As a boy, Rick Larkin played on the grounds of Phibsborough Shopping Centre in the late 1980s. His father, Eugene Larkin — founder of the real estate company Twinlite — was then a small builder working on a handful of houses nearby in Dublin 7. “It wasn’t like it is nowadays,” Larkin recalls. “As kids, we were brought here and just left to roam around during the summer. It also had a great sweetshop.” Four decades later, Twinlite owns the 2.6-acre site, and Larkin is leading its redevelopment after acquiring it from MM Capital last September. Designed by David Keane…

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