Tag: Dublin



Property Bubble blamed for closure of Landmark Dublin Café

Posted on 7 January, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

Restaurant and drinks chain Bewley's is blaming fallout from Ireland's "property bubble" for the closure of its flagship Dublin café, once frequented by Ireland’s literary elite including James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Seán O’Casey. Announcing... Read More

“Critical” Office Shortage Fuelling Dublin Rent Rises

Posted on 6 January, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

Renting space in one of Dublin's prestige office quarters is likely to rise by at least 15 per cent by the end of the year, according to a leading property agency. Driven upward by the Irish economic recovery and the shortage of suitable space, global... Read More

NAMA Unveils Dublin “Silicon Dock” Scheme

Posted on 8 December, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Dublin planners are expected to fast track a National Asset Management Agency-backed scheme to transform a derelict dockland mill into a multi-million pound high-tech office complex. The €150m (£118m) redevelopment of the capital's historic Boland’s... Read More

Facebook likely to be among the bidders as its Dublin Headquarters is placed on the Market

Posted on 20 November, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

Less than a year after it moved into its new Dublin base, Facebook's headquarters is up for sale with an asking price of €163.8m (£131m)  — making it the republic's most expensive single office building since the Celtic Tiger years. The... Read More

Offers Invited For 24 Unit Project Steel Portfolio

Posted on 15 November, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News, Commercial Developments, Industry News

Property auction specialist Allsop Space has set a guide price of €13.5m (£10.7m) for a package of 24 Irish industrial units spread across the country. The assets will be sold as a single lot in a straight sale. The Project Steel portfolio —... Read More

Dublin Airport expects Strong Interest in ‘Gold Standard’ Office Accommodation

Posted on 9 November, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

Dublin’s 50-year-old Aer Lingus headquarters building is to get a “gold standard” upgrade according to plans announced by the city’s airport authority. Fingal County Council is expected to approve the multi-million Euro regeneration of the... Read More

Facebook and Google Offices included in NAMA sell-off

Posted on 11 October, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) has included Facebook’s new Dublin headquarters in one of five property portfolios it is selling off with a combined starting price of €600m (£372m), The organisation has hired property agents... Read More

Two-Paced Recovery leaves 28,000 Irish Commercial Properties unoccupied

Posted on 14 June, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Economy, Worldwide Property News

Ireland’s stockpile of vacant commercial buildings has reached almost 28,000, despite the shortage in Dublin being classed as “severe” and a number of other cities warning they will have no prestige offices by the end of the year. A new report... Read More

Four landmark Dublin Pubs hit the Market

Posted on 5 June, 2014 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets

Four landmark Dublin pubs are being put up for sale in what is being described as "the most significant city centre sale of licensed premises for years." The portfolio includes Howl at the Moon on Lower Mount Street, The George and The Dragon on South Great... Read More

Dublin set to get Mothballed Site Tax to spur Commercial Development

Posted on 29 May, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

The Lord Mayor of Dublin is the highest profile local politician so far to have publicly backed a government proposal to impose a levy on “mothballed” development sites. As part of its new strategy to kick-start the construction sector the Irish... Read More