Prime site opportunity in top residential area

CBRE, which is celebrating the opening its first office in Cork city, is the selling agent for an interesting property in Blackrock that has just come to market.

Located close to Ashton Comprehensive School, head of CBRE in Cork, Denis O’Donoghue, says the site would be an ideal location for an apartment development. Several blocks are already in-situ by the school, and with housing in historic short supply, it is an area that would be remarkably popular for development purposes.

The property is sited along the Blackrock Road at the access to a walled cul-de-sac known as Bull’s Lane. What stands there now is a 1960s office block that was hit by fire some years ago. It is described by the sales agent as ‘a prime site’ containing the almost 17,600 sq ft former headquarters of Pettit Consulting Engineers, acquired by Mott McDonald in 2006. More recently it served as the offices of the ill-fated Cape Verde Development operation headed up by Clonakilty native, Tom Sheehy.