Cherrywood lies in between the M50 motorway and the N11 road, about a kilometer north of where they fork from the M11, and is divided by the R118regional 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 lies south of this road and a residential zone to the north.
History
Cherrywood is being formed around the business park, in a deliberate process under a Cherrywood-Carrickmines Local Area Plan, the 2004 County Development Plan, and a related Cherrywood-Rathmichael Area Plan. Cherrywood is designated as a District Centre, and limits apply to certain forms of development there.
Cherrywood Business Park
In 1998 the first office buildings were developed in the business park but development proceeded slowly. As with other planned developments in Ireland, the property crash in 2008 affected this development. As of 2015, several buildings were still empty while other planned developments were incomplete, and some reports described parts of the development as a "ghost town". In total the business park has an area of approximately 400 acres, with much still to be developed.
In 2012 investors created a new management company to market the area again after the collapse of Liam Carroll's group. This was backed by AIB Bank and Danske Bank. Parts of the area received a facelift, with some incomplete concrete foundations filled-in to offer extra uncovered parking. Also the "facilities building", which had previously only housed a Subway outlet, was expanded to include a 2-story Ben Dunne gym. The main tenant in the development is Dell, which has its Dublin Campus located at Cherrywood. Other tenants included financial company Friends First, Capricorn Ventis, Rational Full Tilt Poker and health-care company Covidien. Most of the main office buildings are owned by the same team that developed the area and are marketed as part of the "Cherrywood Dublin master plan" A new master plan was made and since 2017 work was ongoing preparing the infrastructure such as developing roads and facilities for electricity and sewer system. Also the realisation of the planned public parks was underway with the planting of trees.
Luas
The Luas Green Line was extended from Sandyford to Cherrywood. Construction started in February 2007 and the line became operational on 16 October 2010. There are two Luas stops in Cherrywood; the Cherrywood, and the current terminus at Brides Glen.
