More room at Trinity Capital Hotel: Obarac Limited, whose directors are Desmond and Liam O'Dwyer of Capital Bars, has sought permission from Dublin City Council to expand the Trinity Capital Hotel on Pearse Street by extending into the four Georgian buildings adjoining, which they acquired earlier this year.
The proposal is to build a total of 86 bedrooms in eight-bedroom suits to the rear of 23-27 Pearse Street and an eight-storey hotel block to the rear of the site with 78 bedrooms and a gym on the seventh floor. The block would have a lobby, restaurant and a glazed walkway to the adjoining hotel. Part of the proposal is for the construction of a new courtyard and exhibition hall at ground floor level to the rear of 27 Pearse Street for use by the Pearse Museum.
The O'Dwyers own almost 90 per cent of Capital Bars whose interests include three city centre hotels, Cafe En Seine, Zanzibar, The George and Bobs. The three-star Trinity Capital Hotel currently has 82 bedrooms.
Mixed scheme for Dublin 12
Cosgrave Developments is looking to build a mixed residential and office scheme on a 2.3-hectare site at Drimnagh Industrial Estate off the Long Mile Road in Dublin 12, bounded by Drimnagh Castle and Lansdowne Valley Pitch and Putt course.
Cosgrave is proposing 241 apartments in three buildings, 132 live work units in three buildings, 611 sq m (6,577 sq ft) of offices, and a crèche and a security booth.
There will be 414 car-parking spaces, 398 at basement level and the rest at ground level. Access to the site is via Drimnagh Industrial Estate, via Slieve Bloom Park.
