Aurora Tower was a proposed 37-storey, 109-metre mixed-use development at 112–114 Great Victoria Street. Designed by HKR Architects, the scheme included 291 apartments, a residents’ gym and commercial space. Had it been built, Aurora would have been the tallest building on the island of Ireland at the time, surpassing the Obel Tower (85 metres), which was under construction concurrently.
The planning application was submitted in January 2007.
The application was referred to the Planning Management Board in January 2009 and formally refused in February 2010. An appeal was lodged shortly after the refusal but withdrawn in February 2011 after Anglo Irish Bank, which had financed the project, appointed a receiver following the 2008 financial crisis. The site later transferred to the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), the Irish government body established to manage distressed property loans.
The site was acquired by Lissan Coal Company in 2012. In 2013, a Go-brand unattended 24-hour petrol station with five pumps was opened, returning the site to its previous use prior to redevelopment attempts.
3D visualization of the proposal, viewed from Shaftesbury Square.
Image: HKR Architects
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