Work to begin on site of €800m 'Point Village'

The Irish Times

Preliminary construction work is to begin on the site of a landmark tower, shopping development and leisure complex on a 12-acre site near the Point on Dublin's North Wall Quay. This follows the granting of enabling works permission for the proposed scheme by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) on April 6th. The €800 million scheme, to be known as the Point Village, will include a 20,000sq m shopping centre, 13,000sq m of office space, a 250-bed hotel with 20 apartments, a 12-screen multiplex cinema and a Samuel Beckett museum. Its "signature building" is the "Watchtower", a 32-storey structure housing 500sq m of office space, luxury apartments and a rooftop bar and restaurant. The tower, facing the U2 Tower on Britain Quay on the opposite bank of the Liffey, would "form a dramatic marine gateway into the city", a spokesman for the developer, Point Village Ltd, said.

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