Major urban renewal plan for Dublin unveiled

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2005 / July 20

More than half-a-million square metres of commercial property has been designated for development and up to 7,500 houses are to be built under a multi-billion euro urban redevelopment strategy, announced yesterday by Dublin City Council. Olivia Kelly reports. The area surrounding Heuston Station, the markets district between Capel Street and Church Street, and Poolbeg in Ringsend are to undergo extensive regeneration in a 15-year project through the council's new "Framework Plans". While these areas had been earmarked for redevelopment, the extent of commercial and housing space to come online and of the investment involved have just been finalised by the council. The bulk of housing and office space will be located in the Heuston and Poolbeg areas, with the traditional fruit and vegetable markets, some of which had degenerated into "undesirable uses" according to city manager John Fitzgerald, being moved to M50 sites to make way for new "quality" markets serving the public.

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