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O’Flynn specifies Paverslot in €500m Cork
development BALLINCOLLIG Town Centre, located just outside Cork city, is one of the most
ambitious mixed developments to be undertaken outside of Dublin. Ballincollig’s
15,000+ residents can expect a dramatic increase in their residential,
commercial and working population. Developer O’Flynn Construction is responsible
for the overall development of this €500m project.
“This development is one of the largest in Cork and it’s one of the
largest I’ve worked on,” says Contracts Manager John O’Mahony. John studied
civil engineering in Cork and has been with O’Flynn Construction for several
years.
Sitting on a 100 acre site, the development comprises 400 houses, 400
apartments, a shopping centre and an office campus. O’Flynn has been in the
construction phase of the project for over three years already with a further
three years to go before the entire project is completed.
Such a large-scale development demanded several architects to be involved
from the start. Reddy O’Riordan Staehli Architects designed the office campus
section known as Barrack Square, due to be completed in one more year. Three
site managers oversee the whole development, with John managing Barrack Square,
due to be planted up in a few weeks by landscape architects Brady Shipman
Martin.
Slimline Paverslot “Paverslot was specified because it has less impact visually. It’s more
robust than the product we used previously. It worked out well,” says
John.
Shopping, Living, Working Ballincollig Town Centre is unique in Ireland as the design integrates the
new development into the existing town with the structure running along the full
length of the existing main street. Features include pedestrian streets,
distinctive meeting points, performance spaces and various amenities designed
for shopping, living and working.
Careful consideration has been given to the overall design and selection of
materials and finishes – distinctive pavements, stonework, street furniture,
lighting and landscaping, all combine to create an attractive environment.
The shopping centre contains a Dunnes Stores supermarket and drapery store,
34 retail units and over 1,000 parking spaces. The town centre shops will
feature showrooms, restaurants and pubs, apartments in private courtyards, a
tourism retail centre, office campus, medical and health buildings and detached,
semi-detached and duplex homes.
O’Flynn Construction is relocating its headquarters to an office within
Ballincollig Town Centre. O’Flynn also built the existing shopping centre and is
currently seeking planning permission to build an extension.
O’Flynn Construction is part of the O’Flynn Group and one of Ireland’s
leading property development firms. Core activities include property development
and construction within the retail, commercial, industrial and residential
sectors. O’Flynn specialises in large-scale, landmark developments and has a
reputation for creating innovative buildings in imaginative environments in
Ireland and the UK.
“Paverslot was specified because it has less
impact visually.” John O’Mahony, Contracts Manager
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