A legal row between veteran property developer Harry Crosbie and the owners of the Red Cow Inn is blocking the sale of a hotel development site at the back of the Vicar Street music venue, the High Court has heard. The businessman is now urgently seeking orders clarifying the terms of a settlement agreement entered into by the parties in 2024 after a potential joint investment on the project fell through. Crosbie, owner of the Vicar Street music venue, secured full planning permission for an eight-storey, 185-bedroom hotel on the site amid local opposition in 2019. The same year he…

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