, Custom House Quarter, the owner of the property, has applied to Dublin City Council for planning permission to turn the ground floor of the listed 19th-century building into a multi-stall food market, with an event space on a mezzanine level. Food and alcohol will be served within the food hall and outside area, with a new central entrance from George’s Dock.
The building is owned by the former Coca-Cola chief Neville Isdell and his stepbrother Mervyn Greene, a Cork businessman, who previously said they were examining the option of opening a food market and looking at models such as the English Market in Cork. If given the go-ahead, the development will also include the construction of a five-storey, 40,000 sq ft mixed-use building over an extended basement, which will include office space.