Danish lifestyle and homewares company Sostrene Grene latest arrival on Cork’s Patrick St

The arrival in coming weeks on Cork city’s Patrick Street of Danish lifestyle and homewares company Søstrene Grene is a harbinger of a retail uplift to come, as deals also advance with at least two ‘big-box’ retailers for the Capitol Cinema redevelopment.

Taking over the long-vacant former Mothercare premises at 74/75, the Danish company is moving on to the western end of Patrick Street, opposite JCD’s rapidly-delivered Capitol shops and offices development, which holds the promise of a transformative presence at this end of the main shopping thoroughfare in 2017.

The €50m development of the assembled Capitol site on Patrick Street — and especially Grand Parade — is advancing, and internal fit-out is expected by as-yet unconfirmed new tenants early in 2017.