Limerick City developments

[Chris H]

As a former resident of the West's great city (!), feel free to add all ongoing and proposed developments here....

[odlum833]

Terry Wogan - is that you?

[Noodles7]

Anything???

[Viking74]

I'm surprised that there hasn't been more mention about the major developments that have transformed Limerick in recent years. My two favourite high rises in the country for instance- Riverpoint and the Clarion. Both look great by the Shannon! There's another fairly tall one on the way into the city from Dublin, anyone know what it is? Sorry I've no pics. The new Marriott also looks great. I visited the city recently and couldn't get over the change.

[Viking74]

And let's not forget about the new Thomond Park stadium of course!

[odlum833]

Welcome Viking!

I don't think there are any Limerick posters yet and that's the problem rather then the lack of what is going on. There is alot going on in Limerick. I will see if I can dig some of it up!

+1 on the stadium btw.

[spider74]

im from clare and go in and out to limerick,will post photos from river point to thomand park and any other new developments.sadly there is very little cranes in the limerick skyline know...expect some limerick,ennis and shannon urban pics in next few weeks or i may just start a midwest urban photo thread

[novaguy]

I was recently in Limerick for the first time,I have to say city centre left me with not a very good impression,alot of storefronts were empty.Looks rundown.

[odlum833]

It's always been quite a poor city in comparison to the others. It was improving but has been hit by recession particularly badly. Having said that large rejuvenation projects have just got underway and the water front has improved immensely in recent years. Pitty there are no posters from Limerick to update this thread. I have never been there so don't really know it.


I do they are building new motorways and rail lines down there though.

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They have the Shannon aswell which is majestic at that location.

[transport21]

Thomand park has to be mentioned I think. A fantastic piece of architecture on the Caherdavin side of the City. The Crecent shopping centre and county bulidings were renovated a few years ago also. There are plans to build a shopping complex in the city centre replacing the old Dunnes Stores. Many streets have been pedestrianised which makes the centre look more friendly ie cruises street.

On the Raheen side there is the office buildings outside the industrial estate which looks rather impressive. Heres a pic of thomand park

[transport21]

A few buildings on the Raheen side:

Caseys Furniture, Raheen roundabout


office slots, raheen roudabout


crescent county council bulidings


inside that


entrance to crescent shopping centre

[Lockheed_F-22]

Hey, could someone tell me what are they building next to the Parkway Retail Park, last time I was there i saw 6 erected cranes, it doesn't seem to be on hold but the construction does seem to be lasting very long...

[limerickguy]

Originally Posted by Lockheed_F-22

Hey, could someone tell me what are they building next to the Parkway Retail Park, last time I was there i saw 6 erected cranes, it doesn't seem to be on hold but the construction does seem to be lasting very long...

is this the one your on about?

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if so thats the parkway valley shopping centre, supposed to be one of the countries biggest shopping centre, developers went bankrupt tho so its stalled for the past year or so

Now abondoned as developer in liquidation. 51 retail units, 16 restaurant/cafe units, 2 financial units , Ice rink, Sports court, Theatre, Concert Venue, health centre, 1600 space car park under & over ground, Public park, Football pitchs, Skate park.

[limerickguy]

thought id post some pics of the recently pedestrianised streets in the city centre; the city centre will eventually be fully pedestrianised and have an outer orbital route for traffic

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some newer developments











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[Lockheed_F-22]

Originally Posted by limerickguy

is this the one your on about?

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if so thats the parkway valley shopping centre, supposed to be one of the countries biggest shopping centre, developers went bankrupt tho so its stalled for the past year or so

Now abondoned as developer in liquidation. 51 retail units, 16 restaurant/cafe units, 2 financial units , Ice rink, Sports court, Theatre, Concert Venue, health centre, 1600 space car park under & over ground, Public park, Football pitchs, Skate park.

That was inddeed, thank you very much for the information, its really sad that its developers went bankrupt, hopefully it will be built soon

and great new pictures, thanks

[limerickguy]

Originally Posted by Lockheed_F-22

That was inddeed, thank you very much for the information, its really sad that its developers went bankrupt, hopefully it will be built soon

and great new pictures, thanks

I think I speak for everyone in Limerick when I say I hope its not built. as it stands, Limerick city centre is a ghost town, there are streets that are actually closed down as all the retail units are gone from it.

because the city boundary is so small, county Limerick and county clare is where all the major suburbs are and because they are so big (between 20-30,000), they act as towns like blanchardstown/tallaght act to dublin, where there are so many shopping centres there, that there is no need to go to town anymore which is such a shame.

these are some of the retail parks and shopping centres that are not in the city boundary and in County Limerick

coonagh cross shopping centre


jetland shopping centre
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childers road retail park


parkway retail park


parkpoint retail park


delta retail park (couldnt find pic)


city east retail park


parkway valley (second biggest in country but on hold)


parkway shopping centre


roxboro shopping centre (cant find any pics)

castletroy shopping centre


the crescent shopping centre (biggest in Munster)


theres still more retail parks, all outside the city boundary, pulling the crowd from town..not right for a city with only 100,000!

[limerickguy]

Incidentially here are some of the projects that are stalled

Limerick boat club (very interesting development)

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Limerick Private Hospital

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http://www.thelimerickprivate.ie/

the parkway valley





website
http://www.bannon.ie/easyedit/files/parkwayvalley.pdf

henry st development





opera centre

http://www.archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?t=5072

henry st development (by unused petrol station)





greyhound stadium





arthurs quay development (see the central core)

http://www.limerick.ie/Publications/Thefile,8018,en.pdf

the completion of city centre pedestrianisation and riverside projects

http://www.limerick.ie/Transport/Lim...strianisation/

http://www.riverchance.com/

[Lockheed_F-22]

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[henry hill]

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[Golazo Mendez]

It looks like a beautiful place Limerick; I went to Ireland a few months ago, but in Dublin they told me that it was very very unsafe and with highs levels of crime in the city.

Now I realize that I should not heed those "warnings".

I would like to know if that recommendations were true or false.

I am from Costa Rica and let me tell you have a very nice and beautiful country, full of nice and helpfull people. Just let me know if comming to this side of the world: mi casa es su casa!