Investment now key to docklands success

GOVERNMENT, Exchequer and IDA commitment will be needed to secure Cork docklands redevelopment and to provide a counter-balance to the burgeoning Dublin region, according to the developers behind an estimated €2 billion masterplan for a 32-acre site on Cork’s south docks.

Plans were submitted just this week by Origin Enterprises for phase one development of their landbank, the closest renewal site to Cork city centre, 250 yards from City Hall.

John Butler of Origin described their 18 to 20-year phased Port Quarter project as “a robust plan” which was flexible, and which met the city’s future housing and business needs as well as meeting the design requirements of Cork City Council’s recent Local Area Plan.