The official opening and closing businesses thread

[JimmyBarrySmurph]

There is apparently a new food court going into Paul Street Shopping Centre, including the Trawler Boys, which is a food truck serving seafood in Ballycotton. Their food looks amazing, including Lobster Rolls.

Also Griolladh is gone from Douglas Village SC. They seem to be very popular in Dublin but didn't last long here at all.

Sprout on Winthrop Street is another new addition. Not cheap at all, I'd be curious to see if there's enough of a market here for expensive salads. Chopped tried it on Patrick Street and they're already gone.

Not enough people here really to sustain a lot of these businesses. We just don’t have the population density to give the footfall needed. Cork County should have a population of 1.5m at least. Still haven’t recovered from the famine, British army enlistment, women joining the nuns and emigration up to 35 years ago. Only country in Europe with a lower population than 200 years ago.
Douglas Village SC on a week day ain’t going to hack it.

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

Not enough people here really to sustain a lot of these businesses. We just don’t have the population density to give the footfall needed. Cork County should have a population of 1.5m at least. Still haven’t recovered from the famine, British army enlistment, women joining the nuns and emigration up to 35 years ago. Only country in Europe with a lower population than 200 years ago.
Douglas Village SC on a week day ain’t going to hack it.

The difference between my office crowd in Dublin and that in Cork is staggering.

In Dublin they all go out for lunch, coffees, pints after work etc.

In Cork it's impossible to get anyone out for a pint because they don't have the Dart or Luas, so they're driving. They all seem to bring their own lunch in as well. They ain't popping out to Sprout on a Monday afternoon to pay €10 for a salad, where in Dublin they would.

It's a pity Cork has no real office district. It's spread out over South Mall, Horgans Quay, the docklands, Mahon Point, and Little Island. If we got everything into Horgans Quay we could really grow.

I was stunned to see Savills leave South Mall for Horgans Quay. My guess is they had space that needed to be let, so they took it themselves.

Sherry Fitzgerald are down by the Clayton now too, which I think is a shite location.

I genuinely don't know how much longer Lisney will be in Cork. They opened their new Lisney/Sotherboy office on the corner of Princes Street and it barely lasted a year. A lot of their senior Cork execs are after moving to Coholan Dowling too, bizarrely.

 

[flyingspud]

Sprout, another wanky name expensive spot.

I'll eat my hat if that's still going in 12 months time.

 

[Two Pour Bore]

Sprout, another wanky name expensive spot.

I'll eat my hat if that's still going in 12 months time.

Probably tastier than a salad.

 

[Beaty]

Sprout, another wanky name expensive spot.

I'll eat my hat if that's still going in 12 months time.

I'm funny with the name, 'Sprout', too.

B

 

[JimmyBarrySmurph]

The difference between my office crowd in Dublin and that in Cork is staggering.

In Dublin they all go out for lunch, coffees, pints after work etc.

In Cork it's impossible to get anyone out for a pint because they don't have the Dart or Luas, so they're driving. They all seem to bring their own lunch in as well. They ain't popping out to Sprout on a Monday afternoon to pay €10 for a salad, where in Dublin they would.

It's a pity Cork has no real office district. It's spread out over South Mall, Horgans Quay, the docklands, Mahon Point, and Little Island. If we got everything into Horgans Quay we could really grow.

I was stunned to see Savills leave South Mall for Horgans Quay. My guess is they had space that needed to be let, so they took it themselves.

Sherry Fitzgerald are down by the Clayton now too, which I think is a shite location.

I genuinely don't know how much longer Lisney will be in Cork. They opened their new Lisney/Sotherboy office on the corner of Princes Street and it barely lasted a year. A lot of their senior Cork execs are after moving to Coholan Dowling too, bizarrely.

Dublin is a capital city of 1.3 million people.
Due the appalling infrastructure Cork isn’t even a regional centre.

Property Sales have moved online. The estate agents you mention have moved into professional services now, so a city centre window with footfall is no longer that important imo. The swanky glass box, with a monotonous Scandinavian style fit out is.

 

[Jim Comic]

A gala shop to open in singers corner,

40k rent p.a., plus rates, insurance, leccy, gas, staff, stock, etc, etc

must be expecting some amount of turnover to cover all that

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

40k rent p.a., plus rates, insurance, leccy, gas, staff, stock, etc, etc

must be expecting some amount of turnover to cover all that

Who owns Gala? Is it franchised or centrally operated?

I always associate the likes of Gala and Mace with shit regional towns that can't attract a Super Valu or Centra. A second tier supermarket, around the same level as Londis.

 

[Richard Richard]

Hoping for another 15,000 replies blockbuster, MOE?

 

[Jim Comic]

Who owns Gala? Is it franchised or centrally operated?

no idea tbh