Fleming HQ for sale

THE former Bandon, Cork Road HQ of Fleming Construction — in receivership and with group debts of €1bn — is for sale.

The group, which grew rapidly during the boom, had interests in the UK, China and the US. Flemings expanded to encompass many dozens of companies, involved in homes and apartment buildings, and mixed-use schemes, and had an innovative steel-frame construction arm, with a major factory for export, in Ringaskiddy, as well as energy interests in the US.

At peak, the company was turning over €200m a year, and employed up to 2,000, directly and indirectly. The Fleming Group developed a number of leading Irish hotel resorts, including the Inchydoney Lodge and Spa, which was sold a number of years ago.