Demolition Of Apollo House Set To Kick Off This Week

Plans to demolish historic Apollo House on Tara Street, given the green light several months ago by An Bord Pleanála, are set to kick off this week as part of a €50 million redevelopment for a 'mid-town' in Dublin city centre.

The building will be replaced by a brand new plaza. 

It will be bulldozed, along with neighbouring building Hawkins House, to create a ten-story office quarter complete with shops, restaurants, and a public plaza. 

The planning authority envisages it as being a "mid-town" area of Dublin similar to that of the office district in New York.

It is understood that tenants operating a car-park facility on the site have been notified to vacate the property by Thursday, the Sunday Independent reports.

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