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Cork developments

snotboogie

I noticed that the Limerick equivalent is a very popular thread over on their forum so I thought I might get one going here. To kick things off I'll list the bigger current projects I can think of:

Under Construction

Navigation Square: Four building office development on the former Navigation House site on Albert Quay. 310,000 sq ft of office space for up to 3000 employees. First phase to be completed Feb 19'

89-90 South Mall: 50,000 sq ft office, 5 storey office building.To be completed in December 18'

Dalata Hotel South Mall: Six storey hotel, 165 beds. To be completed in December 18'

Various Student Accommodation: Western Road and Beamish site are under construction, Crows Nest has planning and should start soon, Square Deal is facing appeals, Coca-Cola site on the Carrigrohane Road has had planning for over a year but nothing has happened? O’Riordans Joinery, Gillen House on Farranlea Road, Model Farm Road/Melbourne Road and Copely Street are all at various stages of planning and/or limbo.

Planning/Appealed

Horgan's Quay: Office Space for 5,000 employees, 200 apartments, 136 bed hotel and 3000 sq metres of restaurants and retail. Got planning permission in March but it was appealed by Port of Cork. Uncertain when the final decision will be. Construction on the Hotel will hopefully begin in Q4 this year with the office and apartments commencing in 2019.

Sullivan's Quay: 6 storey Office & 193 bed 4 star Hotel. Planning granted and immediately appealed. Given that demolition is nearly complete I'd expect this to go into construction as soon as planning is granted. Potential hold up over the height of the hotel, at 12 storeys and 47 metres, it is set to make the top 20 tallest buildings in the state if completed. An Taisce not happy.

Former Victoria Hotel: Knocking much of the Victoria and rebuilding to the back and refurbishing the original historic front/facade and to integrate the two sections into a new high order retail unit, of 25,000 sq ft, over four floors. Rumoured to be taken over by Zara. Planning granted in Feb, nothing happened on site since.

Metropole Redevelopment: €50m redevelopment of the Metropole Hotel to include a new five-storey boutique hotel on Patrick's Quay. Planning granted with amendments in March. No date for work to start.

Wilton Shopping Centre: €100 million revamp proposed. Mistake made in planning permission. In the process of resubmitting.

In Limbo

Event Centre: 6000 all seater multi purpose event centre with a tourist brewery experience. Arguably the most controversial construction project in the history of the city. After a bleak 6 months at the back end of 2017 there have been two instances of positive murmurs from the Government and BAM in January 2018 and April 2018. Construction allegedly to start in Q4 2018 but there are still conflicting and contradictory statements from all parties involved. Most would be shocked to see this start in 2018.

Anderson Quay/Camden Quay/Trinity Quarter: All have had planning for years with no work on site. Camden Quay allegedly had some work going on last week but I'd be shocked if it was related to the actual construction. I can't see any of these sites being developed as per their current proposals.

Concept/Pre Planning

Docklands Tower: 40 storey mixed use tower with the redevelopment of the existing customs house warehouses into cultural, tourist and retail space. By a mile the most ambitious development in Ireland. Announced over one year ago and no sign of a planning permission application yet, allegedly waiting for the Docklands development plan this summer to rezone heights for the site. If we don't see a planning application by the end of the year I'd be worried.

Ford Distribution Depot: Put on sale last week. Former site of the extremely ambitious Atlantic Quarter. Major development opportunity

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AugustusMinimus

Would be a shame to see the Sextant knocked given how much additional brownfield is available.

Will be interesting to see if anyone is proposing demolition for the Goldberg’s side with various terraced buildings.

Meursault

Pity the Sextant might go. its good to have a few pubs around that end of town. Would be happy enough to see the back of Careys though.

MrDerp

AugustusMinimus wrote: »

Would assume the Sextant will be maintained with the Carey Tools site being redeveloped?

Not sure. It’s not on a list of protected structures, just on the recommended list of buildings of Ireland. Development plan gives vague reference to using architectural features where possible, but also refers to the block being zoned for large floor plate offices.

My guess is that the whole corner will be built out, with the sextant knocked

opus

Spotted in the Echo that the development at the Good Shepherd site looks like it going ahead, badly needed in my opinion.

Residents can't risk €100k judicial review costs to fight housing project at Good Shepherd Convent site

AugustusMinimus

Would assume the Sextant will be maintained with the Carey Tools site being redeveloped?

who_me

MrDerp wrote: »

So I heard today on the rumour mill that JCD has done a deal for the site bounded by Carey Tool Hire and the Sextant and attached buildings!

OCP and JCD scrapping it out for the quays!

Sorry if I'm being an idiot here, I'm trying to figure out the site you mean.. Do you mean the Western end of that block, including the Sextant, Carey Tool Hire and the car park between them?

Markcheese

namloc1980 wrote: »

I've written this transport plan off as a "believe when I see it" type thing at this stage. In the same bracket as the Event Centre.

That's a bit harsh, the plan will be wonderful, expensive and lying around for years...

namloc1980

snotboogie wrote: »

https://www.eveningecho.ie/corknews/Report-on-Luas-for-Cork-must-be-published-without-delay-a43449d2-82f1-4171-9159-ab3221944fab-ds

The monthly article on the Cork Transport plan which once again promises that it will be published “next month”

I've written this transport plan off as a "believe when I see it" type thing at this stage. In the same bracket as the Event Centre.

snotboogie

https://www.eveningecho.ie/corknews/Report-on-Luas-for-Cork-must-be-published-without-delay-a43449d2-82f1-4171-9159-ab3221944fab-ds

The monthly article on the Cork Transport plan which once again promises that it will be published “next month”

MrDerp

AugustusMinimus wrote: »

The old railway station? Is that not part of the current development?

Some was I think, depending on where the station ends and sheds begin.

This is the opposite corner of the site, where the sextent pub and carey's tool hire entrances are on Albert Quay and Albert St, and including the carey's site itself facing the corner. I'm not clear on if the last row of houses on Albert St, or the Carey's site near the roundabout on Victoria Rd are involved. I'm sure it'll be in d'examiner soon anyway.

AugustusMinimus

MrDerp wrote: »

So I heard today on the rumour mill that JCD has done a deal for the site bounded by Carey Tool Hire and the Sextant and attached buildings!

OCP and JCD scrapping it out for the quays!

The old railway station? Is that not part of the current development?

MrDerp

So I heard today on the rumour mill that JCD has done a deal for the site bounded by Carey Tool Hire and the Sextant and attached buildings!

OCP and JCD scrapping it out for the quays!

opus

who_me wrote: »

The Penrose Dock crew really seem to be on the clock... that site is being cleared out incredibly quick. They were working there like crazy at 9pm last night. That area (Alfred St. / Railway St.) is going to be transformed in a year's time.

On another note - was just passing by the rear of the bus station earlier, and am wondering how that hotel construction is going to work. At the Eastern end, the wall has been completely knocked, it's going to be hell trying to build that without infringing to some degree onto the (incredibly busy!) bus bay access at the rear of the station.

Took a walk around that neck of the woods at lunchtime today, some amount of building action going on there! Hard to imagine just how different it's going to look in a year or two's time.

D'Agger

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Maybe in 20 years or so. Not before then.

An Taisce will object so say 20.5 years

Markcheese

It's a building of its time, not particularly beautiful, but nothing wrong with it either..

Cork Boy 53

Curb Your Enthusiasm wrote: »

Could they knock down and rebuild the bus station while they're nearby? what an eyesore!

Looking forward to all these new developments!

Maybe in 20 years or so. Not before then.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

who_me wrote: »

The Penrose Dock crew really seem to be on the clock... that site is being cleared out incredibly quick. They were working there like crazy at 9pm last night. That area (Alfred St. / Railway St.) is going to be transformed in a year's time.

On another note - was just passing by the rear of the bus station earlier, and am wondering how that hotel construction is going to work. At the Eastern end, the wall has been completely knocked, it's going to be hell trying to build that without infringing to some degree onto the (incredibly busy!) bus bay access at the rear of the station.

Could they knock down and rebuild the bus station while they're nearby?

what an eyesore!

Looking forward to all these new developments!

opus

Deleted User wrote: »

It's not

TVP always seems to be opening next year sometime although this comment from one of the councillors casts doubt on that.

https://twitter.com/cllrkmac/status/1063162596591853569

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blindsider wrote: »

Did I miss something, and is Tramore Valley Park now fully open? If it's not, how on earth can they consider starting work on another park?

It's not

blindsider

Did I miss something, and is Tramore Valley Park now fully open? If it's not, how on earth can they consider starting work on another park?

Markcheese

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

Marina Park finally going ahead?

About bloody time.

It'll probably be finished 2 years late, and opened 5 years after that... And then need millions extra spent to access the park...

chalkitdown1

Marina Park finally going ahead?

About bloody time.

namloc1980

snotboogie wrote: »

https://twitter.com/cisireland/status/1063363889226747904?s=21

Wasn't this supposed to be opening in January?? The council's record on public parks is absolutely embarrassing.

snotboogie

https://twitter.com/cisireland/status/1063363889226747904?s=21

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draiochtanois wrote: »

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Carrs Hill?

draiochtanois

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JupiterKid

In a country in the grip of a housing crisis, an Taisce are the enemy of those seeking to secure half decent affordable accommodation. Time and time again they have been shown to be anti development.

But the like of An Taisce members are composed mostly of mortgage-free homeowners and/or the beneficiaries of inherited wealth, they don’t particularly care about those struggling to house themselves. I’d love to how many are landlords.

I hope more and more specious objections by An Taisce are rejected by An Bord Pleanala. Holding up housing supply in times like these is not far short of criminal.

marno21

snotboogie wrote: »

https://www.eveningecho.ie/corknews/Construction-to-begin-on-mammoth-Carrigaline-school-campus-fe91d41a-4cb2-4676-85b1-b18dd5334aab-ds

I wonder will Carrigaline get a crane next year!

I personally would prefer some rock blasting north of Carrigaline but a certain few people disagree

snotboogie

https://www.eveningecho.ie/corknews/Construction-to-begin-on-mammoth-Carrigaline-school-campus-fe91d41a-4cb2-4676-85b1-b18dd5334aab-ds

I wonder will Carrigaline get a crane next year!

leahyl

who_me wrote: »

The Penrose Dock crew really seem to be on the clock... that site is being cleared out incredibly quick. They were working there like crazy at 9pm last night. That area (Alfred St. / Railway St.) is going to be transformed in a year's time.

On another note - was just passing by the rear of the bus station earlier, and am wondering how that hotel construction is going to work. At the Eastern end, the wall has been completely knocked, it's going to be hell trying to build that without infringing to some degree onto the (incredibly busy!) bus bay access at the rear of the station.

That whole area will be a nightmare for parking for the next while. I go to yoga in penrose wharf and the parking situation there is disastrous as it is since they changed the layout; probably gonna be even worse now.