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€230m dockside office block gets the nod

The Irish Independent

Construction on the controversial Spencer Dock site is set to begin after the Dublin Docklands Development Authority gave the green light to a major office development. Special "Section 25" planning permission has been granted for the €230m office block scheduled to house anchor tenant PricewaterhouseCooper's new headquarters building. The project is being undertaken by the Spencer Dock Development Company, a public/private consortium comprising Treasury Holdings, CIE and docklands entrepreneur Harry Crosbie