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The Point Village () is a commercial and residential development in the North Wall area of Dublin, Ireland. The elements of the €800 million development completed to date include offices and residential and hotel accommodation, a small shopping centre, a cinema, a museum and a five-level underground car park. The development ran into a number of problems and was taken over by NAMA in April 2013.
Dunnes Stores had agreed to be the anchor of the retail element, but has delayed opening the store for more than a decade, appealing repeated legal demands to do so. Some of the internal units are to be combined and converted to health or leisure units due to continued low demand for retail Dunnes Stores eventually opened a supermarket and a Cafe Sol outlet in the shopping centre in 2023 and have since opened an extended Grocery, Fashion & Homeware store in December 2024. The shopping centre now houses a Barbers and Boots Pharmacy. The office space has been taken by Verizon Media, moving some operations from their main location at East Point Business Park, and Voxpro.
The hotel element of the development operates as The Gibson Hotel, opened in June 2010 and including nine suites, with access to terrace gardens. It also includes a spa, gymnasium, two outdoor hot-tubs and large conference facilities.
Other tenants include Starbucks, Eddie Rockets, Ruby's Pizza & Grill and the Glasshouse Bar outside in the square.
As of 2018, an aparthotel was under construction to the west of the 3Arena, filling the last empty site. This hotel was acquired by SACO, a UK based apart-hotel group, and was due to be operated by Lockeliving.
The Dublin Flea Market held its annual Christmas event inside the Point Square building until 2018.
There were plans to build a 120-metre skyscraper (called the "Point Village Watchtower") with apartments, offices and a bar and restaurant. Although the developer invested circa €15 in underground works, the project was later abandoned.
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