Plans have been unveiled for a knowledge and business quarter on the site of the 13-acre Smithwick’s Brewery in Kilkenny city.  The lands are in the ownership of Kilkenny local authorities having purchased the site from Diageo who are relocating Smithwicks brewery to Dublin. The urban design masterplan for the site was led by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. The plans include office accommodation for corporate, creative and technology companies; space for residential and retail use; a new third level research and development campus for the planned new Technological University of the South East; five new areas of public space; and a new city centre garden/park.