There’s only 4 routes listed out of Cork with Ryanair on their site and one of them is Dublin as opposed to 20 routes from Shannon. The only piece on examiner.ie is what i posted. Just curious anyway..no biggie.
Have a look at this though from Nov 25th..
http://www.shannonairport.com/AR_Shannon/Live/Lv_Pres_View_NewsItem.asp?intStory_ID=95
and the Wikipedia stuff below.
Shannon Airport (IATA: SNN, ICAO: EINN) is Ireland’s main transatlantic airport. 2.4 million passengers travelled through Shannon in 2004, making it the third busiest airport in Ireland. Shannon is situated in County Clare in the mid-west of Ireland, just 15km from Limerick City. The airport is operated by the Dublin Airport Authority. This company also administers Dublin Airport and Cork International Airport. Shannon Airport mostly handles transatlantic flights and flights to Britain. Shannon and Dublin are the only two European airports with U.S. border preclearance facilities
Cork International Airport is one of Ireland’s principal airports, situated on the south side of Cork City in an area known as Ballygarvan. The airport is currently operated by Dublin Airport Authority. Cork Airport handles scheduled and charter flights to domestic and European destinations as well as cargo services and general aviation. As the airport had over 2.730 million passengers pass through its doors in 2005, it makes it Ireland’s second busiest airport, after Dublin. Aer Lingus and Aer Arann are the largest operators at Cork Airport by number of aircraft movements. Aer Lingus and Ryanair are the largest operators by number of passengers. It acts as a main European hub for both Ryanair and Aer Lingus.]
@pier39 wrote:
theres your problem right there. hehe. only messing.
was going to say that myself but said i wouldn;t :p
I think Shannons traffic is still larger due to the huge increase of Ryanair traffic in the last year, a doubling of US military traffic(which i’m not sure is included in the 3.3 million as they are transit only and not terminal passengers – could be wrong though) and new routes to the US from different airlines (Continental/American and US Air) along with new European routes outside of Ryanairs expansion, In Sept Shannon had well exceeded 2.5 million for the first 3/4 of the year.
Is there an article that actually states that, because what i posted above is all that was on the examiner site and that would be major news but have seen it nowhere else ?
as in this…
14/01/06
Cork Airport passengers up 21%CORK International Airport has reported that 2.729 million passengers used the airport during 2005, a rise of 21.1% on the previous year.
The London market rose 27.1% – accounting for 67% of the overall British market. Overall, 1.57m passengers travelled on British routes.
@A-ha wrote:
I doubt many of you will be interested to know, but Cork International Airport handeled a total of over 2.730 million passengers in 2005. This places it ahead of Shannon Airport (2.4m passengers), making Cork Ireland’s second busiest airport. Good thing Terminal 2 is almost nearing completion, as far as I know it’s still on schedule and due to open in April.
Don]http://www2.limerickpost.ie/dailynews.elive?id=7027&category=Daily-Sat[/url]
