Commercial real estate

We profile four of the finalists chosen in the international category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Land Development Agency to build cost-rental homes up to 12 storeys tall

Former Murphy & Gunn car dealership back on market at reduced price, with permission for 19 homes

Property industry’s response has been to ration information and fill the vacuum with reassuring narratives to buy time

‘Speakeasy’ bar to be located in former basement vaults

Emma Kennedy’s new venture now manages three Dublin city centre locations once controlled by Paddy McKillen jnr’s office business

Ten-year planning permission is being sought

Developer switching plans to hotel from office building

Four-storey over-basement redbrick and interconnected mews offer scope for range of uses

Developed on site of former meat factory owned by Larry Goodman’s ABP, Longford scheme has been vacant for 17 years

Crosbie, his wife Rita and Vicar Street Hotel Ltd, have sued HITC Properties Ltd, which owns and manages hotels

Numbers 24 & 25 occupy strong CBD location close to offices of MetLife and Arthur Cox

Former home of Construction Industry Federation came close to being sold for €23m in midst of Covid-19 pandemic

The 268-acre (108.5-hectare) holding sits next to existing residential areas of Kilmartin, Hollystown, Tyrrelstown and Ongar

Buildings driving high vacancy rates no longer meet standards demanded by tenants and, in some cases, legally required

Dublin docklands building underwent comprehensive upgrade under previous owner and holds B1 Ber rating

Cushman & Wakefield say investors remained ‘selective’ following a period of ‘heightened volatility’

Generally, I find malls uninspiring places. And yet I just spent an inspiring week in one

New report from SCSI predicts rents and capital values, across three main classes, will rise in 2026

Deal, which is an expansion of an existing arrangement, will see funding provided on a half and half basis by Bank of Ireland and AIB

GeoDirectory counts more than 30,000 commercial proeperties as vacant

CBRE’s €175m investment in Iput for office developments seen as a vote of confidence in Dublin market

Owners of St Mary’s College secured planning permission in 2020 for development of 163-bedroom boutique hotel

Dublin City Council had granted permission for revised office campus scheme

Collection of buildings on 0.4-acre site had been seeking €10m originally

CBRE expects market to move from period of stabilisation to new phase of growth

Both currently occupy space in flexible co-working offices but EMEA is Anthropic’s fastest-growing region, according to the company

Market for apartments and offices sees recovery as expectations rise for year to come

Growing economy sees strong demand for limited available space on Grafton Street and elsewhere across all retail sectors

Past year defined by resilience and recalibration in face of global uncertainty

‘Remarkable’ recovery sees continued flow of international capital into the sector, both for investment and development

French SCPIs playing increasing role in the Irish market, with €312m invested in year to date

Seventeen of the capital’s pubs have changed hands so far this year, while 12 more are currently sale-agreed

Demand for sustainable green buildings is driving activity, but lack of development pipeline may push rents up

Decisions are being taken once again following seismic global events, of which the pandemic and high inflation are but two

There are still challenges, but investor confidence is growing, as momentum picks up across most sectors

Spending of €2.4bn on commercial real estate is positive, but a long way off 10-year average of €4bn

Robust pipeline of assets set to come to market in next 12 months across residential, office and logistics sectors

While each sector has its merits, all the data is pointing in one direction

Loftus Hall in Co Wexford to be rebranded as Loftus Estate and become one of Ireland's first agri-based hotels