Work on the largest ever student accommodation project outside Dublin is expected to start in Q2, according to Whitebox Developments.<\/p>\n
The \u20ac300m, 1,400-bedspace development at Groody, Limerick has already been granted planning permission and is expected to be delivered in two phases.<\/p>\n
The first phase – comprising 724 beds \u2013 is due to be completed by mid-2028.<\/p>\n
The second phase will be completed 12 months later.<\/p>\n
The purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme will be developed on land fronting Groody Road and Dublin Road, Castletroy and will comprise five blocks ranging from five to eight storeys.<\/p>\n
Its anticipated to bring major relief to student accommodation deficits in Limerick.<\/p>\n
Martin White, Managing Director of Whitebox, said: “The scale of this development reflects our confidence in Limerick’s future as a thriving academic and economic hub, and our belief that students deserve access to quality, affordable, modern accommodation.”<\/p>\n
The announcement follows the publication by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless, on Tuesday last of the second National Student Accommodation Strategy, setting out a focused plan to support the delivery of 42,000 student beds by 235.<\/p>\n
Mr Lawless said the project illustrates the important role that the private sector can play in delivering modern, high-quality student accommodation across Ireland.<\/p>\n
In addition to the accommodation, the development will include a suite of modern amenities such as a library, canteens, laundry facilities, a student union office, bicycle storage, landscaped courtyards, car and bicycle parking, boundary treatments, roof plant, public lighting and other ancillary works.<\/p>\n
In total, approximately 500 people will be employed during construction, with 75 people employed on an ongoing basis at the completed campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Work on the largest ever student accommodation project outside Dublin is expected to start in Q2, according to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-372950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}