Fassbender snaps up Cork commercial property

Hollywood actor Michael Fassbender has bought a high profile €1.4 million commercial property in Cork city.

At Allsop Space’s property auction in the RDS in Dublin last month, the actor’s father, Josef Fassbender, was the highest bidder on the six-storey office block at 57, 58 and 59 South Mall in Cork’s financial district, sources said. He was bidding on his son’s behalf.

The property generates more than €150,000 a year in rental income. ...