Is there any suggestion where the Dunkettle P&R would be?
I'm guessing, but probably the west end of North Esk?
Not for a long time. The talk from Irish Rail had also been of favouring battery powered trains if/when it is electrified as opposed to overhead power lines with charging facilities at stations.
I had a peek into the site yesterday and the floor space seems tiny. Any idea how many apartments are going in there and how many floors?
Ya read on Skyscraper City about work stopping on the Prism . Basement work seems to be completed so hopefully it’s not the end for this Development.
New student flats have appeared on Popes Quay.
Interesting I had to look that up - looks to be showrooms for the Student accomadation out straight road - looks v fancy - Bottleworks | Cork | Novel Student
Was wondering where the apartments were. Interesting location for the showroom in relation to the development itself!
I did wonder what that new place was!
I passed by the old Vita Cortex admin unit on the Kinsale Road side of the old complex earlier and there are a crew working there demolishing the old wall and fitting shuttering.
Does anyone know what is the plan with the place?
An apartment block and a Lidl. They got planning permission to demolish it but have yet to apply for planning to build the apartments.
The council also have plans for an apartment block between it and McDonalds
https://consult.corkcity.ie/en/consultation/part-8-planning-notice-kinsale-road-housing-development
Other than being used as a depot for various road works in the area, the old Carmelite Stores site across from the Sacred Heart church has been derelict for many years.
Planning was granted for regular apartments earlier this year.
There's drilling on-going on the site the last few days which looks promising.....
Why the hell did the council refuse a 5 storey building there first??
The old Reidys Wine Vault has been lying idle for a long time now. Does anyone know of any plans for it?
It's a big space and a fine building.
Concrete being poured there during the week still.
Is it not all part of the new development kept part of the original facade.
The whole block is part of Nido except for the buildings on the corners of Little Hanover Street
North Main St CPO held up in legal wrangle. When you see the speed/scale of development at other end of North Main St, such a waste that this site is still in limbo.
South Main St. is a wreck too. I know there is some CPO scheme in place there as well, but how could they let the historic spine of the city to get so bad.
There was a development to be started for apartments with an underground car park on the south end of South Main Street on the site where the Sir Henry's nightclub used to be. Talking to someone who worked on the archeology dig there, they said that the project was shelved when they found Viking artifacts that meant the proper excavation of the site would have cost more than the developer had planned for. Being part of the historic spine of the city in this case actually stands in the way of development.
I guess the owner could try find the money to do the archaeology work properly. The cost of the archaeology work on sites which is a legal requirement within a certain distance of an existing monument, is supposed to be covered by the developer. I'd prefer to see the city council get involved and take on the excavation as part of developing a tourist/visitors centre there that would provide education about the early development of Cork city. Won't hold my breath on that one and it probably will go the same way as the old tax office site on Sullivan's quay and the small area at the end of Cornmarket Street/Kyrl's Quay and just stay boarded up rather than turned into much needed amenity/public park/green areas in the city centre.
I heard about the that Viking artifact, maybe more than ten years ago? That can't be the reason for such dereliction to stand till today?
Yeah, that old tax office site, I've been living right next to it for years... absolute disgrace that it's still sitting there; there is no footpath, and people have to walk into the cycle path. An absolute disrespect to our city centre.
The Nano Nagle centre on Douglas Street has been developed to look good and its nice to be able to see it now from Grand Parade since the old tax office building was demolished. It makes no sense to me that the site is to be left derelict until there is to be some high rise building put in when it could be a great improvement to the city centre if it was just made into a park. Seems like a huge missed opportunity to make the city centre nicer if just a few of these derelict sites could be turned into proper parks and amenities like a city should have. Was in Galway during the summer and the streets off the Eyre's square green area were vibrant in a way I have not seen in Cork. Bishop Lucey park is just too small a green area for the city centre in my opinion.
The Grand Parade surface parking would be a much better place for a park than Sullivans Quay. Then you’d have a linear public amenity by the river all the way from the “Events Centre” to Electric. The Sullivans Quay site is far less open and less accessible, which would encourage anti social activity. Either way neither site has any hope of being bought by the council.
A park at that tax office site would be full to the brim with scum 5 minutes after being completed.
I thought the Maldron hotel was going in there?
This article I just found since you asked me.
Oh dear.
I don't see it happening: Little Island is 2 minutes further by car.
