Commercial Property

Cork retail property market sees increased activity as office workers return to city centre

While recent reports have pointed to an overall slight decline in retail sales growth across Ireland in the third quarter of this year, the market in Cork appears to be bucking the trend

St Patrick’s Street has seen a host of new stores open

Office and hotels developed over recent years are beginning to benefit Cork’s city centre retail sector as the post Covid-19 tide of working from home is ebbing and increased numbers are returning to work in offices.

New retailers have opened on the city’s high street, St Patrick’s Street, and they include Carrolls Irish Gifts, which has opened at 48/49 Patrick’s Street, taking 176.5 square metres on a 10-year lease for an annual rent reported to ...