| Cherrywood | |
| Settlement Type: | Suburb |
| Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Leinster |
| Subdivision Type2: | Traditional county |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dublin |
| Subdivision Type3: | County / Local authority |
| Subdivision Name3: | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown |
| Established Date: | 1988 |
| Leader Title1: | Dáil Éireann |
| Leader Name1: | Dún Laoghaire |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2006 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 53.2446°N -6.1415°W |
| Elevation M: | 31 |
| Area Code: | 01 (+3531) |
| Postal Code Type: | Eircode (Routing Key) |
| Postal Code: | D18 |
| Blank Name: | Irish Grid Reference |
Cherrywood [1] is a developing suburb of Dublin, Ireland, bordering Cabinteely, Loughlinstown and Rathmichael. It is located to the southeast of the city, in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The development commenced on a greenfield site in 1998 and primarily comprises Cherrywood Business Park and new residential and retail development, with further retail and housing development underway.
Cherrywood lies between the M50 motorway and the N11 road, about a kilometre north of where they fork from the M11. Cherrywood is divided by the R118 regional road which runs northeast to southwest through the area, crossing the N11 at Wyattville Road and joining the M50 at Junction 16. The business park (originally Cherrywood Science and Technology Park and later The Campus Cherrywood) lies south of this road and there is a residential zone to the north.
Cherrywood is being formed around the business park, in a deliberate process under a Cherrywood-Carrickmines Local Area Plan, the 2004 and later County Development Plans, and a related Cherrywood-Rathmichael Area Plan. Cherrywood is designated as a District Centre, and limits apply to certain forms of development there. In total the business park has an area of approximately 400 acres with, as of 2018, much of it still undeveloped.
In 1998 the first office buildings were developed in what was then branded "Cherrywood Business Park". Development proceeded slowly and, as with other planned developments in Ireland, the property crash in 2008 affected Cherrywood.[2] In 2015, when several buildings were still empty while other planned developments were incomplete, some reports described parts of the development as a "ghost town".[3]
In 2012, investors created a new management company to market the area again after the collapse of Liam Carroll's development company.[4] This was backed by AIB Bank and Danske Bank (parent company of National Irish Bank). Parts of the area received a facelift, and the "facilities building", which had previously only housed a food outlet, was expanded to include a gym.[5] Most of the main office buildings are owned by the same company.[6]
A new master plan was made[7] and approved by the local authority, including plans for over 1,200 apartments and over 500,000 square feet of commercial space, including a hotel.[8]
Following a €145m acquisition by Spear Street Capital of the eight office blocks comprising the development in January 2018, the business park was rebranded as "The Campus Cherrywood". Proceeds from the deal were later used to develop the surrounding area.[9]
Plans to open a new life-sciences incubation and acceleration facility in the area were announced in October 2021.[10] The new facility was planned to provide 18 labs and 9 offices over 30,000 square feet of space, and create 100 jobs in the sector.[11]
The main tenant in the development is Dell, which has its "Dublin Campus" at Cherrywood. Other notable tenants include Aviva, Elavon, and Ireland-based multinational IT and consulting company, Accenture.[12]
The Luas Green Line was extended from Sandyford to Cherrywood. Construction started in February 2007 and the line became operational on 16 October 2010.[13] There are two Luas stops in Cherrywood: Cherrywood, and the terminus at Brides Glen. The Cherrywood stop is located where the line splits off from the original Harcourt Street railway line's alignment. The railway crossed through Cherrywood via the Brides Glen Viaduct.
As of mid-2018, facilities included an all-weather multi-purpose playing pitch, a sports pavilion, tennis courts, cycle paths and greenways. Three parks were in formation, with more than 3,000 trees already planted. By 2021, four parks were under development, Tully Park and Lehaunstown Park, named for nearby localities, Ticknick Park and Beckett Park.[14]
Permission having been granted for a first primary school, a 24-classroom facility, as of October 2021 the building was under construction and a reduced version of the school operating out of temporary premises.[14]