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1. The decontamination of the gasworks site bounded by Macken Street and Pearse Street has been completed and the area is nearly ready for construction
2. Section 25 certificates have been issued for a number of projects in the area including:
- A mixed-use development of new build offices (13,284 sq.metres) and 69 residential units designed by OMS architects, some of which are accommodated in the historic Boland's Mills.
- The new Grand Canal Square, a public hard landscape public space with a single storey underground carpark designed by Terry Durney and Justine West and now under construction.
- A development on Hanover Quay/Forbes Street (to be designed by Burke Kennedy Doyle Architects) comprising 195 apartments, a public house/restaurant, 4 retail/restaurant units, a creche. First floor office unit of 852 sq m and 169 car parking spaces. The floor area of the proposed development is 21,920 sq m. A total of 40 one bed, 115 two bed and 40 three bed apartment units are proposed.
- A site bounded by Ringsend Road, South Docks and Charlotte Quay Proposed use: Residential development with ground floor offices, designed by Burke-Kennedy Doyle. Number of Residential Units 96 of which 20 are social/affordable. In the private block there will be 22 one bed, 51 two bed and 3 three bed apartments. The social block will have 7 one bed, 12 two bed and 1 three bed apartments.
- The National Performing Arts School is converting No. 33 Sir John Rogerson's Quay. The change of use is from an office/showroom/storage to a performing arts rehearsal space. The Floor area of the proposed development is c. 1,288 sq. metres.
- A mixed-use development of office and residential units at the corner of Barrow Street and Ringsend Road, offering 69 Residential Units of which 14 are social/affordable. In the private block there will be 4 one bed, 40 two bed and 11 three bed apartments. The social block will have 8 one bed, 5 two bed and 1 three bed apartments.
3. Planning permission has been granted by An Bord Pleanala for a landmark
96-metre "skyscraper" designed by OMS architects at the eastern end of Sir John Rogerson's Quay.
If built, it would be the tallest building in Ireland. The tapering
glazed structure, significantly higher than Liberty Hall's 59 metres,
would rise up from the former Hammond Lane metalworks at the confluence
of the Liffey, the Dodder and the Grand Canal.
4. The renowned Scottish practice Benson & Forsyth won the competition to design the mixed use development on the prime site bounded by Pearse Street, Macken Street and in the future Grand Canal Square. O'Mahoney Pike came second and were awarded another mixed-use development further north-west on Hanover Quay.
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