Cork developments

MrDerp

snotboogie wrote: »

OCP have essentially confirmed that Anderson Quay won't go ahead as planned. they are looking to build apartments on site if regulations become more favorable. Unfortunately I doubt this decision will change their mind.

If I were them I’d be waiting for planning to go ahead for the custom house development, then put in for high rise based on adjacent heights.

Seamai

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

Just back from the Tramore valley Park, Holy f*ck it's rich calling that place a park.

How on earth did it cost 40m?

Gravel paths, no trees, no flowers, no lights, minimal signs of where to go, no playground, no fountain, no bins, no cut grass

I could keep going on, it's abysmal.

I was was thinking the same when I saw the new park in Hawlboline, what have they got against trees?

vinnie_cork

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

Just back from the Tramore valley Park, Holy f*ck it's rich calling that place a park.

How on earth did it cost 40m.

€39,900,000 was spent on the former dump works piping gasses and layers of barriers and topsoil covering.... the park is just a byproduct... Haulbowlan €10m development again most of that on cleaning the site.

Both sites can never be built on... only option was public park. I haven’t visited either but no naive enough to think the €40m & €10m was spent on nice things for amenities.

namloc1980

Seamai wrote: »

I was was thinking the same when I saw the new park in Hawlboline, what have they got against trees?

The park in Haulbowline has an infinitely better finish than Tramore. They're incomparable really.

vinnie_cork

namloc1980 wrote: »

The park in Haulbowline has an infinitely better finish than Tramore. They're incomparable really.

One is city one is county... county about to hand over their regional park on Friday. Hopefully they will take inspiration.

SteelyDanJalapeno

vinnie_cork wrote: »

€39,900,000 was spent on the former dump works piping gasses and layers of barriers and topsoil covering.... the park is just a byproduct... Haulbowlan €10m development again most of that on cleaning the site.

Both sites can never be built on... only option was public park. I haven’t visited either but no naive enough to think the €40m & €10m was spent on nice things for amenities.

Still 40m on piping and topsoil seems a little mad

vinnie_cork

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

Still 40m on piping and topsoil seems a little mad

It was a toxic site. To stop contamination of groundwater and the air it’s been capped and sealed... it’s a monster of a site to have cleaned up.

lostinsuperfunk

what have they got against trees?

It's very difficult to grow trees on former landfills. The surface soil layer is shallow. Underneath this there is a "cap" to seal in the waste. There is a risk that deep tree roots will puncture the cap.

no.8

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote:

Gravel paths, no trees, no flowers, no lights, minimal signs of where to go, no playground, no fountain, no bins, no cut grass

Nothing wrong with areas of gravel. The rest would be nice though.

marno21

Good news from de paper this morning

They also said that extensive pre-planning works for their even larger €250m 34-storey tower project on the nearby Custom House site are at a very advanced stage.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/property/planning-upheld-for-15-storey-glass-fronted-office-tower-in-cork-927244.html

Apogee

snotboogie wrote: »

The Victoria Hotel has been with ABP for nearly two years...

Echo wrote:

In 2017, new owners RESAM Properties Ltd lodged plans to build a high-order retail unit on the site of the historic location. However, planners in City Hall gave the go-ahead for the redevelopment. This decision was appealed to An Bord Plean by Mr Grace and body An Taisce. However, in recent days, the organisation has upheld the council's decision allowing the development. A planning inspector said the proposed development would not seriously injure the character of the area and would not have unacceptable impacts in terms of architectural heritage.

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Corks-historic-Victoria-Hotel-is-to-be-redeveloped-c71b8ba7-2bc8-4ac9-bc3a-00e62113341b-ds

questionmark?

ABP are on a roll! More good news.

If this is original work I could see some (a lot) of cause to keep it in any new plans.

CHealy

Did Mr. Grace really object on those grounds? A city center location?

cgcsb

Gorgeous building, obviously An Taisce want to let it rot into nothingness.

questionmark?

Deleted User wrote: »

If this is original work I could see some (a lot) of cause to keep it in any new plans.

The planning details that the ceiling is retained as well as the outside facade.

snotboogie

CHealy wrote: »

Did Mr. Grace really object on those grounds? A city center location?

Originally I thought he objected because retail would not attract night traffic to his chipper, he wanted it to be kept as a hotel.

opus

I took a walk past the development in Millerd St last night, pic below.



Also this is the 3d model of the proposed flats down the street a little.



And finally the student apartment development on the Mardyke has the site cleared now, the house came down very quick it looks like.

opus

snotboogie wrote: »

There is work being done on the mound of rubble on Sullivan's Quay. While it is an eyesore and possible health risk it may be bad news for the Events Centre as it was planned for use on site there.

Don't worry, none of the rubble has been removed, they've just levelled the pile off so that the fencing hides the ugliness. A friend of mine lives on Cove St so has a good view from their bedroom windows.

who_me

opus wrote: »

Don't worry, none of the rubble has been removed, they've just levelled the pile off so that the fencing hides the ugliness. A friend of mine lives on Cove St so has a good view from their bedroom windows.

Hah, God it must be an awful tease having so much more light and a view of the river/city centre now, knowing you're going to lose it again in a few months' time. Well, a few years' time.

snotboogie

opus wrote: »

I took a walk past the development in Millerd St last night, pic below.



Also this is the 3d model of the proposed flats down the street a little.



And finally the student apartment development on the Mardyke has the site cleared now, the house came down very quick it looks like.

What student development is that?

opus

snotboogie wrote: »

What student development is that?

This one, the house is gone now.

Rhys Essien

New coffee dock/shop on Brian Boru Street.

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Coffee-to-go-on-Corks-historic-old-rail-line-5d3287ac-e23a-413c-9451-d816d92ffa7b-ds

Rhys Essien

Rhys Essien wrote: »

New coffee dock/shop on Brian Boru Street.

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Coffee-to-go-on-Corks-historic-old-rail-line-5d3287ac-e23a-413c-9451-d816d92ffa7b-ds

I was all ready to say "another bloody soulless coffee store" but that is a busy pedestrian commute walkway, not the worst thing in the world to put there

Rhys Essien

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I was all ready to say "another bloody soulless coffee store" but that is a busy pedestrian commute walkway, not the worst thing in the world to put there

Like many other places that whole block is crying out for development.

snotboogie

opus wrote: »

This one, the house is gone now.

how many apartments are going in there?

snotboogie

Rhys Essien wrote: »

New coffee dock/shop on Brian Boru Street.

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Coffee-to-go-on-Corks-historic-old-rail-line-5d3287ac-e23a-413c-9451-d816d92ffa7b-ds

Going by the last line:

A planning decision is also awaited on a microbrewery in the nearby Thompson House on MacCurtain Street

it looks like the decision for the Cotton Ball is coming soon. Would be great for MacCurtain St. I wonder when the works will start on the new Micro Distillery at the Bodega? That got planning in March

opus

snotboogie wrote: »

how many apartments are going in there?

Don't remember it was last year sometime I happened to read the planning notice that was on there. Given the location I'd imagine no more than three stories max anyway.

snotboogie

Another big approval:

Parnell Place Hotel gets the green light from ABP

Picture that image next to the Prism and all of a sudden that area is looking very nice.