PwC and Starbucks set for One Albert Quay move

Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers is set to leave its current base on Cork’s South Mall and relocate to One Albert Quay, sources close to John Cleary Developments have indicated.

PwC, which employs around 80 people in audit, tax, and advisory services in the city, will join Swiss security systems company Tyco at the Albert Quay site, where work is under way.

Starbucks, which already has a café in Mahon’s City Gate complex and it is to open another in nearby Mahon Point Shopping Centre, is also expected to take up tenancy at Albert Quay; bringing occupancy close to 70% before foundations are laid for the 200,000 sq ft JCD/Bam joint venture.