Cork docklands' first large-scale apartment scheme to go ahead

The majority of the apartments will be made available at cost-rental, at least 25% below the regular local market rate

The Horgan’s Quay site breakthrough is significant as the absence of residential had been the major gap in the €160m mixed-use development in Cork City. Picture: Larry Cummins

The first large-scale apartment scheme in Cork City’s docklands is set to go ahead after the Land Development Agency (LDA) swung in behind a stalled Clarendon Properties/Bam Ireland residential project on Horgan’s Quay.

The move should see the first of 302 apartments delivered by the end of 2025, with the majority being made available at cost-rental, at least 25% below the regular local market rate. The LDA is also planning to deliver 350 homes at an ESB site in Wilton.