Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company has withdrawn preferred bidder status from the Urban Capital consortium to redevelop the Carlisle Pier in Dun Laoghaire harbour.
The company said today that the consortium failed to meet the timetable accompanying the winning Heneghan Peng Architects design for the submission of an acceptable planning application to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.
The consortium was granted two further extensions of time, both of which it failed to meet and, while it wishes to continue with the project, is not in position to say when it will submit an acceptable planning application.
The consortium led by Urban Capital was chosen by the Harbour Company Board in March 2004 as the preferred bidder following a competition to redevelop the derelict Carlisle Pier site.
The consortium included John Sisk & Son, Park Developments and hotelier and publican Hugh O'Regan.
The proposal, designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, featured a National Marine Life Centre as a central cultural component of the redeveloped Pier and included a 127 bed hotel, 229 apartments, retail, leisure uses and a floating stage.