Albert Quay Starbucks to become office space after 'exceptionally low footfall'
Cork City Council approved planning for the development, which will now see the ground-floor site of the Starbucks Coffee converted into additional office space.
"Exceptionally low footfall" has made the Starbucks café on Albert Quay unviable, the coffee shop operator told Cork City Council.
Supporting an application by developers HPREF Ireland (Residual) DAC to change the use of the ground-floor café to additional office space, Tulcove Limited, trading as Starbucks Coffee, said that despite its best efforts, "it has become clear that this location is not suitable for a café business."
