Soundstore's warehouse and HQ goes to market in Cork

There’s a sort of musical chairs series of moves afoot at several of Munster’s TV, audio and white goods retailers this month. As one Cork city centre retailer prepares to move to an edge-of town spot for a larger footprint in coming weeks, the first out of the traps to officially confirm a relocation is the well-known and long-established Soundstore.

It’s relocating from a valuable, modern 80,000 sq ft unit at Cork city’s Sitecast Industrial Estate near Pouladuff, which has been its depot/warehouse and HQ, and the business also has several electrical stores in Cork, as well as single stores in Limerick, Waterford, and Tralee.

Soundstore’s warehouse and HQ goes to market this week with Savills Cork, guiding at €3.5 million, far below replacement/construction costs. It’s about 10 years old and would cost up to €8-€10m to build today, says Niall Guerin of Savills.