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Larry Goodman family-owned property arm Ternary has secured planning permission for a new office scheme for Dublin’s Nassau Street and Kildare Street.
Dublin City Council concluded that Ternary’s proposal for 47 and 48 Kildare Street and 1 and 2 Nassau Street “will upgrade or refurbish existing historic buildings, contribute to employment in the area and will allow for the creation of a modern use at a historic and prominent location”.
In an endorsement of the Ternary scheme, the 39-page council planner’s report found that “the scheme will facilitate high-quality office accommodation and cafe/retail space which will provide vibrancy and animation at street level and is unlikely to have a detrimental visual impact on the streetscape or the surrounding context”.
The council has granted planning permission after Ternary lodged revised plans with the planning authority last month.
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At 1 Nassau Street, Ternary is to construct a new four-storey replacement building and change use of all remaining floor space from hotel/public house/nightclub to offices to provide for a new interlinked office building on the site.
The current site includes the Kildare Street Hotel incorporating the JP Mooney pub and the new scheme will have a cumulative gross floor area of 1,950sq m in area, of which 1,310sq m is accommodated within existing buildings and 640sq m is new build predominantly at 1 Nassau Street and to the rear of 47 and 48 Kildare Street.
The new application by Ternary Ltd follows Dublin City Council issuing a previous refusal for a mixed-use scheme on the same site in January 2020.
The 2019 application involved the demolition of 47 and 48 Kildare along with 1 Nassau Street.
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In the further information lodged, planning consultant for Ternary Stephen Ward told the council the proposed development “is first and foremost a conservation project”.
Mr Ward told the council that work Kildare Street properties and 2 Nassau Street “will be subject to a sensitive and considered repairs, alterations and improvements”.
Mr Ward stated that “the nature and extent of the works proposed both internally and externally represents a very significant conservation gain for the city’s built heritage”.
Mr Ward stated that the works proposed “will bring the vacant buildings back into viable use and, in doing so, will arrest and reverse much of the damage and decay that has occurred through years of inappropriate intervention, repairs and neglect”.
