Moritz makes a comeback at Tullamore town

Published: 18 February, 2008

Revised plans for a major mixed-use development in Tullamore, Co Offaly, are to be submitted to the local authority. Tullamore Town Council had refused permission for a €150m mixed retail, commercial and residential scheme at Church Street in the Midlands town, on the grounds of excessive scale. The original application had included 14,000 sq m of retail space.

Now developer Moritz has withdrawn its appeal to An Bord Pleanála and is going to completely recast its plans for the site. However, it says since these new plans are still on the drawing board, it's too soon to go into specific details, including retail.

Moritz is owned by Irish property developer Michael Whelan, who is investing €500m building 10 new malls in Romania.