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24 Jun '19 |
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HOTEL DEAL: McKillen jnr’s Press Up Entertainment buys Clarence Hotel business
Press Up Entertainment’s decision to acquire the leasehold of the Clarence consolidates its position within Dublin city centre and on Wellington Quay particularly. Prior to the transaction, it alrea - Subscribe |
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24 Jun '19 |
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Cantillon: Easing mortgage caps is lenders' top priority for new Central Bank governor
The answer to increasing housing supply lies in controlling the cost of construction and in reining in galloping land prices. In a booming economy, that will not be easy. But it must be done. - Subscribe |
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24 Jun '19 |
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Time to ‘shout stop’ on 'too binding' mortgage caps, Sherry FitzGerald chair says
Mark FitzGerald, the chairman of Sherry FitzGerald: “The Central Bank is . . . [too] transfixed on avoiding the beast of capitalism,” he said on Friday, while addressing a conference organised by - Subscribe |
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24 Jun '19 |
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Judge overturns approval for a 197-residential unit development in Bearna, Co Galway
Mr Justice Garrett Simons said the board acted outside its powers when granting permission for the development to Burkeway Homes on an 18-acre site 6.5km from Galway city centre. - Subscribe |
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24 Jun '19 |
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Irish property tech start-up Geowox raises €500,000 in funding
Paul van Bommel: “We’re out to disrupt the property valuation sector because it basically still operates the same way as it did in the 1800s. It consists of people running around to inspect houses - Subscribe |
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24 Jun '19 |
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Green Reit ‘pleased’ with sale process of €1.5bn property investment company
Green Reit has also agreed terms for the retail space at One Molesworth Street, at an annual rent of € 505,000, which will bring the building to full occupancy, delivering a total rent of €5.85 mi - Subscribe |
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20 Jun '19 |
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Paul McNeive: Food and beverages lead in retail'
An untested view is developing that coffee shops - which predominantly use stools - don't need a specific-user planning permission, but restaurants - which predominantly use seats - do. - Subscribe |
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20 Jun '19 |
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Google Ireland is silent on copying US housing pledge
Google Ireland, which has its European headquarters in Dublin, would also not be drawn on questions regarding the current housing crisis in Ireland.
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20 Jun '19 |
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‘Movers’ are facing their own issues on the property ladder: Bank of Ireland “Mover Barometer”
According to Bank of Ireland’s research, 35 per cent of the 202 property movers it surveyed found the cost of a new home to be their single biggest challenge, while 23 per cent of respondents cited - Subscribe |
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20 Jun '19 |
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Who Invests in the Irish Commercial Real Estate Market? report from Central Bank
The dearth of hard data on the actual size of the market is illustrated by the wide gap between the two estimates provided, by MSCI (€26 billion) and Cushman & Wakefield (€48 billion). The report - Subscribe |
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20 Jun '19 |
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PAC to hear of ‘serious shortcomings’ in OPW property management
“The essential difference between the private and public sectors is that the private property sector seeks to maximise returns from property whereas the State views property as a necessary burden re - Subscribe |
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20 Jun '19 |
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ESRI in latest quarterly economic commentary urges more aggressive site tax to spur housing supply
Kieran McQuinn said taking the “speculative element” out of land prices was the quickest route to lowering construction costs, as labour and raw material costs are set to continue to rise over the - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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US property giant set for €530m Irish office sale
Starwood Property Trust is understood to have hired commercial property agents CBRE and Eastdil Secured to sell the offices in central Dublin for about €530m. The portfolio could be placed on the ma - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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CBRE appoints Bernadine Hogan and Johnny O’Connor to joint head of retail agency position
Ms Hogan and Mr O’Connor are taking over the role from Florence Stanley, who has stepped aside to concentrate on her work on the company’s executive committee, and to focus on servicing the needs - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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MIXED RETAIL DEAL: Desmond House, Main Street, Maynooth sold for €1.4 million
Desmond House comprises a two-storey commercial premises which is occupied at ground-floor level by Picaderos Restaurant under a 10-year lease from September 5th, 2011 paying €45,000 per annum. - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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HOSPITALITY DEAL: Davy investors acquire four-star Clonmel Park Hotel for about €5m
The price paid for the property represents a modest premium of €200,000 – or just over 4 per cent – on the €4.8 million guide price set by selling agent JLL when it brought the hotel to the ma - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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O’Flynn issues stern rebuke to ‘cheerleaders’ of private rented sector
"The model means that they do not have to pay rent when their income reduces on retirement and they have an asset of value. On death that asset can give a financial leg up to their children.” - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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McKillen jnr bucks market trend with sale of 52 units at Mount Merrion to owner occupiers
The development of the apartments represents the first phase in Oakmount’s plan to transform the overall 0.76 hectare (1.88 acre) site occupied by the former Flanagan’s furniture store and the adj - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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New commercial property lobby group, Irish Institutional Property, won't run for the door
“Statistically, we are late cycle and now in the high probability of there being a downturn,” Brian Moran, managing director of US property group Hines’s Irish business, said at the launch of th - Subscribe |
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19 Jun '19 |
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Dublin City Council in talks with Nama over social housing at Glass Bottle site
Council Chief Executive, Owen Keegan warned the housing committee that developing the social housing on the docklands site would be an expensive task. - Subscribe |
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