Former hotel site pitched to retailers

A retail development future beckons for the site of the former John Barleycorn hotel in Cork’s Glanmire.

Now formally on the market, the 5.4 acres is being pitched to supermarket and discount retailers such as Tesco, Lidl and Aldi.

According to agents Seán Healy and Frank Ryan of DTZ Sherry FitzGerald, acting jointly with Casey and Kingston, Glanmire as a fast-growing community and ‘dormitory town’ is under shopped for its considerable, 10,000-plus population.