Derelict Paintwell site finally ‘primed’ for redevelopment in Cork City Council-driven €275k sale

Glossy future beckons for long-vacant former paint and decorating shop and derelict site

Primed opportunity: No 43-45 Cornmarket Street Cork: the vacant part of the site was declared derelict years ago, and the entire including the former paint shop Paintwell is now being sold by Cork City Council by April 21

A SITE acquired under the Derelict Sites Act by Cork City Council, in a historic city quarter and with links going back to Spanish Armada times, is being sold for long-awaited redevelopment.

It’s one of almost 100 derelict properties on the local authority’s register, and its offer for sale after a 10-year hiatus lying idle will be widely welcomed — and seen as an outlier for other key sites to be made available for new uses.