Pizzarro wins consent for 650,000-sq ft Bray scheme
Published: 10 June, 2010
Ireland's planning appeals board has approved a major development in Bray, south of Dublin.
The Pizzarro Consortium headed by developer Paddy Kelly has fought a four-year planning battle to redevelop a golf course on the banks of the River Dargle with an extension to Bray town centre. Now an bord pleanala has approved revised plans that include 60,000 sq m of new retail space in up to 100 units.
The development incorporates four anchor units (one of which has been pre-let to Dunnes Stores) as well as 5,800 sq m of offices; 326 apartments; a 103-bedroom hotel; 17 bars, restaurants and cafes; an eight-screen cinema and 3,300 underground car parking spaces.
However the decision on when to go ahead with the development may ultimately rest with Ireland's 'bad bank' NAMA, which is understood to hold several loans secured on the project.
