{"id":657006,"date":"2026-10-16T23:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T23:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/657006\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T23:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T23:04:09","slug":"caseys-given-green-light-to-redevelop-former-cork-printers-into-furniture-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/657006\/","title":{"rendered":"Caseys given green light to redevelop former Cork printers into furniture store"},"content":{"rendered":"

The company behind J Casey, one of Cork city centre\u2019s best-known furniture stores, has been given the go-ahead to redevelop the former Webprint premises in\u00a0Mahon<\/a> into a new furniture showroom and retail store.<\/p>\n

Cork City Council<\/a> granted permission subject to 20 conditions, including that the range of goods sold be restricted to \u201cbulky household items\u201d, largely to address concerns about the potential impact of suburban retail on the city centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The restrictions also limit the floorspace dedicated to ancillary products to 20% of the total retail floorspace, and they state that further permission must be sought in the event of warehouse enlargement or subdivision.<\/p>\n

Planning conditions also aim to minimise traffic disruption and safeguard pedestrian safety, and a traffic management plan must be agreed in advance in an area that can be a traffic chokepoint at certain times of the day.<\/p>\n

The purpose-built light industrial building is immediately east of Mahon Retail Park, with which it shares an access from the Mahon Link Road. It\u2019s next to a Johnson and Perrot car dealership, and Mahon Point Shopping Centre is across the road, as is a DFS furniture store.<\/p>\n

Planning conditions<\/p>\n

Other conditions of the planning grant include that the developer must provide adequate off-road parking for construction and delivery vehicles and that working hours be restricted to 8am-6pm Monday to Friday and 8am-4pm on Saturdays \u2013 unless prior approval from the council is obtained.<\/p>\n

The developer is obliged to pay a levy of more than \u20ac97,000 as a condition of the development.<\/p>\n

The application from John Casey Ltd to redevelop Webprint \u2013 which it acquired earlier this year \u2013 will see the distinctive building which was formerly used as a newspaper and magazine printing facility (vacated in 2025), partially extended and converted into a one-to-five storey furniture warehouse, with retail store, showroom and first-floor caf\u00e9 with adjoining external balcony.<\/p>\n

The premises will be reconfigured internally to provide retail showroom space across the ground and first floors, bringing the net retail warehouse space to more than 4,600 sq m. The existing car park, which provides 28 spaces, will be reconfigured and retained.<\/p>\n

The retailer, which has traded in Ireland for more than 100 years, hasn\u2019t yet said what its plans are for its high-profile city centre premises on the Grand Parade end of Oliver Plunkett St, when it does relocate to the 1.4ha Mahon site.<\/p>\n

Maintain city centre presence<\/p>\n

When it first emerged that the company was seeking permission to redevelop, Webprint John Casey Ltd said it was “fully committed to supporting a thriving and growing city centre in Cork”, adding that it would maintain its presence at the Oliver Plunkett St and Grand Parade premises until future uses for the property have been secured.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The company also said it had commissioned an architect and property agent to undertake a feasibility study into the potential reuse and redevelopment of its city centre premises.<\/p>\n

The new premises is expected to be completed and operational in 2027, and will employ 18 staff across a full standard working week.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1921 by John Casey, Caseys Furniture operates three stores in Cork, Limerick and Dublin, employing around 75 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The company behind J Casey, one of Cork city centre\u2019s best-known furniture stores, has been given the go-ahead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,4257,79,61,60,101223],"class_list":["post-657006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-cork-business","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mahon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}