450-job boost for Cork's business boulevard with new office block

A €25 million, 450-job new South Mall office block for foreign direct investment (FDI) and IT start-up companies will be seen as a highly significant vote of confidence in Cork city centre’s traditional office and commercial heartland.

Behind the move to deliver a 50,000 sq ft office block to Gold LEED standards at and behind 85/86 South Mall, are John Cleary Developments, with architects Henry J Lyons for the major impact site, building over five levels on a 0.34 acre site which has just completed site assembly.

It’s expected to add considerably to the footfall and employment profile of the South Mall’s eastern end, and its anticipated impact has been welcomed by Cork Chamber of Commerce and by the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Simon Coveney, as a planning application for the project is lodged this week.