Arnotts recently unveiled its plans to transform the area of Dublin City Centre bounded by Henry Street, O'Connell Street, Abbey Street and Liffey Street.

The area, branded as the Northern Quarter, will be redeveloped into a lively new shopping and entertainment area and will include 47 new shops, 17 new cafes, restaurants and bars and a 152 bed four star hotel. The proposed Northern Quarter features mixed-use urban development, providing an integration of retail, residential, leisure and hotel / spa facilities. The main aim of the plan is to recreate Prince's Street as a fully engaged urban street and pedestrian thoroughfare which is planned to become Dublin's premier shopping street, connecting the centre of O'Connell Street, through to Henry Street, with a new public square at the centre of the development.

Bakers Yard is very well connected to the main areas within the City Centre by various modes of public transport. There are numerous buses that pass by on both North Circular Road and nearby Dorset Street. Drumcondra Station offers Arrow services to Connolly Station, beside the IFSC and to destinations further afield including the Phoenix Park, Maynooth, Leixlip, Mullingar and Longford Town.

 

Plans for the Metro North are well advanced and when complete it will link St. Stephen's Green with Dublin Airport, with a stop en route at nearby Drumcondra Station. Anticipated journey times from Dublin City Centre to Dublin Airport are put at just 20 minutes. With proposed stops including O'Connell Bridge, Parnell Square (Rotunda Hospital), The Mater Hospital, Dublin City University and Northwood Business Campus along the route.

It will open up the entire North City Corridor to residents at Bakers Yard. A connecting hub at St. Stephen's Green will leave the South of the city within easy striking distance. The N1/M1, the main route connecting Dublin City Centre with Belfast via Dublin Airport is just around the corner from Bakers Yard at the Drumcondra Road.