Retail Units at Opera Lane, Cork City, Co. Cork

Cork's premier open air retail thoroughfare completed in 2009, connecting Patrick Street and Emmet Place. The development is a modern open air retail scheme comprising of 14 units all with direct access from Opera Lane. Tenant line up along the Lane is second to none with occupiers including; H&M, Next, Tommy Hilfiger, Compu-B, Therapie, Starbucks, Specsavers in addition to River Island and Office Shoes. Cork City Council has permanently pedestrianised 17 streets in order to facilitate outdoor dining as a result of the positive reaction to ‘Reimagining Cork City' initiative introduced in response to the pandemic in 2020. Cork is paving the way for sustainability in Ireland with various initiatives introduced such as the temporary pedestrianisation of 1.3 km of city streets and the waiver of outdoor seating licence fees to allow up to 1,000 residents and visitors to eat and drink alfresco; enhanced greening of the City; the pedestrianisation of a further 1.3 km of amenity space at the Marina; the improvement of existing cycling infrastructure (including that improved bike parking with the installation of 43 new cycling racks capable of accommodating at least 500 bike) and the creation of 4 km of new cycle lanes citywide. Cork City Council invested just under €2m in these programmes.