As Google closes in on the acquisition of both the €170 million Boland’s Quay project and the Treasury Building, it might be time we renamed the area which has commonly been called ‘Google Town’ to ‘Google City’. Once these two deals are concluded the US tech giant will own a vast portfolio of Dublin property, spanning from Grand Canal Street almost to the banks of the liffey.
Google and Facebook, the massive tech giants have become established in the Docklands and the two employ over 9,000 personnel between them in the area, making it by far the largest footprint either has outside of their Silicon Valley headquarters.
The Dublin Docklands has proven to be a high-powered engine of recovery and continues to attract multinationals around the world. For more information, read Ronald Quinlan’s article here.
