Alto Vetro
{{short description|Apartment block on the western side of Grand Canal Dock}}
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| address = Alto Vetro
Grand Canal Dock
Grand Canal Quay
Dublin 2
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| owner = Kennedy Wilson{{cite web |title=Kennedy Wilson {{!}} Gallery |url=https://kennedywilsonresidential.ie/location/gallery-alto-vetro/ |accessdate=10 August 2020 |language=en}}
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| floor_count = 16
| floor_area = 2,610 / 28,094 ft²
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| architecture_firm = Shay Cleary{{Cite web |title=2007 – Alto Vetro, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin |url=https://www.archiseek.com/2007-alto-vetro-grand-canal-quay-dublin/ |date=2024-06-28 |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Archiseek}}
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| main_contractor = Sisk Group
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| known_for = 17:1 plot ratio, the highest in Ireland
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Alto Vetro is a 16-storey residential tower on the west side of Grand Canal Dock, to the south of MacMahon Bridge, in Dublin, Ireland.{{Cite news|title=Iconic tower in docklands for €11m|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/iconic-tower-in-docklands-for-11m-1.1433438|last=Fagan|first=Jack|date=19 June 2013|access-date=28 July 2020|work=Irish Times}} The structure contains 26 apartments, 24 of them two-bedroom (2 per floor), the top two being three-bedroom triplex penthouses. There is a coffee shop and barbers at ground floor level.{{cite web |title=Alto Vetro, Dublin, Ireland €10.2m |url=https://www.johnsiskandson.com/case-studies/alto-vetro-dublin-ireland?p=uk/case-studies/alto-vetro-dublin-ireland&redirected=%E2%9C%93 |website=John Sisk and Son |accessdate=10 August 2020}}{{cite web |title=Alto Vetro - The Skyscraper Center |url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/alto-vetro/17138 |website=www.skyscrapercenter.com |accessdate=10 August 2020}}
It was awarded the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland’s (RIAI) Silver Medal for Housing (2007-2008).{{cite web|title=Grand Canal Quay's Alto Vetro Wins RIAI's Silver Medal for Housing|publisher= Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland|date=13 September 2011|access-date=29 July 2020| url=http://www.riai.ie/index.php/news/article/grand_canal_quays_alto_vetro_wins_riais_silver_medal_for_housing}} It was constructed by Sisk on behalf of developers Treasury Holdings which also developed the headquarters of Google, Montevetro, on Barrow Street across the canal basin from Alto Vetro. That building has since been renamed Google Docks. A third structure in the series, Aqua Vetro, was to be developed at Tara Street railway station, however this building had not started construction at the time the company entered insolvency.{{cite web |title=AquaVetro Tower - Dublin 2 |url=https://ronangrouprealestate.com/buildings/current-developments/tara-street/ |website=Ronan Group Real Estate {{!}} A track record of visionary developments |accessdate=11 August 2020 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128194844/https://ronangrouprealestate.com/buildings/current-developments/tara-street/ |url-status=dead }}
In 2014 Alto Vetro was sold by receivers from PwC appointed by NAMA and was acquired by Kennedy Wilson Europe.{{cite web |last1=Hancock |first1=Ciaran |title=Treasury Holdings in Nama move |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/treasury-holdings-in-nama-move-1.694973?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Fcommercial-property%2Ftreasury-holdings-in-nama-move-1.694973 |website=The Irish Times |accessdate=10 August 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Property Price Register - Alto Vetro Building |url=https://www.propertypriceregister.ie/website/npsra/PPR/npsra-ppr.nsf/PPR-By-Date&Start=1&Query=%5Baddress%5D=*alto%20vetro*&County=&Year=&StartMonth=&EndMonth=&Address=alto%20vetro |website=propertypriceregister.ie |access-date=16 December 2020}}