Mango to start overhaul of former Quills store in Cork City centre

The Spanish fashion brand is hoping to have the store open after the summer, creating 10 jobs

The former Quills store, vacant since 2014, is getting a Mediterranean-style makeover in preparation for the arrival of Spanish fashion brand Mango Picture: Cian O'Regan.

SPANISH fashion retail giant Mango is set to begin work next week on transforming a long-vacant city centre eyesore into a breezy Mediterranean-style outlet as the former Quills store undergoes a major makeover.

Mango has confirmed to the Irish Examiner that work will begin at the end of May on the Savoy-adjoining premises on St Patrick's Street, and that the store is scheduled to open after the summer, with 10 jobs created. The premises has been vacant since Quills shut up shop in 2014. It was bought the following year for €2m by Clarendon Properties, owners of the Savoy. Mango has taken a 10-year lease on the property, with a five-year breakout clause, which includes a penalty for early exit.