Project

South Circular Road, Limerick

Project Region: South West

Value: €35m +

Client: Redemptorist Community & P. Elliott & Company

Architect: Newenham Mulligan Associates

Project Type: Current Projects

Contract Information

Developer & Main Building Contractor

The Redemptorist Community have been a part of Limerick life since settling there in 1853. This is a major redevelopment of the Redemptorist lands in Limerick city which addresses the housing needs of the wider community while providing a new lease of life to the existing facilities. The concept for the scheme was developed in partnership with the Redemptorists and is being pursued to provide enhanced accommodation for the Redemptorist Order in conjunction with an appropriate and sustainable residential development.

P. Elliott & Company Ltd achieved preferred bidder status in April 2005. An extensive consultation process was then entered into with the Redemptorist Fathers and their advisors resulting in a master plan to balance the needs of the Monastery with the needs of the new living community.

The scheme comprises the refurbishment of the existing monastery building to provide accommodation for the Redemptorist order in addition to five private residential apartments. This includes both internal and external works to the monastery, a building within the curtilage of Mount St. Alphonsus Church, a protected structure. Additional private residential accommodation is provided in nine blocks on the associated Monastery lands. In total the scheme includes 303 no. private residential apartments with 41 no. 1 bedroom units, 218 no. 2 bedroom units and 44 no. 3 bedroom units. A crèche is provided in a stand-alone building. There are public, semi-private, and private open spaces within the scheme.

The total floor area of the development is 37,252 square metres. This scheme is a fine example of the ability of P. Elliott & Company Ltd to provide a high-quality residential development in a suburban setting, while sensitively addressing the conservation issues associated with ecclesiastical buildings, in partnership with a long-established religious order.