Harry Crosbie

Crosbie bought the closed CIE Points Works in Dublin's docklands depot for 750,000 pounds in 1988, and redeveloped it into the Point Theatre, later expanded as the Point Depot, and then the O2, now known as the 3Arena, Ireland's biggest music and event venue.[14][15]

The Kittiwake in February 2009

In June 2008, Crosbie purchased from the Commissioners of Irish Lights the Kittiwake, a 1950's light ship, built by Philip and Son in Dartmouth, Devon. It was the second-last lightship to serve in Irish waters, ending service in 2005.[16][17] He had plans to lift it from the Liffey on to the quayside but was unable to reach agreement on a dry land location with the local authority. He had work done on the ship anyway, removing engines and asbestos, with a view to opening a cafe inside it, and stated that over half a million euro had been spent on the project.[17] The port authority, the Dublin Port Company, said that they had purchased the boat from the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) in 2012, and moved it to an inner dock area in 2021, with Crosbie disputing both the purported sale and the move, and threatening legal action.[18][19]

Crosbie built a large theatre on the Grand Canal Docks south of the Point, commissioning Daniel Libeskind to design it.[15] Later known as the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, it was put up for sale from 20 million euro by NAMA in 2014.[15]

Crosbie planned a multi-element development north of the Point Theatre, to include a hotel (now the Gibson), a shopping centre, apartments, office space, the 39-storey "Watchtower" which was to be the tallest building in Ireland, a "U2 Experience", a ferris wheel and a sculpture.[15][11] At one point, he had budgetary plans for investment of about 850 million euro in this.[14]

In 2017, Crosbie sold the Gibson Hotel in the Point Village to Deka Immobilien,[20] and in 2023, he announced plans for a larger music venue close to Vicar Street.[6]