Tivoli docks redevelopment plan includes 4,000 houses

A blueprint for the development of Tivoli docklands proposes building 4,000 housing units, shopping centres, offices, and a railway station.

The proposal has been drawn up by the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland in conjunction with the Port of Cork and is expected to be made public later this month.

Port of Cork is preparing to vacate the Tivoli docks and the city quays in the next few years. Chairman Brendan Keating said the company will concentrate its efforts at the multi-million euro extension of the deep water quay in Ringaskiddy and at the former IFI plant at Marino Point, near Cobh, which it recently purchased in a joint venture with private company Lanber Holdings.