Cort City - Gentrification

KCAccidental wrote: »

Barrack Street.

with the rates reduction I think it's already on it's way, but with plenty of students around and already a few hip places open it will become a bit of an artsy hub before long.

Douglas Street and Barrack Street areas have been looking like becoming a hip area since the late eighties. Still hasn't happened, though. Barrack Street is like a bit of a ghost town, businesswise.

BlinkingLights wrote: »

Shandon.

I think you'll see St Luke's & Wellington Road becoming much more expensive. They're not in need of gentrification but I could see them moving very upmarket.

I moved to Shandon just in time so

Always thought Douglas St was crying out for gentrification but it seems to be stubbornly resisting. Maybe once that hotel on Sullivan's Quay goes ahead and if the event centre ever gets built it might kick start it & Barrack St also.

Keep your eye on Blackpool. Loads of cute cottages and close to the city centre.
Residents are rightly complaining of dereliction in the centre of the village but all those buildings will be worth a fortune in ten years.

yes but why was nothing done about these areas in last boom ? unfortunately in this country theres nothing to say they will be sorted as its all to do with who owns buildings and planning.. look at Dublin booming for many years now , doesn't stop it having lots of dereliction. That's Irelands city councils for you.

Top Of Patricks/Richmond hill looks to be changing a bit - was up around there recently lots of people chilling out on the field ( I know weather helped !).
Wonder if there opportunity for the shop to open as Café of some sorts there - you be amazed at amount of people stroll up for the view in the field - or maybe where the young offenders was filmed lol !! Its so near town its prob hard to tell .

Augeo wrote: »

Barrack street and Douglas Street don't have many houses so opportunies for gentrification is minimal even if all the empty units were turned into houses.

St Lukes on the other hand does have lots and lots of houses

Plenty of opportunities to utilise the upper floors of both streets. There was a successful "Living Over The Shop" scheme to encourage conversion of underused upper floors to residential back in the nineties. Involved generous tax incentives. Would love to see something like this put in place for both streets.

The surrounding streets and areas are also heavily residential.

Augeo wrote: »

So to facilitate gentrification where do all the current occupiers go? If they aren't partaking in gentrification to some extent as things are?
I know of quite a few professionals living in the surrounding streets btw.

I imagine they wouldn't have to go anywhere, as it's derelict and underused property which will be redeveloped. There is an abundance of both in the area.

Barrack street seems to be more lively: construction of new housing ongoing, restaurants, pubs and cafes, Elizabeth fort having tours.

Which one was that ?

Ah thank you - I didn't search Richmond hill- I know these ones . Small but nice - traffic on that road can be busy though ! Mad price but then I saw on PPR no 10 went for 232 k in Summer 😮