Firm puts forward major changes to shopping centre

Significant internal and external changes to Cork’s Merchants Quay Shopping Centre are proposed in an application lodged last week.

Atrium Nominees has set out a range of proposals that include moving the entrance at St Patrick’s Street to abut the neighbouring building. The plan is to facilitate change of use of part of the ground-floor and first-floor malls from circulation space to general retail, including the demolition and internal restructuring to create larger units and realign the mall from St Patrick’s Street.

The applicant is also seeking approval for changes to the three-storey corner of Merchants Quay and St Patrick’s Street, replacing brick cladding and shop front glazing with new glazing, stone and white aluminium grillage. The two-storey Merchants Quay frontage is also proposed for changes, to include replacing and enlarging first-floor windows and replacing ground-floor shop fronts and entrance doors.