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15 Nov '24 |
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DEAL: A Star Backpackers sell Dublin hostel site
The Irish hostel group A Star Backpackers has sold a development site off O’Connell Street, Dublin, to Firethorn Trust, a UK real estate investor and developer which is making its first acquisition - Subscribe |
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15 Nov '24 |
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DEAL: Press Up to open Asian-style restaurant on former Wagamama premises on South King Street
Irish hospitality group Press Up will next week open a new Asian restaurant at the former Wagamama premises on South King Street, which is located to the side of the St Stephen’s Green Shopping Cent - Subscribe |
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15 Nov '24 |
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London-based property firm nears deal for Buswells Hotel
A new UK real-estate firm cofounded by an Irish property veteran is close to buying Buswells, the storied hotel opposite Leinster House once owned by the Quinn family, for about €15 million, accordi - Subscribe |
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15 Nov '24 |
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Cost-rental apartments at O’Devaney Gardens priced at almost €1,900 per month
Figures show rents of €1,490 for a one-bedroom apartment, €1,695 for a two-bed and €1,895 for a three-bed have been agreed for the first 75 cost-rental apartments in the vast complex of more tha - Subscribe |
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14 Nov '24 |
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Donnybrook Fair and UK retailer Hotel Chocolat both to close stores in Dublin
British luxury chocolatier Hotel Chocolat is closing its two Irish outlets at the end of the year, saying the operating environment here has “changed significantly”. Donnybrook Fair has closed its - Subscribe |
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14 Nov '24 |
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Former Rathmines guesthouse sells for €3.6m guide
Located at 132 Rathmines Road Lower, the main property is a three-storey over-basement mid-terrace Georgian residential building that had traded as Rathmines Lodge bed and breakfast up until the Covid - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
10 Nov '24 |
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Paul McNeive: Educated and highly skilled labour is driving office location decisions
The stratification of office buildings into prime and non-prime accommodation continues apace but a new top premium standard is emerging, driven by occupier demands, and which is commanding a rental b - Subscribe |
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10 Nov '24 |
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‘We should treat housing like we did the pandemic. We need a structure and a framework,’ says Savills Ireland chief
Mark Reynolds has seen crisis after crisis in the sector and believes housing should be treated as an emergency – but is confident in the market’s resilience - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
10 Nov '24 |
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US property group Kennedy Wilson sees ‘flight to quality’ in Dublin office market
The president of US property investment group Kennedy Wilson, Matt Windisch, says there is a “flight to quality” in Dublin’s office space, even as the overall occupancy rate in the capital remai - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
09 Nov '24 |
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How the Cosgrave property empire was ruptured by death, debt and family division
In late 2023 and early 2024, for example, the company sold Gulliver’s retail park in Santry for €29.5 million to entrepreneur Tommy Kelly, and the Meridian Centre in Greystones, Co Wicklow, for - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
08 Nov '24 |
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Paul McNeive: Educated and highly skilled labour is driving office location decisions
The “war for talent”, as occupiers describe the demand for educated and skilled labour, has moved centre stage in choosing office locations, and HR departments are now driving decisions. The rules - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
08 Nov '24 |
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Retail property price shows signs of stabilisation after post-Covid slump
Tentative signs of a turnaround in sectors of the Irish commercial property market are seen in the latest MSCI/SCSI Ireland Quarterly Property Index for the third quarter of 2024. - Subscribe |
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08 Nov '24 |
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New shops for Grafton Street: Mango, Kiko Milano and Alo Yoga lead changing of the retail guard
While vacant outlets remain an issue on the street, more new brands continue to make their way to Dublin city centre. Eoin Freeney, director of retail at Colliers, is especially upbeat about the new t - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
02 Nov '24 |
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Ireland’s housing targets: Why a lack of revised goals has real consequences
Home builder Michael O’Flynn, who sat on the Housing Commission, said it was “beyond comprehension” that new housing targets had not been announced. “Proper targets are absolutely essential fo - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
30 Oct '24 |
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County council spends €500k per house to bulk buy north Dublin estate
Fingal County Council has spent €16 million buying a housing estate in Portmarnock being developed by Ballymore. The final bill is expected to rise when the Council buys the apartments - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
30 Oct '24 |
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Central Bank campus food hall has been left idle due to take up of ‘hybrid working’
The tender says that “since the end of the pandemic and the uptake of hybrid working, it has, as yet, not been considered feasible to mobilise” the planned contemporary food hall within the Centra - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
30 Oct '24 |
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Minister for Housing ‘angry’ at rogue developers but has no plans to pursue them
“I have to say I’m pretty angry – a lot of the developments, we know who built them. The statute of limitations for many of them has ran out. In many instances, companies have folded and set bac - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
30 Oct '24 |
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DEAL: Investment vehicle of Jim and Janet Curley, Astogo Holdings, acquire Ulster Bank premises at 130 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2
The iconic premises of about 8,500sq ft had been on the market with a guide price of more than €2.25 million. It is understood to have transacted at slightly over guide. Also acquired were the three - Subscribe |
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30 Oct '24 |
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Joan Henry of Knight Frank: Dublin’s office market driven by demand for space with ESG credentials
BNY Mellon has taken 79,000sq ft of LEED Platinum space at the Shipping Office in Dublin 2. The Health Service Executive’s decision to take 182,340sq ft of space at the Seamark Building in Dublin 4 - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
30 Oct '24 |
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DEAL: Urbeo in partnership with ICG Real Estate purchase Unit F, Kilcarbery Distribution Park for about €27 million
The building, constructed in the early 2000s, is currently multi-tenanted, with PRL Group and JMC Van Trans occupying the circa 185,000sq ft of logistics space. The property is located in the desirabl - Subscribe |
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