Do not judge 42 Waltham Abbey by its facade — this is a home that opens out like a Tardis, as soon as you get through the mid-terrace property’s front door.

THE owners of 30 Berryfield “have done the Dermot Bannon-sort of extension behind, great space with lots of glass and light”, says Sherry FitzGerald auctioneer Norma Healy. 

Struggling retailer Tesco is seeking to recoup tens of millions of euros, from the sale of 25 development sites it had amassed for new stores or expansion, in 16 counties around Ireland.

Tommy Barker finds two similar properties with similar prices to tempt both investors and owner-occupiers.

Office activity in Cork’s suburbs, especially from FDI companies, has picked up sharply in recent months, according to agent Paul Hannon of Lisney.

STRONG, five-yearly rental increases, with the next hike due in summer, 2016, underpin the attractiveness of a bank building investment, in Cork’s redeveloped Ballincollig Town Centre.

Hot spicy food - by way of a fourth Ramen Asian street food restaurant - is set to ok up next to an Iceland store, in East Cork’s Midleton Distillery Lane’s €30m development.

IF an army marches on its stomach, and an economy on its retail and restaurant expansion, then things are clearly picking up in Cork - with knives, forks and chopsticks at the ready in the ‘Asian Street Feud’ moves.

A retail unit acquired in 1999 as the second ever Aldi Irish store is up for sale by tender as an investment: it’s the anchor tenant in the Westside Retail Park, Ballincollig in Cork, on a lease set to run until 2024.

€270,000

A new Tesco supermarket in Ballincollig, Cork, is now set to be built by O’Flynn Construction, after the High Court this week rejected a challenge to its planning by the owners of a nearby SuperValu.

A West Cork solicitor has been struck off after being found guilty of a series of charges of professional misconduct by the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal.

A report in yesterday’s Commercial Property pages incorrectly referred to a planned investment sale of the HQ of O’Flynn Construction in Ballincollig Town Centre.

PLANNERS in Cork city are poised to recommend a rezoning to facilitate the development of a “local retail centre” featuring a Tesco Express store in the western suburbs.

SOME 200 new retail jobs are poised for Cork’s Ballincollig, as supermarket giant Tesco joins a heady and competitive mix in the town that already has two Aldis, two SuperValus, a Lidl — and a large Dunnes Stores.

A THREE-STOREY, three-bathroom, three-bedroomed house with a price handily below €300k is on offer at an asking price of €290,000 at Ballincollig’s Old Quarter.

PLANS to replace an 1890s-built garda station in one of Cork’s biggest towns cleared the final government hurdle yesterday.

COMPUTER storage giant EMC announced plans yesterday to locate up to 350 hi-tech jobs in Cork’s newest office campus.

THE daffs are up and out in many places, and the first sale of 2005 in Cork’s Daffodil Fields is also on the way.

Tommy Barker, Property Editor

DUNNES STORES is to anchor both the food and drapery sections of the new €500 million Ballincollig Town Centre, it has been confirmed.

Designer label store BT2, an offshoot of the popular Brown Thomas, will be drawing fashion-conscious shoppers to Wilton, Cork.