Kelleher Brothers has been granted planning permission for a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Cork.
Planners have cleared the way for the major student accommodation complex at the former Good Shepherd Convent in Sunday’s Well, which was once the site of a Magdalene Laundry and mother-and-baby home.
The Sunday’s Well student accommodation, earmarked for the site of the former Good Shepherd Convent, is owned by Moneda Developments. The building has been derelict for a number of years.
Kelleher Brothers will deliver 274 apartments and a total of 957 bedrooms spread across eight blocks, ranging from three to five storeys.
The development will involve the partial demolition, conservation, redevelopment and extension of the existing former convent buildings for the student accommodation scheme, which will include the provision of retail and a cafe for the wider community.
“It’s not going to be pastiche; there’s some beautiful workmanship and we will incorporate the historical facade into a modern building and give it a new lease of life.
“It will be at the heart of the campus. You can literally have a new campus up there, looking down over the entire city, close to the Tyndall research centre at the bottom of Sunday’s Well, and with good access to UCC and the Mardyke.”
Padraig Kelleher, Kelleher Brothers
