LDA in talks to partner on ambitious Marina project as first house visible at former Cork hospital site

The Land Development Agency is in talks with Glenveagh Properties about their 1,000-apartment plan for the Marina Quarter 

Homes taking shape in the first phase of a 266-unit LDA development at the former St Kevin's Hospital site in Shanakiel. Picture supplied by MMD Construction 

THE Land Development Agency (LDA) has confirmed it is in talks with Glenveagh Properties about partnering on its ambitious 1,000-apartment Marina project, which is set to increase in size.

During a site visit to the former St Kevin’s Hospital in Shanakiel, where the LDA is driving Cork city’s biggest public housing project since the 1980s, Phelim O’Neill, the agency’s head of property, confirmed discussions with Glenveagh are “ongoing”.