Councillors in Derry contrasted the development at Ebrington with the progress at another, former military riverfront site
Derry is "not seeing much progress at all" towards the regeneration of an 11-acre former military base overlooking the River Foyle.
Read more: Two major plans for Ebrington redevlopment given the green light by Derry and Strabane council An office block run by the non-profit Catalyst Inc opened in 2014, ten years after the former military base was taken over by the Department, but the rest of the 11-acre site has remained largely vacant since.
The Ebrington site - a former naval base that opened in the 1840s that was used during both world wars and in the Troubles - was vacated by the military and handed over to the former Office of First and Deputy First Ministers at Stormont in 2004. Mr Farrell said a council report, on a recent Strategic Growth Partnership meeting, highlighted the lack of progress in regenerating the Fort George site in particular.
“The transformation at Ebrington is clearly evident; we’ve got two Grade A office blocks, a new hotel, many more hospitality businesses, a significant planning application both residential and commercial, so you can see the progress there. The progress at Fort George is not on that level."
Ministry Of Defence SDLP Stormont Waterside Derry City Centre Derry City And Strabane Council
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