The building is located on the northern end of Marlborough Street just west of one of Dublin’s main commercial/historic thoroughfares, O’Connell Street. O’Connell Street is famous for its historic buildings such as the General Post Office (GPO) and hosts many of the city’s most noteworthy monuments to include Daniel O’Connell, O’Connell Bridge and the Millennium Spire. O’Connell Street has seen significant regeneration over the years, with more pedestrian and shopping friendly pavements and street furniture.
Busy Parnell Street lies just to the north of Telephone House with its ever enlarging variety of ethnic eateries. Cathal Brugha Street lies to the south and remains home to one of Dublin Institute of Technology’s main faculties; Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Food Technology.
The property is ideally located to take full advantage of all Dublin City Centre amenities and services, to include Henry Street shopping (Arnotts/The Ilac Shopping Centre/Jervis Shopping Centre) which is home to all well-known and international high street brands. Others include The Gate Theatre, The Ambassador Theatre, The Savoy Cinema, The Gresham Hotel, The Garden of Remembrance, Rotunda Maternity Hospital, the Pro Cathedral and many more.
The O’Connell Street area is set to be further enhanced with the former Carlton Cinema site and surrounding lands earmarked for future major commercial redevelopment along with the former Clery’s department store set to cater for both retail and office accommodation. The viability of both these large scale projects is further enhanced by the current construction of the Luas Cross City line that will link both the southside Green Line to the northside Red Line. The south bound tramway of this key piece of infrastructure will travel down Marlborough Street, presenting a Luas stop within 50 metres of Telephone House.
The location is also superbly situated with easy access to mainline rail as both Connolly station and Tara Street stations are within easy walking distance.
All major bus routes, with regular Dublin Airport/National services, also run along/close to the O’Connell Street area. With a rapidly growing greater urban area population (the catchment area population is estimated at 1.8 million and expected to grow to 2.1 million by 2020), Telephone House is extremely commuter friendly.