The tower will serve as a ‘gateway’ building, in tandem with Liberty Hall, marking the transition between the historic city core and the more contemporary fabric of the docklands to the east. The redevelopment proposes a 22-storey over double basement, mixed-use office, retail and restaurant building which will radically transform this existing disused site and its immediate context. The building form responds to and is in dialogue with the protected Kennedy’s Public House building at the junction of Tara Street Ramp; George’s Quay; neighbouring buildings along George’s Quay; and the tower of Liberty Hall, across the river. A new public realm is created, one which improves access to and integration of the existing Tara Street DART Station and the proposed Metrolink station nearby. The civic amenities of the wider Tara Street and George’s Quay area are enhanced.