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INTERNATIONAL DRINKS GIANT Diageo has announced plans to develop an urban quarter at the site of the Guinness brewery in Dublin.
Diageo – which produces Guinness – plans to develop 12.6 acres at St James’s Gate into “one of the most dynamic urban quarters in Ireland and Europe”.
The multinational drinks company said advancements in technology and significant investment meant that it could now brew more beer with less space at the historic brewery.
As a result of this it will transform 12.6 acres of the nearly 50 acre St James’s Gate site, which has been a mainstay of the Dublin city brewing landscape for hundreds of years.
According to Diageo, the new urban development will be called the St James’s Gate Quarter.
Diageo said that it had worked with planning and architectural experts to create a vision that is underpinned by the Dublin City Development Plan and the Liberties Local Area Plan (where the site is located).
The quarter will be a mixed use area with commercial, office and residential space and will be fully integrated into the wider Liberties area. Diageo said there will also be public spaces and streets within the quarter.
It said it is now searching for a development partner to help it create the quarter.
The development will be phased over a long period, and Diageo said it will retain ownership of the iconic St James’s Gate and Arthur Guinness’s residence.
“We are committed to a long-term sustainable future at St James’s Gate and are delighted to be opening streets, creating spaces, and generating opportunity,” said country director for Diageo Ireland Oliver Loomes.
We are transforming our centuries-old vat houses, brew houses and cooperages into incredible spaces that will house and inspire a new generation of entrepreneurs, residents and visitors, dreamers and doers.
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Just a thought. Phoenix Park could shed 40 acres and still be the largest park in a city in Europe and could house an enormous complex designed for Irelands massive Financial and IT related workforce who want a nice apartment with good internet. It could house, say, 80-100k people.
Suddenly all the 3 beds in Harolds Cross/Drumcondra and further out don’t make sense to rent out and landlords will elect to sell them, freeing up houses for families to buy or rent more affordably.
Barriers to this include Dublin CoCo thinking the buildings would be too tall for their liking and them not wanting to put infrastructure there, plus Phoenix park losing 60 out of 1,760 acres. Or, we can do nothing and leave the city embarrassingly stunted…. whatever suits.
@Richard Wright: It would be easy to connect to the Luas, ideal for cyclists…. I mean, you put together a bunch of valid points though.
@Ciaran Ó Fallúin: OMG! I thought you were being ironic when I read the first part but as I read on I realised you are just a philistine.
@Ciaran Ó Fallúin:
Great point. Even 10% of the Phoenix park could easily house 100,000 people.
The whole 50 acres should be redeveloped. Retain a vistor and “heritage” centre for the tourists, and move the actual brewing outside the M50. Thousands of apartments could be built there.
@Fred Jetson: Sure sure, no history at all associated with that site. While we’re at it, tear Custom House down, that’s a perfect spot for apartments too.
@Darragh Ó Tuathail:
Nonsense. What “history” are you talking about. People going to work in a factory. Wow. Times change and move on.
@Fred Jetson: you do know the storehouse is the number 1 tourist spot in the country right? and without Guinness half the world wouldn’t know we exist , that’s enough history for me,maybe you should move somewhere cheaper you sound very frustrated.
@Philip Mc dermott:
Keep it as a visitor centre and develop the rest. What’s the problem? Do you think tourists actually care where in Ireland it’s brewed? As long as it’s somewhere in the country.
@Fred Jetson: There has been brewing done in that area for over 700 years, long before Guinness were there – obviously you don’t know anything about the area. Maybe do some research before coming out with stupid comments.
@Fred Jetson: You do understand that the whole point of heritage centres is that there has to still be some heritage there?
@Áine Foley:
Make it a museum piece to the last 700 years then. They can still give out half pints to the tourists. We need to move on into the future now.
It’s all so they have a living backlot to film their new Guinness-inspired soap opera ‘Beer City’.
You’d want to like the smell of hops!
But you’ll have to move out in 9000 years..
In all honesty, nothing will happen. An Taisce will appeal anything over the height of a Barrel, as it is not in keeping with the area.
build up!! stop building on every green space
hope they dont bulldoze all those old buildings
Good news for Paschals wife,
Last place I’d want live, dream and innovate..
@ Ciaran O Failluin. Ive suggested the possibility of high quality apts to the Southern Periphery. And perhaps even a Luas extension from Hueston.
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