Elverys addresses elephant in the room after €12m Roches Stores/Debenhams  Cork swoop

Sports chain to add new tenants and user profile and will take just 25/30% of the 160,000 sq ft building for its own retail use

Long memories: Elverys return to Cork's St Patrick's Street after a 50 year absence after buying Debenhams/Roches Store iconic building  for an unconfirmed €12m. It previous traded at No 78: pic shows Elverys' Elephant house  in  1935

CORK City’s sprawling former Debenhams/Roches Stores landmark property may see a mix of fashion and sports retail, supermarket, office space and hospitality in its new ownership under purchaser Intersport Elverys, which is posed to make a return to the premiere retail street St Patrick’s Street after a 50-year gap.

Elephantine: the former Debenhams store on 1.6 acres at St. Patrick's St., Cork.