A team to advise on conservation works needed for Dublin’s fruit and vegetable market has been sought by Dublin City Council three years after it shut the Victorian building to make way for its redevelopment.
The council on Wednesday said it had initiated a tender process for a design team “to detail the conservation works needed” for the market. The design team is expected to complete its work within six months. The council will then issue tenders for a contractor to undertake the recommended conservation work. Selecting and appointing this contractor is expected to take another six to seven months.
However, it is likely the market will be changed to a retail-only facility, depending on the outcome of the tender process for its redevelopment. A consortium was selected for the €425 million project in 2007, and Merrion Hotel restaurateur Patrick Guilbaud was reported to be “in talks” as an anchor tenant, but contracts were never signed.