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Aviva considers branch franchise plan
INSURANCE giant Aviva has told staff it's considering franchising some of its Irish branches and selling off the others, it emerged last night. - Subscribe |
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Cox to speak at first SCSI annual dinner
Pat Cox (left), former president of the European Parliament, will be the guest speaker at the annual dinner of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) which will take place on Thursday, Febr - Subscribe |
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25 Jan '12 |
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Republic shops 'unaffected' as GameStop shuts all its North stores
COMPUTER games retailer GameStop yesterday played down any fears that it may close stores in the Republic after it shut all its stores in Northern Ireland. - Subscribe |
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Industrial sales in Q4 puts gloss on a poor year
The largest sales concluded in Q4 include the sale of Unit 25, Grange Parade, Baldoyle Industrial Estate in Dublin North East (N1/M1) and the sale of the former Belgard Motors facility in Dublin South - Subscribe |
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Major appointments at property consultancies
MARK Smyth is moving from Knight Frank Ireland to join CB Richard Ellis. Mr Smyth was a director for commercial property at KFI agency and one of the team involved in the Irish management buybac - Subscribe |
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25 Jan '12 |
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Why retail investment can still be a success
Michele Jackson, DTZ Sherry FitzGerald: The dramatic fall in prime rents has attracted a number of new entrants to the Irish retail market, which include Disney on Grafton Street; Abercrombie & Fitch, - Subscribe |
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25 Jan '12 |
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Multinationals' demand drives offices market
This is the view of Jones Lang LaSalle in their outlook for the Dublin market. The agents attribute this demand to the attractiveness of Ireland for low corporation tax, its young educated workforce, - Subscribe |
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25 Jan '12 |
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Industrial sales in Q4 puts gloss on a poor year
Garrett McClean, who heads up CBRE's industrial team says "Although a healthy level of 33,603sqm of take-up was achieved in the last quarter of 2011 in 30 transactions, this represents a 17pc declin - Subscribe |
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25 Jan '12 |
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Receivers take control of landmark former BoI HQ
The creditors are likely to have been buoyed-up by reports that Facebook is looking at the Baggot Street offices, along with several other properties, for its expanding Dublin operations. - Subscribe |
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25 Jan '12 |
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Outlook for retailers 'dire' after disastrous sales period
SHOPPERS remain reluctant to part with their cash, with retailers yesterday confirming yet another disastrous sales period. - Subscribe |
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25 Jan '12 |
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Freefall in property prices to continue, say experts
Davy Stockbrokers' Cathal MacCoille said: "With low transactions, constrained mortgage lending and an uncertain economic environment, house prices are likely to continue falling in 2012." - Subscribe |
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DEAL: Retail boost for Ashbourne
A new primary care centre to be opened by the HSE along the high street in Ashbourne town centre in Co Meath. The 1,765sq m (19,000sq ft) complex, currently being fitted out and due to open this summe - Subscribe |
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25 Jan '12 |
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DEAL: Treasury in new letting deals
Linkedin has leased two further floors in Wilton Plaza on the Grand Canal, bringing its overall space to 5,109sq m (55,000sq ft). Kanchi, the not-for-profit disability organisation, also signed a leas - Subscribe |
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DEAL: Hostel exceeds guide price
One of the best known hostels in the south of Ireland, the Railway Hostel in Killarney, has been sold for €760,000 – comfortably ahead of its €650,000 guide price.HT Meagher OReilly an - Subscribe |
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DEAL: ?765,000 for car showrooms
The former motor showrooms owned by Crawfords at George’s Place in Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin, has been sold to a private investor for a price in the region of €765,000.CB Richard Elli - Subscribe |
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Grange launches marketing drive
Agents Hooke & MacDonald, now handling the day-to-day management of the portfolio, is quoting ?flexible lease terms? ? a competitive ?160 per sq m (?15 per sq ft) for space on floors which range in si - Subscribe |
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25 Jan '12 |
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DEAL: Grand Canal hotel sold to Swiss group
KPMG receivers have refused to confirm the sale of the 169-bedroom hotel and the adjoining 84 apartments. The selling price is likely to be in the region of ?30 million ? a figure that falls well shor - Subscribe |
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Job losses may push up office vacancies
AIB, Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank are all reducing staff numbers, while Aviva insurance is due to vacate a substantial building in the city when it downsizes later this year. - Subscribe |
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?3.75 million sought for Wallace apartments
David Browne of HT Meagher O?Reilly New Homes is to seek offers in the region of ?3.75 million for the 27 apartments and three retail units in Sartini Court at Upper Dominick Street in Dublin. - Subscribe |
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Property prices continue to slide
According to the CSO residential property price index, the fall in property values picked up pace in December, after a decline of 15.6 per cent in the year to November, and 10.5 per cent for the same - Subscribe |
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