Commercial & Property
Finding high-quality, suitable premises for your business in Cork will not pose any diffculties. The Munster region currently boasts a significant number of business parks, office blocks, commercial and retail premises as well as greenfield and brownfield sites for bespoke developments.
In the Metropolitan Cork area, there are over 40 tailored science, industrial and business parks. IDA Ireland business parks, allow companies in the same business sector to cluster together sharing key facilities in a way that’s mutually beneficial and encourages technological collaboration.
Tailored science, industrial and business parks around the city and county include;
- Ringaskiddy – located at Cork's sheltered deepwater port in Europe's finest natural harbour, this large industrial estate caters for water-using process industry and enjoys Freeport Status. The location is particularly suited to Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Healthcare enterprises.
- Cork Business & Technology Park at Model Farm Road – houses hi-tech industry and has clients including Boston Scientific and Silicon Software Systems
- The National Software Centre Campus - located off the South Ring Road, this cutting-edge park has a fibre core incorporating Gigabit Ethernet
- Cork Airport Business Park – is ideally situated beside Cork Airport and just ten minutes’ drive from the city centre. Clients here include Pfizer, Amazon, Schering Plough, GlaxoSmithKline and Amazon
- Kilbarry Business & Technology Park – is off the North Ring Road and specialises in ICT companies
- Carrigtwohill – located to the east of the city, attracting mainly healthcare companies, such as Millipore and Stryker
- EastGate Business Park - houses a a variety of industry clients including McAfee, Pepsi, Schlumberger, Sage and UPS
- Webworks - a lifecycle office facility for technology-based SME's
- City Gate - located adjacent to Mahon Point, home to Regus, Solar Winds, VHI Swiftcare and HIQA
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Cork, has an impressive selection of modern, purpose-built office complexes and retail units as well as fine, refurbished suites of offices in the city’s gracious central streets – South Mall, Grand Parade and Washington Street.
Prices in Cork, whether for retail or office space, are much cheaper than most European cities, and the supply of good quality, highly supported office and retail space looks set to continue into the future.
One of the first new developments in the Cork Docklands Regeneration Project consists of 7,000 square metres of Grade A office space beside the Clarion Hotel on Lapp’s Quay as well as 1,250 square metres of prime retail space. This whole area has been redeveloped over the past decade, realising hundreds of thousands of square metres of offices and retail units in the heart of the city.
For commercial property, please see the following commercial property experts in the region - Lisney, Savills, DTZ, Downing
For more information on relocating to or investing in Cork, email info@corkmarketingpartnership.ie or telephone +353 (0) 21 431 7895.