Land to be rezoned for €200m office plan

A €200 MILLION office development which could create up to 1,500 jobs in Cork city got the green light last night after councillors agreed unanimously to rezone land.

They also agreed to ring-fence some of the estimated €3m in development contributions that will be paid by John Cleary Developments to build an extra traffic lane in to the site near the Mahon Point shopping centre.

Councillors cited the jobs potential of the project and city manager Joe Gavin assured that the extra lane will be built to ease traffic congestion in the area.