New life for Cork's Sunbeam site

Asite in Blackpool, Cork city, associated for generations with the Sunbeam factory, devastated by fire in 2003, and which was later earmarked for a €100m redevelopment of offices and retail seven years ago, is now for sale, guiding €1.8 million.

New to market with agents Savills is 4.3 acres of cleared, brownfield development land by the N20 Cork-Limerick road through Blackpool, and adjoining the Blackpool Retail Park and Atrium office development.

It has, says James O’Donovan of Savills, a positive planning history (now lapsed) after planning was granted in 2010 to developers Rothbury Estates for the development of a large mixed-use retail and office scheme in excess of 400,000 sq ft: reported development value at the time in 2010 was put at c €100m.