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Construction works progress on Block 9005 in Blarney Business Park.

April 22, 2024

It is great to see construction works progress on Block 9005 in Blarney Business Park as steel works finish up this week and roofing works are well underway. Block 9005 will be available from September 2024.

Lord Mayor visits Penrose House to mark its 200th anniversary.

April 9, 2024

THE Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Kieran McCarthy, visited Penrose House on Cork’s historic quays to mark the 200th anniversary of its completion. The Lord Mayor officially unveiled a plaque in the entrance hall of the fully restored building. Penrose House was constructed on Penrose Quay along a bustling riverfront…

Grant Thornton to double Cork staff with new office at Penrose Dock

October 25, 2019

One of the world’s most prominent professional consultancy services is to open a new office in Cork, with the potential to more than double its workforce in the city. Grant Thornton, the world’s seventh largest professional services network, currently employs around 105 people at its two Cork offices on South…

Brexit fears tick property boxes

November 8, 2018

FEARS of a hard Brexit are feeding into demand for quality industrial and logistics space for firms dealing with other EU countries, it’s claimed, as a developer pledges to fully complete a largely moth-balled and part-occupied 50-acre business park, near Cork’s Blarney. The pledge comes as new jobs are already…

Work starts on latest Cork docklands project

October 13, 2018

The regeneration of Cork’s docklands has stepped up another gear with work underway on a €125m office block on the northern quays which will be able to accommodate more than 2,250 workers by mid-2020. John Cleary, the developer behind the Penrose Dock project near the train station, said he believes…

German investment fund buys Capitol development in Cork city for €45m

September 7, 2017

The €45.6m purchase of the John Cleary Developments’ Capitol development in Cork city by a German pension fund “is a major confidence boost for the city” and a positive omen for new development, according to Goodbody investment analyst Colm Lauder. The strong arrival of Real I.S. to the Cork property…

€30m, five-storey office building to be built by JCD on South Mall

August 7, 2017

PLANNING permission has been granted for a major new €30m, five-storey office block on South Mall that will accommodate 450 workers.  Developer John Cleary’s JCD Group just recently completed work on the Capital redevelopment with the retail and bar and space already fully let and a number of significant companies…

Cork’s One Albert Quay set up for Tyco arrival

February 12, 2016

Three weeks away from moving the first 270 Tyco staff of 700 proposed in the multinational giant’s global HQ into the €50 million-plus Cork office development One Albert Quay, the John Cleary Developments 170,000 sq ft landmark building “will act as a talent magnet for Tyco, and for Cork.”  …

Ireland’s smartest building’ set to open in Cork

December 21, 2015

The new office block on Cork’s Albert Quay will be “Ireland’s smartest building” when it opens in two months time, according to one of its new tenants. Donal Sullivan, general manager of Tyco Ireland, told attendees at the Cork Chamber/Irish Examiner Business Breakfast that there is a “great buzz” among…

One Albert Quay achieves top green rating

October 5, 2015

The landmark One Albert Quay office block, nearing completion in Cork’s docklands, is poised to become one of the the most environmentally friendly buildings in Europe viagra for men online. The 170,000 sq ft riverside office development, which has been under construction for the last 12 months, has been awarded…