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€15.3 Million Student Accommodation in Summerhill Dublin

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Commenced on 3rd August 2016

Site
123-128 Summerhill
Backing onto 6, 7, 7A Gardiner Lane
Dublin 1

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Build Value Estimate: €15.3 Million
Commencement: 3 August 2016
Floor Area: 10,475.8 Sq M
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Description: The student development project will consist of modifications to extant permission Reg. Ref. 4521/08 (ABP Ref. PL.29N.233115), the duration of which was extended under Reg. Ref. 4521/08×1, comprising of the change of use from permitted hotel use to student accommodation use including internal and external modifications to the permitted scheme. Principal modifications include: modifications to the permitted internal layout to facilitate proposed change of use from hotel use to student accommodation use to provide a total of 374 no. student bed spaces and associated facilities including common/social spaces; study rooms; laundry room and facilities management offices and stores and the incorporation of a retail/café unit of approximately 96 sqm; omission of single storey element to the west of the site and replacement with courtyard/garden amenity space and 1 no. parking space for persons with disabilities; reduction in floor to floor heights from 2.85m to 2.7m on upper floor levels throughout the permitted scheme, and increase in ground floor from 4.7m to 5.4m (summerhill and central block only), allowing the incorporation of an additional floor in the block fronting onto Gardiner Lane (increase from 6 no. to 7 no. storeys onto Gardiner Lane with no overall increase in the permitted building height); modifications to the permitted eastern elevation to provide angled openings over the 7 no. permitted storeys; modifications to western elevations to replace green wall screen with angled windows over the 7 no. permitted storeys; omission of louvres from Gardiner Lane elevation; minor, localised, modification to the permitted footprint of the building together with associated modifications on all elevations; omission of permitted undercroft car parking (33 no. spaces) and replacement ancillary student accommodation uses; provision of a total of 332 no. bicycle parking spaces; conversion of permitted flat roof to roof gardens at seventh floor and eight floor levels (sixth and seventh floor level onto Summerhill Block and Central Blocks respectively); relocation of vehicular entrance on Summerhill and omission of vehicular exit (and associated ramp) onto Gardiner Lane, and all associated modifications to landscaping; boundary treatments; site and development works.

The proposed modifications result in an overall increase from 9,310 sqm gross floor area (excludes car parking area) to 10,475.8 sqm (or 10,157.9 sqm excluding ancillary bicycle parking; plant and bin storage area); the proposed modifications are generally within the extent of the development permitted under Reg. Ref. 4521/08 (ABP Ref. PL.29N.233115) and presents a total of 8 no. storeys onto Summerhill; 7 no. storeys within the central block and 7 no. storeys ( 1 no. additional floor incorporated into the permitted building extent) onto Gardiner Lane.

Applicant
Summer Road Developments Ltd.
Block 1
Quayside Business Park
Dundalk
Co.Louth

Architect
Declan Brassil & Co. Ltd
Declan Brassil
Lincoln House
Phoenix Street
Smithfield
Dublin 7
01 8746153 | info@dbcl.ie | www.dbcl.ie

Contractor
McAleer & Rushe Group
Ryan Tierney
17-19 Dungannon Road
Cookstown
BT80 8TL
028 86763741 | info@mcaleer-rushe.co.uk | www.mcaleer-rushe.co.uk

Consulting Engineer
AECOM
Conor Dwyer
4th Floor Adelphi Centre
George’s Street Upper
Dun Laoghaire
Co. Dublin
01 2383100 | www.aecom.com

Consulting Engineer
Caldwell Consulting Engineers
Alan Geddis
Unit 6 Forestgrove Business Park
Newtownbreda
BT8 6AW
077 33262778 | alan@caldwellconsulting.net | www.caldwellconsulting.co.uk

Consulting Engineer
RWDI
Ruth Shilston
Unit 1 Tilers Road
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK11 3LH
01582 470250 | ruth.shilston@rwdi.com | www.rwdi.com

Consultant
Future Analytics Consulting Ltd
23 Fitzwilliam Square
Dublin 2
01 6394836 | info@futureanalytics.ie | www.futureanalytics.ie

Consultant
McAleer & Rushe Group
Dominic Trainor
17-19 Dungannon Road
Cookstown
BT80 8TL
028 86763741 | info@mcaleer-rushe.co.uk | www.mcaleer-rushe.co.uk

Consultant
Urban Innovations Ltd.
Adrian Stewart
Wellington Buildings
2 Wellington Street
Belfast
BT1 6HT
028 90435060 | ui@urbaninnovations.co.uk | urbaninnovations.co.uk

Landscape Architect
David Clarke Landscape Architect
David Clarke
645 Shore Road
Whiteabbey Village
Newtownabbey
Co. Antrim BT37 0ST
028 90867337 | info@david-clarke.net | www.david-clarke-landscape-architect.co.uk

Consultant
TMS Environment Ltd.
Imelda Shanahan
53 Broomhill Drive
Tallaght
Dublin 24
01 4626710 | tms@tmsenv.ie | www.tmsenv.ie

Engineer
ETHOS Engineering
Paul O’Neill
Apex Business Centre
Blackthorn Road
Sandyford
Dublin 18
01 2932220 | info@ethoseng.ie | www.ethoseng.ie

€36m Student Accommodation Construction – Mill Street Dublin 8

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Site

Warrenmount Convent
10 Mill Street
Newmarket
Dublin 8

Units: 96

Floor Area: 17769 Sq M

Planning Granted: 04/09/15

Beds: 406

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The student accommodation construction development will consist of the demolition of all existing structures on site, with the exception of No. 10 Mill Street (Protected Structure), adjoining former Mission Hall structure and contiguous sections of historic brick walls and historic boundary walls to the southern boundary of the site, and the construction of a mixed use Student Accommodation, Office, Retail and Restaurant/ Event Space development totalling 18,796 sq.m gross floor area (GFA) and including the restoration of No. 10 Mill Street (Protected Structure) and the adjoining former Mission Hall. The proposed development will comprise of a total of 96 no. Student Accommodation units (including 36 no. Studio units) providing a total of 406 no. student bedspaces, together with ancillary student accommodation facilities including social space, gym, laundry facilities, management office, (15,093 sq.m GFA in total), including the provision of a single storey pavilion building.

Applicant
The Creedon Group
11/12 Newmarket
Dublin 8
01 4542066

Architect
Declan Brassil & Co. Ltd
Lincoln House
Phoenix Street
Smithfield
Dublin 7
01 8746153 | info@dbcl.ie | www.dbcl.ie

Consultant
Reddy Architecture & Urbanism
Dartry Mills
Dartry Road
Dublin 6
01 4987000 | dublin@reddyarchitecture.com | www.reddyarchitecture.com

Consultant Engineer
Barrett Mahony Consulting Engineers
Sandwith House
52-54 Lower Sandwith Street
Dublin 2
01 6773200 | bmce@bmce.ie | www.bmce.ie

Consultant
Shaffrey Associates Architects
29 Lower Ormond Quay
Dublin 1
01 872 5602 | studio@shaffrey.ie | www.shaffrey.ie

€25m Student Accommodation Granted – Dorset Street Upper, Dublin 1

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€25m Student Accommodation Apartment Development
104A, 105-106, 107-115 Dorset Street Upper
65-70 Wellington Street
Dublin 1
Co. Dublin

Floor Area: 14248 Sq M

Units: 108

Granted Date: 16th July 2015

Targeted Investment Opportunities PLC intend to apply for planning permission on a 0.57 ha site located at portion of 104A part 105-106 and 107-115 Dorset Street Upper & No 65-70 Wellington Street Lower, Dublin 1. The site is bounded on the east by Dorset Street Upper, on the north by Wellington Street Lower, on the west by Paradise Place and on the south by existing school and playground to rear of St. Mary’s Place North. The development consists of the demolition of a single storey flat roofed building c.55 sq.m to the south of the site and the construction of 108 no. student accommodation units (463 no. bed spaces) and associated uses comprising c. 14,248 sq.m gross floorspace including c. 297 sq.m of retail/retail services/cafe café/ restaurant/ financial services/ medical floorspace. The proposed development ranges in height from 4 storeys (with partial set back at 3rd floor) along Paradise Place and 4 storeys along Wellington Street Lower; the development is 6 storeys including a setback storey at 5th floor level along Dorset Street with step down to 4 storeys at north and south gables; the inner courtyard spine blocks are 5 and 6 storeys respectively. The development also includes a number of communal facilities including gym, large item store, reception/ management suite, common room, laundry room, TV Room, study room. Waste storage and collection areas are provided along Wellington Street and Paradise Place respectively. The development includes a plant area located at lower ground floor. On Dorset Street at Ground Floor level the following uses are proposed: – Gym – 2 no. retail/ retail services/ café/ restaurant/ financial services/ medical units/ (with an option to subdivide unit no. 1 into two number retail units). Associated signage zones provided on the fascia of these units. – Management suite/ entrance lobby/ reception including general office, manager’s office, communications room, kitchen, staff WC/ shower room. Development to include 2 no. disabled parking spaces and loading bay along Paradise Place. 160 no. bicycle spaces provided at surface level within the development. Open space is provided in 3 no. internal landscaped courtyards. An accessible roof garden is located at 5th floor level on the northern internal spine block. Associated landscaping and public realm improvements along Dorset Street and Paradise Place. Access to the development is via controlled access on Dorset Street and via a controlled pedestrian gate on Paradise Place. The development includes internal switch rooms and plant; all site development works, landscaping, waste management facilities and all other ancillary works.

Henry J Lyons Student Accommodation

Applicant
Targeted Investment Opportunities Ltd
25-28 North Wall Quay
Dublin 1

Architect
John Spain Associates
50 Upper Mount Street
Dublin 2
01 6625803 | info@johnspainassociates.com | www.johnspainassociates.com

Architect
Henry J Lyons Architects
51- 54 Pearse Street
Dublin 2
01 8883333 | hjl@hjlyons.com | www.hjlyons.com

Consultant
Mitchell & Associates
3rd Floor
148 Phibsboro Road
Phibsboro, Dublin 7
01 4545066 | info@mitchellassoc.net | www.mitchell.ie

Consultant
Kennett Consulting Limited
63 Lower Mount Street
Dublin 2
01 2544148 | mail@kennettconsulting.com | www.kennettconsulting.com

Consultant Engineer
DBFL
Herbert House
Harmony Row, Dublin 2
01 4004000 | dbfl@iol.ie | www.dbfl.ie

Student Accommodation Application – Summerhill/Gardiner Lane, Dublin 1

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Student Accommodation
123-128 Summerhill, backing onto 6, 7, 7A Gardiner Lane
Dublin 1
Co. Dublin

Floor Area: 10476 Sq M

Application Date: 5th August 2015

The development will consist of modifications to extant permission Reg. Ref. 4521/08 (ABP Ref. PL.29N.233115), the duration of which was extended under Reg. Ref. 4521/08×1, comprising of the change of use from permitted hotel use to student accommodation use including internal and external modifications to the permitted scheme. Principal modifications include: modifications to the permitted internal layout to facilitate proposed change of use from hotel use to student accommodation use to provide a total of 374 no. student bed spaces and associated facilities including common/social spaces; study rooms; laundry room and facilities management offices and stores and the incorporation of a retail/café unit of approximately 96 sqm; omission of single storey element to the west of the site and replacement with courtyard/garden amenity space and 1 no. parking space for persons with disabilities; reduction in floor to floor heights from 2.85m to 2.7m on upper floor levels throughout the permitted scheme, and increase in ground floor from 4.7m to 5.4m (summerhill and central block only), allowing the incorporation of an additional floor in the block fronting onto Gardiner Lane (increase from 6 no. to 7 no. storeys onto Gardiner Lane with no overall increase in the permitted building height); modifications to the permitted eastern elevation to provide angled openings over the 7 no. permitted storeys; modifications to western elevations to replace green wall screen with angled windows over the 7 no. permitted storeys; omission of louvres from Gardiner Lane elevation; minor, localised, modification to the permitted footprint of the building together with associated modifications on all elevations; omission of permitted undercroft car parking (33 no. spaces) and replacement ancillary student accommodation uses; provision of a total of 332 no. bicycle parking spaces; conversion of permitted flat roof to roof gardens at seventh floor and eight floor levels (sixth and seventh floor level onto Summerhill Block and Central Blocks respectively); relocation of vehicular entrance on Summerhill and omission of vehicular exit (and associated ramp) onto Gardiner Lane, and all associated modifications to landscaping; boundary treatments; site and development works. The proposed modifications result in an overall increase from 9,310 sqm gross floor area (excludes car parking area) to 10,475.8 sqm (or 10,157.9 sqm excluding ancillary bicycle parking; plant and bin storage area); the proposed modifications are generally within the extent of the development permitted under Reg. Ref. 4521/08 (ABP Ref. PL.29N.233115) and presents a total of 8 no. storeys onto Summerhill; 7 no. storeys within the central block and 7 no. storeys ( 1 no. additional floor incorporated into the permitted building extent) onto Gardiner Lane.

Declan Brassil Student Accommodation

Applicant
Summer Road Developments Ltd.
Block 1
Quayside Business Park
Dundalk, Co. Louth

Architect
Declan Brassil & Co. Ltd
Lincoln House
Phoenix Street
Smithfield , Dublin 7
01 8746153 | info@dbcl.ie | www.dbcl.ie

Student Accommodation Application – North King Street, Dublin 1

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Student Accommodation Development
62-63 North King Street
Dublin 1
Co. Dublin

Units: 10

Floor Area: 833 Sq M

Application Date: 31st July 2015

The development will consist of a 6-storey student accommodation building (total floor area 833 m2), comprising 10 no. apartments (9 no. 3-person and 1 no. 2- person), with office and common areas at ground level and a communal garden at roof level a balcony facing North King Street to each upper floor and a clear right-of-way from North King Street to the property to the rear.

Architect
Dixon McGaver Nolan Architects
14 Lower Baggot Street
Dublin 2
01 6764025 | info@dmnarchitects.ie