Construction has begun on the €123m mixed development for the new town of Clonburris in south county Dublin.
On 25 September 2024, work began on the construction of an eight-storey residential and retail unit.
Comprising of two residential blocks, the building will provide 115 apartments, a car park and a retail unit on the ground floor. The apartments will take up the remaining seven floors.
Also on the ground floor is a dedicated loading bay for use by the retail unit.
Cairn Homes Properties Limited received permission to construct 495 new homes on the Kishoge Urban Centre site.
As part of plans, developers will remove existing hardstanding and construct 11 apartment blocks in total.
There will be 449 apartments in total with 216 one-beds, 46 two-beds (for three persons), 187 two-beds (for four persons).
A further 46 duplexes (22 two-beds for four persons and 24 three-beds) are to be built.
These apartments will be arranged across Blocks A-F.
Around 2,502 sq.m has been allocated for retail place, which includes one large two-storey retail unit and two independent retail units on the ground floor of Block B.
A further 4,607 is allocated for employment floorspace across a six-storey building and two independent employment units also on the ground floor of Block B.
A bike hub and a café will also be found in the employment building
A creche will be built on the ground floor of Block E.
Clonburris Southern Link Street will provide vehicular access to the site.
The development, situated between Lucan, Clondalkin and Liffey Valley, will also feature an urban plaza as part of a public open space as well as play areas and cycle lanes.
Basement car parking will be found at Blocks B to C while Blocks A, D and the retail box will have undercroft parking.
Around 403 parking spaces will also be built at surface-level, including car sharing, accessible spaces, motorcycle parking and electric vehicle charging points.
This mixed-development is another phase of Cairn Homes’ plan to create a new thriving community along the canal in Clonburris.
Currently, the developers have plans to build 5,000 new homes in the area.
The Clonburris Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme seeks to create a “new Dublin neighbourhood with the perfect balance of urban living and open nature”.
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