Planning granted for 1,000 new homes on Cork's Live at the Marquee site

Development involves the construction of 12 buildings some up to 14 storeys high.

A computer-generated image of the planned new housing development by Glenveagh Properties on the Live at the Marquee site. Picture: Pedersen Focus

PLANNERS have given the go-ahead for a transformative residential development that will see more than 1,000 apartments built on a prime docklands site in Cork city’s golden Marina Quarter.

The development at the former Ford Distribution site, on a circa five-hectare parcel of land, bordered by Centre Park Road, the Marquee link road and Monahan Road, is among the most ambitious ever proposed so close to the city.