Site clearance and demolition of Cork's Camden Place to begin February

Work on site clearance for a €20 million office development in Cork City Centre commences next month at Camden Place, facing the Opera House, with letting agents Cushman and Wakefield and CBRE (who are about to open a dedicated Cork agency office) about to jointly market the five storey project.

Site clearance and demolition work starts February, with contractors soon to be confirmed, behind the retained 19th century facade of the Italianate structure which previously served as a garden centre, and a temporary courthouse, as well as an arts venue, in recent decades.

The 65,000 sq ft of lettable space in the development, for which planning was granted without recourse to An Bord Pleanála, will deliver 150 jobs during the construction phase, and accomodate up to 500 office workers when completed by the first half of 2018.