 Harcourt and HSS provided 55% of the 150 million euro funding for the Luas light line extension to pass through the site.As of 2011, Davy Hickey Properties had secured permission for 150 residential units, along with two shops and more offices, and while HSS had gone into receivership, development of the site continued.Major companies based at Citywest have included Pfizer, SAP, Unilever, Independent News and Media (the main printing plant is visible from the N7), and Eir, who are moving their headquarters to the campus 

The River Camac flows north of the business campus, and two of its tributaries pass through it.