DylanGLC wrote: » I just hope it is a new multinational business rather than one relocating from another Cork obvious (at least for Building A, anyway)
fiload wrote: » Would be ideal for a company in finance with so many business graduates from Ucc each year, new business school, lower cost than Dublin and lower staff turnover
BUNK1982 wrote: » I wouldn't be too worried companies relocating within Cork, the more of these large employers that cluster together the better it is for business in the city as a whole. Would also mean more investment in infrastructure and public transport.
DylanGLC wrote: » It was noted on the site/articles that it may be just one tenant who takes the whole thing, but I can't imagine a new company bringing 3,000 people straight to Cork, in two five storey buildings, a four storey and a seven storey. It would be great if some of the Dublin companies might look to expanding down here, like Google or Twitter (seeing as Facebook/Oculus are now in The Capitol and Alter Domus are expanding their Dublin operation to Cork, as well as Apple not too far away). Maybe NGINX or KPMG will move in there. It will be interesting to see over the next couple of months, and if so many companies will be so interested in it before it is even built, like One Albert Quay. It will also be interesting to see what restaurant/coffee shop will go in there. Starbucks are all over Cork now but I can't imagine another one going in when they have one right across the road.
Bacchus wrote: » Just make it one giant Starbucks. 21 floors of just Starbucks across 4 buildings. The one across the road can handle the overflow in trade.
kub wrote: » Loftus have the site almost cleared
mire wrote: » Also planning submitted to add another building where single storey warehouse is now
DylanGLC wrote: » mire wrote: » Also planning submitted to add another building where single storey warehouse is now They already have permission. There is Block A, Block B, Block C and Block D (I'm sure they will become know as One Navigation Square, Two Navigation Square, etc when done). The building you are talking about is Block B. Since they now have the warehouse, they wish to extend the width of the building and add an extra storey to it. That won't affect the current building of Block A (which looks set to begin very soon, as far as I can tell demolition is done), as it seems they want start one until the one before is done, which makes sense. I really hope the new Block B goes ahead. The current one is fine but it looks so weak and nothing looking compared to Block A. Or even compared to the rest of the Docklands on Lapp's Quay and Albert Quay. The new building proposed looks the same but it's increased size makes it look like it would be able to stand on its own (in the sense that if it was built alone it wouldn't look tiny). This is the river front. I personally think they should all be closer to 10+ stories as this is supposed to be the entrance to our new world class area of the city for business and modern living, and using The Elysian as something to strive towards rather than see as a distant cap, but six floors and a wider building is better than seven (and it would be best I guess to leave the taller stuff to further down where there are less houses, although if the 40 storey doesn't go ahead and something as tall if not taller doesn't replace the R&D Hall, I will be very disappointed)
DylanGLC wrote: » They already have permission. There is Block A, Block B, Block C and Block D (I'm sure they will become know as One Navigation Square, Two Navigation Square, etc when done). The building you are talking about is Block B. Since they now have the warehouse, they wish to extend the width of the building and add an extra storey to it. That won't affect the current building of Block A (which looks set to begin very soon, as far as I can tell demolition is done), as it seems they want start one until the one before is done, which makes sense. I really hope the new Block B goes ahead. The current one is fine but it looks so weak and nothing looking compared to Block A. Or even compared to the rest of the Docklands on Lapp's Quay and Albert Quay. The new building proposed looks the same but it's increased size makes it look like it would be able to stand on its own (in the sense that if it was built alone it wouldn't look tiny). This is the river front. I personally think they should all be closer to 10+ stories as this is supposed to be the entrance to our new world class area of the city for business and modern living, and using The Elysian as something to strive towards rather than see as a distant cap, but six floors and a wider building is better than seven (and it would be best I guess to leave the taller stuff to further down where there are less houses, although if the 40 storey doesn't go ahead and something as tall if not taller doesn't replace the R&D Hall, I will be very disappointed)
Evening Echo wrote: TWO hundred jobs were announced for the city today by a company that will become the first anchor tenant in the mammoth Navigation Square office development on Albert Quay. The major jobs and investment announcement by Clearstream, a services arm of the Deutsche Börse Group, has been welcomed by Cork Chamber as a significant vote of confidence in Cork as a centre for financial services.
