New plan for leisure site

Bowling alley brothers Ciaran and Colum Butler, owners of the Leisureplex chain of entertainment venues, are looking to demolish…

Bowling alley brothers Ciaran and Colum Butler, owners of the Leisureplex chain of entertainment venues, are looking to demolish Stillorgan Bowl Leisureplex and build a residential, commercial and a new Leisureplex development in its place.

The proposal is to knock the Leisureplex at 62-79 St Laurence's Park, two houses, a public library and 16 maisonette units and build 314 residential units, including 40 social housing units, 2,238 sq m (24,090 sq ft) of retail, 3,398 sq m (36,576 sq ft) of offices, leisure and recreational facilities, a crèche, new public library and car-parking in 16 blocks rising to 15 stories on the three-acre site.

The Butler brothers own Leisureplexes in Cork, Coolock, Tallaght and Blanchardstown in Dublin.

The new public library on the Stillorgan site would be in a six-to-eight storey atrium building at upper ground floor level.

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The proposal is for 528 spaces, 27 of which would be surface, and 360 bicycle spaces.

The residential units are mainly a mix of apartments, live/work units and duplexes.

Edel Morgan

Edel Morgan

Edel Morgan is Special Reports Editor of The Irish Times