€160m Cork docklands plan cleared for development

A €160m development is set to create the first urban residential quarter in Cork city’s sprawling docklands.

Cork City Council approved the ambitious HQ mixed-use scheme on Horgan’s Quay yesterday which will deliver more than 230 apartments, a 136-bed hotel, and up to 400,000sq ft of office space, with capacity for up to 5,000 employees, across eight buildings on a six-acre riverside site alongside the city’s train station.

Most of the schemes delivered in the docklands to date have been office blocks. But this scheme, which includes a residential and retail element, as well as a hotel, marks a significant expansion of the city eastwards into the docklands.