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In May 2014, it was reported that tech company Google, which had a significant office footprint in and around Barrow Street, was considering the derelict site for further expansion of their operations.[{{cite web|title=Google eyes historic €75m Boland's Mills site in Docklands|last=Webb|first=Nick|url=https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/google-eyes-historic-75m-bolands-mills-site-in-docklands-30674458.html|date=19 October 2014|work=[[The Independent]]}}] In May 2018, it was announced that the company had bought the site for an unspecified price from the National Asset Management Agency (who had been seeking approximately €170m).[{{cite web|url = https://www.thejournal.ie/google-bolands-quay-4020888-May2018/| title = Google has snapped up Boland's Quay from Nama | work=The Journal | date =2018-05-18 | accessdate =2025-02-18 }}] The project experienced construction delays in 2019 due to necessary remedial works.[ In 2020 Google was granted planning permission to reduce the proportion of office space, initially planned to accommodate 2,500 staff, in favour of more retail and restaurant space, and an open market modelled on [[Old Spitalfields Market]].][{{cite news|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20250218204147/https://www.thetimes.com/article/google-delays-move-to-landmark-towers-f8k30pk08|archivedate=2025-02-18|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/google-delays-move-to-landmark-towers-f8k30pk08 |title=Google delays move to landmark towers |first=Clodagh |last=Kilcoyne |work=The Sunday Times}}] |
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In May 2014, it was reported that tech company Google, which had a significant office footprint in and around Barrow Street, was considering the derelict site for further expansion of their operations.[{{cite web|title=Google eyes historic €75m Boland's Mills site in Docklands|last=Webb|first=Nick|url=https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/google-eyes-historic-75m-bolands-mills-site-in-docklands-30674458.html|date=19 October 2014|work=[[The Independent]]}}] In May 2018, it was announced that the company had bought the site for an unspecified price from the National Asset Management Agency (who had been seeking approximately €170m).[{{cite web|url = https://www.thejournal.ie/google-bolands-quay-4020888-May2018/| title = Google has snapped up Boland's Quay from Nama | work=The Journal | date =2018-05-18 | accessdate =2025-02-18 }}] The project experienced construction delays in 2019 due to necessary remedial works.[ In 2020 Google was granted planning permission to reduce the proportion of office space, initially planned to accommodate 2,500 staff, in favour of more retail and restaurant space, and an open market modelled on [[Old Spitalfields Market]].][{{cite news|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20250218204147/https://www.thetimes.com/article/google-delays-move-to-landmark-towers-f8k30pk08|archivedate=2025-02-18|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/google-delays-move-to-landmark-towers-f8k30pk08 |title=Google delays move to landmark towers |first=Clodagh |last=Kilcoyne |work=The Sunday Times}}] |
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Google opened the first phase of its development, the Flour Mills building, in September 2023 as a collaboration space.[ The 300,000 sq feet of office space is due to form Google's engineering hub in Ireland, accommodating 1000 staff.][ As of July 2024, 80% of the development's commercial units had been leased and were proposed to be opened on a "phased basis between late 2024 and early 2025".][{{cite web|url = https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0717/1460395-80-of-units-leased-at-dublins-bolands-mills/ | website = rte.ie | title = 80% of units leased at Dublin's Bolands Mills | date = 18 July 2024 | accessdate = 1 September 2024 }}] Planning permission for change of use of one of the units to a pub was approved in August 2024 over residents' objections.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0812/1464645-google-dublin-pub-plan-gets-permission-despite-opposition/|title=Google Dublin pub plan gets permission despite opposition|date=12 August 2024|work=RTÉ.ie}}] By March 2025, all units had been let, and the commercial spaces were due to be occupied by retail, café, restaurant and other tenants.[{{cite news|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240717161246/https://www.businesspost.ie/news/pastries-pilates-and-animal-bars-local-businesses-to-move-into-googles-bolands-mills-campus/|archivedate=17 July 2024|work=Business Post|first=Fionn |last=Thompson|url=https://www.businesspost.ie/news/pastries-pilates-and-animal-bars-local-businesses-to-move-into-googles-bolands-mills-campus/|date=2025-07-17 |title=Pastries, pilates and Animal bars: Local businesses to move into Google's Bolands Mills campus}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2025/03/12/top-chef-and-wellness-experience-complete-bolands-mills-urban-quarter-line-up/ |title=Top chef and wellness experience complete Bolands Mills urban quarter line-up |first=Ronald |last=Quinlan |work=The Irish Times |date=2025-03-12 |access-date=2025-03-12 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250312061427/https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2025/03/12/top-chef-and-wellness-experience-complete-bolands-mills-urban-quarter-line-up/#selection-1575.0-1575.14 |archive-date=2025-03-12}}] The 46 apartments in the residential tower were leased by Google to approved housing body [[Clúid]] at a nominal fee to be offered at a discounted cost rental rate to key workers (nurses, teachers, gardaí) who were from, lived in, or worked in the area.[{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0218/1497411-google-bolands-mill/ |title=Discounted rental apartments launched in Dublin for key workers |date=2025-02-18|work=RTÉ.ie |first=Brian |last=O'Donovan}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.businesspost.ie/news/google-strikes-deal-to-rent-bolands-mill-apartments-to-frontline-workers/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250209074725/https://www.businesspost.ie/news/google-strikes-deal-to-rent-bolands-mill-apartments-to-frontline-workers/#selection-1157.62-1157.74 |archivedate=9 February 2025 |title=Google strikes deal to rent Boland's Mill apartments to frontline workers |work=[[Business Post]] |first=Killian |last=Woods}}] "Bláthú", a mural of abstract shapes and colours by local artist Sean Atmos, was installed on the side of one of the buildings making up the Boland's Mills complex in Summer 2025; at nine-storeys and 724 square metres, it was Ireland's largest at the time of installation.[{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/dublin-artist-unveils-the-countrys-largest-mural-at-historic-bolands-mill/a1056134825.html |publisher=Irish Independent |title=Dublin artist unveils the ]country’s largest mural at historic Boland’s Mill |first=Sarah |last=Burke |date=August 6, 2025 |accessdate=August 27, 2025}}[[File:Bolands' Mill and surrounding buildings, Dublin 20150809 1.jpg|thumb|The derelict Mills in August 2015|left]] |
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Google opened the first phase of its development, the Flour Mills building, in September 2023 as a collaboration space.[ The 300,000 sq feet of office space is due to form Google's engineering hub in Ireland, accommodating 1000 staff.][ As of July 2024, 80% of the development's commercial units had been leased and were proposed to be opened on a "phased basis between late 2024 and early 2025".][{{cite web|url = https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0717/1460395-80-of-units-leased-at-dublins-bolands-mills/ | website = rte.ie | title = 80% of units leased at Dublin's Bolands Mills | date = 18 July 2024 | accessdate = 1 September 2024 }}] Planning permission for change of use of one of the units to a pub was approved in August 2024 over residents' objections.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0812/1464645-google-dublin-pub-plan-gets-permission-despite-opposition/|title=Google Dublin pub plan gets permission despite opposition|date=12 August 2024|work=RTÉ.ie}}] By March 2025, all units had been let, and the commercial spaces were due to be occupied by retail, café, restaurant and other tenants.[{{cite news|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240717161246/https://www.businesspost.ie/news/pastries-pilates-and-animal-bars-local-businesses-to-move-into-googles-bolands-mills-campus/|archivedate=17 July 2024|work=Business Post|first=Fionn |last=Thompson|url=https://www.businesspost.ie/news/pastries-pilates-and-animal-bars-local-businesses-to-move-into-googles-bolands-mills-campus/|date=2025-07-17 |title=Pastries, pilates and Animal bars: Local businesses to move into Google's Bolands Mills campus}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2025/03/12/top-chef-and-wellness-experience-complete-bolands-mills-urban-quarter-line-up/ |title=Top chef and wellness experience complete Bolands Mills urban quarter line-up |first=Ronald |last=Quinlan |work=The Irish Times |date=2025-03-12 |access-date=2025-03-12 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250312061427/https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2025/03/12/top-chef-and-wellness-experience-complete-bolands-mills-urban-quarter-line-up/#selection-1575.0-1575.14 |archive-date=2025-03-12}}] The 46 apartments in the residential tower were leased by Google to approved housing body [[Clúid]] at a nominal fee to be offered at a discounted cost rental rate to key workers (nurses, teachers, gardaí) who were from, lived in, or worked in the area.[{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0218/1497411-google-bolands-mill/ |title=Discounted rental apartments launched in Dublin for key workers |date=2025-02-18|work=RTÉ.ie |first=Brian |last=O'Donovan}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.businesspost.ie/news/google-strikes-deal-to-rent-bolands-mill-apartments-to-frontline-workers/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250209074725/https://www.businesspost.ie/news/google-strikes-deal-to-rent-bolands-mill-apartments-to-frontline-workers/#selection-1157.62-1157.74 |archivedate=9 February 2025 |title=Google strikes deal to rent Boland's Mill apartments to frontline workers |work=[[Business Post]] |first=Killian |last=Woods}}] "Bláthú", a mural of abstract shapes and colours by local artist Sean Atmos, was installed on the side of one of the buildings making up the Boland's Mills complex in Summer 2025; at nine-storeys and 724 square metres, it was Ireland's largest at the time of installation.[{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/dublin-artist-unveils-the-countrys-largest-mural-at-historic-bolands-mill/a1056134825.html |publisher=Irish Independent |title=Dublin artist unveils the country's largest mural at historic Boland's Mill |first=Sarah |last=Burke |date=August 6, 2025 |accessdate=August 27, 2025}}][[File:Bolands' Mill and surrounding buildings, Dublin 20150809 1.jpg|thumb|The derelict Mills in August 2015]] |
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