2,000 jobs for €1.2bn town
The €1.2 billion Adamstown Central is expected to grow to the size of Sligo or Dundalk by 2015 but will burn less energy than conventional developments, according to architects behind the project.
A planning application was submitted to South Dublin County Council yesterday for a leisure centre, cinema, library, church, restaurants and apartments.
Adamstown developers Castlethorn Construction said: “The urban design masterpiece for Adamstown Central draws its influence from across Europe, some of them historical, including the intimate street patterns and public spaces of the 12th century French Bastide settlements... The design is comprised of a network of new public squares and numerous intimately planned primary and secondary streets.”
The 20-acre town centre will be beside Adamstown train station and schools which opened in 2007 near Lucan. There should be over 2,500 new jobs created in the area.
There will be 60 retailers and 900 apartments with underground parking serving a population expected to grow to 30,000.
The buildings have been designed to save energy, using renewable sources, as well as reductions in CO2 emissions, equivalent to the heating energy required for 1,000 homes.
It will encourage less car usage through improved public transport and has won several awards since the first sod was turned by the Taoiseach in 2005.
