Works starts on €17m office scheme in Limerick

Construction has begun on a 100,000sq ft office development in Limerick city centre — kickstarting the €500m Limerick 2030 economic plan.

The plan unveiled four years ago sets out a strategy embracing three city-centre sites with the expectation of creating 5,000 jobs within five years. Work on the first location at Henry St, known as The Gardens International Office, which commenced yesterday, will involve an investment of €17.6m with a completion date in 2018.

The 2030 plan provides for the development of two other sites. One an area adjacent to Patrick St, known as The Opera Centre, will see the creation of a third-level campus with hundreds of students from the University of Limerick Institute of Technology and Mary Immaculate College moving into the city centre to study and live.