CORK’S Blackpool Shopping Centre has a €75m valuation, as part of a €130m Nama first ‘Acorn Portfolio’ sale of Irish shopping centres, with 120 tenants.

DOUGLAS Court Shopping Centre, which has sensationally been placed in receivership, is likely to be managed ’as-is’ for some time before being offered for sale — and its likely value is around €30m, according to property sources.

PENTHOUSE apartments with roof gardens, part of a seven-storey block overlooking a public park, a shoppers’ nirvana and a diverted stream — welcome to the new Blackpool.

BLACKPOOL in Cork is one the most successful urban renewal schemes in the country its fortunes have been reversed, and the pace of change continues.

NOW that Cork’s Blackpool Retail Centre looks set for a pre-Christmas opening, with lots of new shops lined up, living on the north-west of the city is getting better and better.