Carey’s Tool Hire, but they’ve gone to Doughcloyne instead
Site clearance is underway at Blackash
Was this for a business moving out from town? I seem to remember a builders Providers or similar business in town was re-loacating here. Did they sell the site in town?
https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41468623
Plans to redevelop a former pub to create apartments and a new restaurant have failed to get the green light from Cork City Council.
In July applicant Packo Maguire submitted proposals for the redevelopment of the former Port Bar at 2 Victoria Rd.
The application proposed the demolition of the former pub with residence above, retaining the existing front façade of the building, and the construction of a four-storey building in its place with a restaurant on ground floor level and three two-bed apartments over the first, second and third floors.
Work has started on the Lee Garage re-development on Model Farm Road.
I have no other details….
https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/plan-add-cafe-seating-area-21697579
Is there any work going on in the old Debenhams.
It's a very busy stretch of road too, you'd think they'd do something better with that whole junction.
Yes. The pedestrian access to the hospital is appalling!
They're sorting out that junction, and by "sorting it out" I mean removing one traffic lane for the benefit of patients who are waiting in the middle to cross. To be fair that should have probably been sorted out over a decade ago.
What's going on by Wilton CUH traffic lights, mayhem with lane changes and backed up traffic, temporary lights
There is a write up today in Examiner on the completed Bottleworks student accommodation on Carrigrohane Rd, but it also contains details on the 3 projects on Victoria Cross/Wilton Rd. Apparently, they are waiting on planning approval for the Finbarr Galvin site before they potentially start work in Q2 2025.
Further significant PBSA development is due to get underway in Q2 of next year, also in Victoria Cross, where Bellmount Developments Ltd hope to get on site to start work on schemes that will add almost another 600 student beds to the system. Seamus Kelleher, who heads up Bellmount, said work will start as soon as they get planning permission for one remaining scheme (there are three neighbouring schemes of which two have the go-ahead).“We are waiting for planning to come through on the Finbar Galvin site, which is the middle site,” he said.https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/commercial/arid-41456356.html
Further significant PBSA development is due to get underway in Q2 of next year, also in Victoria Cross, where Bellmount Developments Ltd hope to get on site to start work on schemes that will add almost another 600 student beds to the system.
Seamus Kelleher, who heads up Bellmount, said work will start as soon as they get planning permission for one remaining scheme (there are three neighbouring schemes of which two have the go-ahead).
“We are waiting for planning to come through on the Finbar Galvin site, which is the middle site,” he said.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/commercial/arid-41456356.html
will be interesting to see what the rent will be for these cost rentals….: even if you assumed market rents haven’t increased since they calculated 3k a month a few years ago…. That would mean cost rental would be a min of 2,250 a month
CCC are looking for feedback on Shandon
https://www.corkcity.ie/en/council-services/services/planning/shandon-integrated-urban-strategy/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3OYfc-Be_h9UhXqg1i_HBALDu5U-GAw_G-5bT8w41YMWOQF4ZRfOfCln8_aem_pp-p_g7t83dk0r8H5z8Zew
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41454214.html?utm_source=push&utm_medium=mobile&utm_campaign=article
John Cleary and the City Council planning 217 cost rental apartments on the old Sextant/Carey Tools site.
It was meant to be a nursing home and creche.
The owners got into financial difficulties and the building has been left like that for about two years.
The scaffolding was taken down earlier this year and some of the politicians canvassing around the time of the elections said someone else has taken over the project and it was going out for tender again.
What's the story with the abandoned apartment (?) building accross from Ballinglanna in Glanmire? Not sure how long it's been like that but a real eyesore. Looks like there is a new development happening nearby closer to the bridge now.
the obvious question then is why did ABP grant permission? Obviously an overly cautious interpretation of guidelines?
"apartments fell below the minimum floor space and storage standards."
Wasn’t it to do with fire escapes? No way of getting out if there is a fire. I think that’s the reason why there aren’t people living above businesses on Patrick’s St.
Sorry - I don’t know
Why did the LA refuse the initial application?
It was either use the small spaces available or continue as a vacant building. Common sense prevailed I think.
This is behind a paywall but you get the gist. interesting they went against the inspector.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41438386.html
Any more info on these apartments?
You edited your comment, and I think I understand why we disagree now. It's the tree roots and earth that are underneath it. You actually can't fall through it any more than those people did. That's why it's wooden planking suspended over the gap, you can't support it directly in the centre. They could use perforated metal or brace it with steel or something like that but that would make it harder to modify when the tree gets wider. The planking there is lying on the earth and root of the tree. They could maybe just top up the soil and rest the planking on that or something.
Ah yeah but it's no different than a car crashing into it IMO, I feel like the fault here is in not fixing it, rather than not making it withstand the abuse. Anyway we only barely disagree, and we agree on the general topic: it's a shame the upkeep of the city centre isn't better.
It's in a city, visited by and populated with people who do stupid things, who drink and take drugs.
This should hardly come as any great surprise.
If one of them fell through it, they wouldn't be slow to claim real or imagined damages over it. The onus is on the council to make such things sturdy enough.
I disagree with you all, no wooden furniture is going to withstand 15-20 adults jumping on it, they just need to fence it off for the parade is all, same as they do with the bus shelters. I fully accept it should have been fixed well before now and that the council may well be of a penny pinching mindset, I just disagree that it should have withstood what I saw breaking it is all.
I know it might seem like I'm clutching at pearls but I honestly don't care what people did on the day, I just thought it was embarrassing behaviour. At the time I didn't feel for a second like the wooden construction was at fault. I went from thinking the council was heavy-handed in fencing off the bus shelters to thinking they needed to fence off more things!
But zero argument they should have long since fixed it by now.
You build for expected behaviour. That's reasonable expectation
The behaviour that offended you is irrelevant, they should have been of sturdier construction. Penny pinching by council.
Not defending their behaviour, at all, but street furniture should be able to cope with people standing on it.
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