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NEW ROSS

Wexford County Council currently
owns a landbank of 7.26 hectares
at the IDA business park in
Butlersland on the N25. With the
bypass of the town imminent, the
potential for New Ross is growing
in the areas of tourism, logistics and
manufacturing.

Planning permission is currently
in place for two advanced
technology buildings of 24,000
sq ft and 10,000 sq ft. Wexford
County Council is now working
on developing the larger of the
two units in partnership with the
private sector, with a view to having
the first building available for IDA
client companies in early 2019.
Tony also indicates other
opportunities for the town:
“Wexford County Council also
believes that there is potential to
develop a start-up space in one of
the old, historic buildings in the
centre of town.”

GOREY

Although Wexford has a number
of successful indigenous and development can be arranged development of regional scale and
international ICT companies there directly through Lisney commercial the land is already zoned town
is room for further development, property section in Dublin, or visit centre use”. Detailed planning for
explains Tony. “Our strategy in www.m11businesscampus.com. core infrastructure and services is
regard to Gorey is to target it as a under way, with the site clearance
location with significant potential WEXFORD and enabling works due to start in
in the ICT sector - a potential that Development of large-scale office the first half of 2018. It is intended
arises from a number of factors, but space in the main town of Wexford that the €35 million Trinity Wharf
primarily the newly opened M11 has been dispersed over the past development will accommodate
section of the motorway, making two decades. “Commercial office several large multi-storey office
the M50 now just 50 minutes from development built in the past 10-15 blocks, a boutique hotel, residential
north Wexford.” apartments, a marina and amenity
years had been sited adjacent to
In order to take advantage industrial or retail development, and areas for tourists and the citizens of
of Gorey’s position, Wexford it’s time for new thinking”, Tony the town.
County Council partnered explains. “There is now a strong The projects the Council has in
with local developers Redmond need to designate and develop a mind are ambitious and at varying
Construction to deliver a new business park of significant quality levels of preparation. “Although
M11 Business Campus. The and scale in Wexford town, where there will be significant cost, risk ABOVE:
Artists’ impressions
first of three 36,000 sq ft office companies can cluster together and implications for Wexford of Trinity Wharf
developments was constructed and where necessary infrastructure County Council,” concludes Tony, Wexford Town
in just 10 months and from costs can be shared. To address this “we are making an investment now and Advanced
Technology Unit,
August 2017 has become home need, Wexford County Council has for our future and the future of our New Ross
to the HQ for Innovate Business purchased a 10 acre site at Trinity children: to position Wexford as a
Technologies Ltd along with The Wharf, Wexford exactly for this leading economic centre for future
Hatch Lab - a start-up and co- purpose. generations.”
working space powered by Bank “Trinity Wharf,” says Tony,
of Ireland in association with “previously intended for a large
Wexford County Council.
residential and retail development,
Viewings of the grade A office is ideal for a commercial office

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