Boland’s Mill is set to be developed as a major office and hotel complex at a cost of over €150 million. The final developed site will be dominated by 3 new office buildings ranging from 12 to 16 storeys in height. The cut-stone listed buildings on the site which were used as grain stores are to be restored and refurbished. The existing six-storey building on Ringsend Road will accommodate a four-star 53-bedroom “boutique hotel” (a North American term describing an intimate, luxurious hotel environment).

There will also be a health spa and a 150-seat restaurant at ground floor level which will be run by celebrity chef Gary Rhodes.

Two other listed buildings on the site, a multi-storey warehouse fronting onto Grand Canal Dock and numbers 33 and 34 Barrow Street will be redeveloped as offices. The tall concrete silo pits that dominate the site and which were built in the 1950’s will be demolished, with the two new main buildings standing 12 and 16 storeys high most likely being used as corporate headquarters.

Undertaking the development is Sean Kelly of Benton Properties who purchased the 1830’s cut-stone grain store from the food group IAWS for €42 million 18 months ago.