Cost-rental apartments on Cork's Sextant bar site hailed as 'rebirth of city living'
The 217-unit Railway Apartments scheme on Cork city's south docks will include one of Ireland's tallest buildings.
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SUBSCRIBEPlanning has been approved for a €100m cost-rental apartment scheme on Cork’s south docks which has been described as “the rebirth of city living”.
City councillors have approved the Part 8 planning for the 217-unit Railway Apartments scheme on the former Sextant bar site, which will include a 24-storey residential block which is set to become one of Ireland’s tallest buildings.
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