Iconic Kino cinema to be turned in €4m arthouse hub

It will operate as a café during the day and as a niche arthouse, with bar, in the evening

A €4 million revamp of the iconic Kino cinema on Washington Street, Cork will turn it into an arthouse hub with 17 student apartments overhead.

THE developer behind a proposal to revamp the iconic Kino cinema on Cork city’s Washington St plans to spend up to €4m redeveloping the site into what he hopes will become an arthouse hub.

Kerry-based Philip O’Connor told the Irish Examiner that his proposal will dovetail well with plans by IRE Real Estate Investment Partners Fund 11 to redevelop the nearby former Square Deal site to accommodate circa 280 student beds.