€800m Ballymun regeneration gets go-ahead

Updated: 22:08, Monday, 21 September 2009

Treasury Holdings has secured full planning permission for the €800m regeneration of Ballymun Town Centre in north Dublin.

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One News: David Murphy, Business Editor, reports that NAMA will have the final say in whether or not the plan can go ahead
One News: David Murphy, Business Editor, reports that NAMA will have the final say in whether or not the plan can go ahead

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The new Spring Cross development represents the largest mixed-use town centre permission that has ever been granted in Ireland.

The company is promising 2,000 construction jobs in a scheme that will take three years to complete.

The scheme includes 360 apartments, 60,000sq metres of retail space, 35,000sq metres of offices and 11,000sq metres of other uses including a leisure and civic building with cinemas, bowling alleys, a public library and restaurants.

Work on the project will begin next year.

  • Morning Ireland: Ciaran Murray, Ballymun Regeneration Ltd, describes his company's plans for the north Dublin community to be called Springs Cross

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    21 September 2009

    Ciaran Murray, Ballymun Regeneration Ltd, describes his company's plans for the north Dublin community to be called Springs Cross

  • News At One: David Murphy, Business Editor, reports that the Ballymun Town Centre would be a central part of the area's regeneration plans

    News At One

    21 September 2009

    David Murphy, Business Editor, reports that the Ballymun Town Centre would be a central part of the area's regeneration plans

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