THERE’s chatter about the arrival of a Starbucks on Cork city’s South Mall, but, in advance of any confirmation of another city swoop by the bean giant, Cork City Council’s Grand Parade Kiosk 3, at the riverside junction with South Mall comes back up to let.

No site selection has yet been made for the new €100m UCC Business School, with locations under consideration and actively being pitched to the university likely to range from being a pivotal docklands ‘catalyst’ to anchoring the proposed Science and Technology Park in Curraheen, as well as more central city sites like Trinity Quarter on South Terrace (see CGI, right).