 Citywest was launched as a project by Davy Hickey Properties, comprising developer Brendan Hickey and clients of Davy Stockbrokers around 1990, working with entrepreneur and landowner Jim Mansfield.The promoters secured land at Kingswood and Brownsbarn near the N7 national road and targeted a mixed development, initially comprising a business park and a hotel and golf course complex.The concept was later extended, working with Harcourt Developments and Mansfield's HSS.