Change-of-use sought for a Meadows & Byrne

The founding premises of homewares specialist store, Meadows & Byrne, in Cork City’s Academy Street will only be vacated and leased to restaurant chain, Nando’s, if planning is secured for change-of-use.

Having approached the homeware chain in recent months, after scouting an adjacent building in the city’s trendy ‘Huguenot Quarter,’ Nando’s have recently submitted for planning permission for the historic, 19th century Academy Street property, which measures 4,000 sq ft over two floors.

Founded in 1987, Nando’s specialises in Afro-Portuguese fare, and is represented in 1,000 outlets in 35 countries and also has a Cork presence in Mahon Point. It opened in Dublin in 2011.