Estate Agents sought to sell former Debenhams store on Cork's Patrick's St

Redevelopment similar to Dublin's Clerys a possible option for the future owner

The former Debenhams store at St. Patrick's Street Cork. Picture Denis Minihane.

Receivers Grant Thornton have been appointed by Bank of Ireland to oversee the sale of two former flagship stores previously occupied by British retail giant Debenhams, in Cork and Dublin.

They include the St Patrick’s Street premises in Cork city, an iconic building on the main shopping street, which operated as Roches Stores for the bones of a century before the Roche family leased it to Debenhams in 2006.