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Corrib Great Southern Hotel (Beside GMIT)

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  • 02-11-2011 9:51pm
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    brembo26
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    Anyone know whats going on there? Seems to be a lot of activity there the past 2 weeks or so. They have all the lower level boarded up, cut the grass on the property and have just cleaned the place up in general!

    Is someone interested in the property or has it been just a well due spring cleaning? :P


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    galwayrush
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    I thought the GMIT had either bought it, or made a deal to use it from Gerry Barrett. Not certain, something i read about in a local rag a few months ago.


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    xo.mary
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    Galway Clinic have been using it as an overflow carpark for the last 2 weeks.


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    Bobeagleburger
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    It's an awful eyesore.

    I'd love to see it flattened tbh.


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    JohnCleary
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    rarnes1 wrote: »
    It's an awful eyesore.

    I'd love to see it flattened tbh.

    So buy it and knock it, otherwise STFU!

    As has been said above, Galway Clinic have been using it as a car-park for the past while. However, I did notice labourers in and out of the place, so possibly something going on


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    vulcan57
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    JohnCleary wrote: »
    So buy it and knock it, otherwise STFU!

    A touch harsh don't you think ??


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    Robbo
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    It always amazed me now that NAMA are involved, GMIT never approached them about taking over the whole thing. Car parking, accommodation, run the hotel and catering school out of it, free up space for other areas in the main campus. A bit of joined up thinking wouldn't go astray.


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    JohnCleary
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    Robbo wrote: »
    It always amazed me now that NAMA are involved, GMIT never approached them about taking over the whole thing. Car parking, accommodation, run the hotel and catering school out of it, free up space for other areas in the main campus. A bit of joined up thinking wouldn't go astray.

    Inter-departmental communication & strategy? In Ireland? Are you having the lolz? :pac:


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    Interceptor
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    Its being stripped and prepped for demolition.

    'cptr


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    dinneenp
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    any way to get into it to take some photos?
    I'd be very interested in that...


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    leonidas83
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    dinneenp wrote: »
    any way to get into it to take some photos?
    I'd be very interested in that...


    I wouldnt do that if I were you, apparently sewage is overflowing in there and there are rats all over the place, its a good thing there demolishing it, always thought it was a great spot to have a business or otherwise tho.


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    grainnereills
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    they may not be involved. it may be funded by a bank that is not part of the NAMA solution!


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    D Trent
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    Site was sold two days ago, planning permission application will be sent in for restaurant and apartment block. At long last it will be knocked to ground.


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    emptybladder
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    Yep, sold for €3.5m a few weeks ago. Bloody hell, that's some haircut in 'value'!

    http://www.connachttribune.ie/news/item/512-uk-developers-poised-to-join-buying-spree-in-galway-c


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    Seaneh
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    Robbo wrote: »
    It always amazed me now that NAMA are involved, GMIT never approached them about taking over the whole thing. Car parking, accommodation, run the hotel and catering school out of it, free up space for other areas in the main campus. A bit of joined up thinking wouldn't go astray.

    The cost of moving the hotel and catering school into a new building would be insane, I don't know if you realise just how much stuff there is in the hotel and catering school, between demo kitchens, practice restaurants, practical kitchens, bakery, larder, etc, etc, etc all of which were built to spec and designed for their intended use.

    You'd be looking at hundreds of thousands of euros to relocate the school across the road, and that's just in redesigning the inside of the hotel to accommodate it, Never mind the rest of the costs involved. I know it sort of sounds like a good idea, but it's actually a pretty terrible idea in practice. You'd also have to build lecture halls, laboratories, storage areas, etc. it's totally unneeded.


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    jamesdiver
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    Robbo wrote: »
    It always amazed me now that NAMA are involved, GMIT never approached them about taking over the whole thing. Car parking, accommodation, run the hotel and catering school out of it, free up space for other areas in the main campus. A bit of joined up thinking wouldn't go astray.


    Agree with the above reply. It's a huge undertaking. The whole building would need to be revamped to make it usable. GMIT are committed to numerous capital developments already. It was discussed as another campus but there just simply isnt the funding to make this happen. Unfortunately, big business sees the only feasible money maker for this site is as a carpark.


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    bofinfan
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    Would be great to see something happening there.


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    RHJ
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    This post has been deleted.


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    Mrs OBumble
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    RHJ wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Yes. We just don't know what, or when.


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    Private Joker
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    they applied for permission to extend their planning to demolish but that expired in march . so it looks like nothing will happen for a while at least.


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    youngrun
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    GMIT? http://claregalway.info/nuacht/news/2015/02/gmit-hopeful-corrib-purchase/


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    death1234567
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    youngrun wrote: »
    GMIT? http://claregalway.info/nuacht/news/2015/02/gmit-hopeful-corrib-purchase/
    Look at the date "Posted February 12, 2015 by Lorraine O'Hanlon"


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    youngrun
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    death1234567 wrote: »
    Look at the date "Posted February 12, 2015 by Lorraine O'Hanlon"

    Yes I wonder if negotiations are ongoing?


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    ben.schlomo
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    youngrun wrote: »
    Yes I wonder if negotiations are ongoing?

    Nope.


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    snubbleste
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    CPO it for social housing. It has views, adjacent to a tertiary institution, garda station, fantastic sports facilities, excellent transport connection etc.


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    gordongekko
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    CPO it for social housing. It has views, adjacent to a tertiary institution, garda station, fantastic sports facilities, excellent transport connection etc.

    Why social housing?? I'd to pay full whack for my house and don't have access to all those facilities.


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    snubbleste
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    gordongekko wrote: »
    Why social housing?? I'd to pay full whack for my house and don't have access to all those facilities.
    Cos social housing tenants are people too. :)

    That site should be generating millions in an unused-development-plot tax, if we had one.


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    Private Joker
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    Cos social housing tenants are people too. :)

    That site should be generating millions in an unused-development-plot tax, if we had one.

    its on the derelict sites register afaik, so its generating 3% omv per annum for the council.


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    gordongekko
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    Cos social housing tenants are people too. :)

    Of course they are but why not reopen it as a hotel or extra space for gmit or redevelop it into government buildings or a community enterprise centre etc.


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    snubbleste
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    gordongekko wrote: »
    Of course they are but why not reopen it as a hotel or extra space for gmit or redevelop it into government buildings or a community enterprise centre etc.
    Because housing is the #1 priority for the government, have you not heard?
    Anyway, my point is that it should be CPO'd for a greater societal good if the developer/owner is leaving it idle.


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    Mrs OBumble
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    CPO it for social housing. It has views, adjacent to a tertiary institution, garda station, fantastic sports facilities, excellent transport connection etc.

    Sports facilities?

    How much do you think it would cost to either convert the existing buildings to long-term units, or to demolish and re-build?

    NB it wasn't even an option to use it for student housing when it closed, because people living for months in a place need facilities like laundries etc which weren't there.


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