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Citywest
Citywest (Irish: Iarthar na Cathrach) is a suburban development near Dublin in Ireland, originally developed as a "business campus." It contains a large hotel with a convention centre, a small shopping centre and a small but expanding residential element. Citywest is in the southwest of the traditional County Dublin, in the jurisdiction of South Dublin County Council; the nearest major suburban centre is Tallaght, while the village of Saggart is adjacent.
Citywest was launched as a project by Davy Hickey Properties, comprising developer Brendan Hickey and clients of Davy Stockbrokers around 1990, working with entrepreneur and landowner Jim Mansfield. The promoters secured land in the rural Kingswood and Brownsbarn areas near the N7 national road and targeted a mixed development, initially comprising a business park and a hotel and golf course complex, which eventually included some on-course accommodation. The concept was later extended, working with Harcourt Developments and Mansfield's HSS venture. Harcourt and HSS provided 55% of the 150 million euro funding for the Luas light line extension to pass through the site. As of 2011, Davy Hickey Properties had secured permission for 150 residential units, along with two shops and more offices, and while HSS had gone into receivership, development of the site continued.
Major companies based at Citywest have included Pfizer, SAP, Unilever, Independent News and Media (the former main printing plant is visible from the N7), and Eir, who moved their headquarters to the campus.
After the hotel and conference centre complex went into receivership, they were subject to various negotiations before being acquired by Tetrarch Capital in 2017. The two golf courses were modified a number of times, but by 2017 were described in a report of Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as disused.
The River Camac flows north of the business campus, and two of its tributaries pass through it.
Following the opening of the original business park, the N82 National road joining the N81 to the Naas dual carriageway was re-routed through the site, having previously passed through the village of Saggart.
Dublin Bus routes 65b, 69, 69x, 77a, 77x, and the 175 by Go-Ahead Ireland, as well as feeder services to Tallaght, and a private commuter bus operated by the business campus management, serve the campus.
The Luas Line A1 Citywest extension, from Belgard to Saggart, was officially opened at Citywest Drive on 2 July 2011 by the Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar. The following stops were constructed on the line - Fettercairn, Cheeverstown, Citywest Campus, Fortunestown (also serving Citywest Shopping Centre) and Saggart (also serving the Citywest Hotel and its golf course and convention centre). Citywest Campus is the main stop for the business campus, but parts are also served by Cheeverstown and Fortunestown stops. A park-and-ride facility was constructed at the Cheeverstown stop.
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Citywest
Citywest (Irish: Iarthar na Cathrach) is a suburban development near Dublin in Ireland, originally developed as a "business campus." It contains a large hotel with a convention centre, a small shopping centre and a small but expanding residential element. Citywest is in the southwest of the traditional County Dublin, in the jurisdiction of South Dublin County Council; the nearest major suburban centre is Tallaght, while the village of Saggart is adjacent.
Citywest was launched as a project by Davy Hickey Properties, comprising developer Brendan Hickey and clients of Davy Stockbrokers around 1990, working with entrepreneur and landowner Jim Mansfield. The promoters secured land in the rural Kingswood and Brownsbarn areas near the N7 national road and targeted a mixed development, initially comprising a business park and a hotel and golf course complex, which eventually included some on-course accommodation. The concept was later extended, working with Harcourt Developments and Mansfield's HSS venture. Harcourt and HSS provided 55% of the 150 million euro funding for the Luas light line extension to pass through the site. As of 2011, Davy Hickey Properties had secured permission for 150 residential units, along with two shops and more offices, and while HSS had gone into receivership, development of the site continued.
Major companies based at Citywest have included Pfizer, SAP, Unilever, Independent News and Media (the former main printing plant is visible from the N7), and Eir, who moved their headquarters to the campus.
After the hotel and conference centre complex went into receivership, they were subject to various negotiations before being acquired by Tetrarch Capital in 2017. The two golf courses were modified a number of times, but by 2017 were described in a report of Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as disused.
The River Camac flows north of the business campus, and two of its tributaries pass through it.
Following the opening of the original business park, the N82 National road joining the N81 to the Naas dual carriageway was re-routed through the site, having previously passed through the village of Saggart.
Dublin Bus routes 65b, 69, 69x, 77a, 77x, and the 175 by Go-Ahead Ireland, as well as feeder services to Tallaght, and a private commuter bus operated by the business campus management, serve the campus.
The Luas Line A1 Citywest extension, from Belgard to Saggart, was officially opened at Citywest Drive on 2 July 2011 by the Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar. The following stops were constructed on the line - Fettercairn, Cheeverstown, Citywest Campus, Fortunestown (also serving Citywest Shopping Centre) and Saggart (also serving the Citywest Hotel and its golf course and convention centre). Citywest Campus is the main stop for the business campus, but parts are also served by Cheeverstown and Fortunestown stops. A park-and-ride facility was constructed at the Cheeverstown stop.