© The Irish Times |
27 Sep '23 |
 |
Niall Kelly, Lisney Commercial: Conversion of pubs for residential use is easier said than done
We believe a more concise and less complicated financial grant system, allowing a combination of grants such as the repair and leasing scheme with the Living City Initiative, as well as streamlining t - Subscribe |
|
© Business Post |
18 Sep '23 |
 |
BNP: Commercial construction activity plummets amid continued contraction in sector
The reduction formed part of a wider contraction of the construction industry, which saw a renewed decline in August, and coincides with input price inflation hitting a four-month high. - Subscribe |
|
© Business Post |
11 Sep '23 |
 |
Builders making offices work as homes with conversion projects
Cashel Business Centre is a nondescript office block in Crumlin, on the southern edges of Dublin city. As a microcosm of the country’s office market, it is an instructive example.
Michael Heavey, - Subscribe |
|
© Irish Independent |
07 Sep '23 |
 |
Developer must pay vacant site tax on old Chivers plant
The former Chivers factory site in Coolock was rezoned from industrial to residential use in 2018 after its owners said it could deliver hundreds of homes for “normal people”, but they have yet to - Subscribe |
|
© The Irish Times |
31 Aug '23 |
 |
New guidelines may limit households to one parking spot in some developments
The draft guidelines recommend that, for new developments in major cities, parking spots for cars should be kept to a minimum, or potentially eliminated, where there is good public transport links nea - Subscribe |
|
© The Irish Times |
28 Aug '23 |
 |
Housing commencement notices for last month 22.4% ahead of previous July
Local authorities reported over 500 more homes starting to be built in July of this year than the same month in 2022, new figures from the Department of Housing show.. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County C - Subscribe |
|
© Irish Examiner |
18 Aug '23 |
 |
Value of development land sales falls 65% during first half of year
Transactions in the development land market saw a steep decline during the first six months of this year, with the total value hitting a low of €134m, a report by Sherry Fitzgerald shows. - Subscribe |
|
© The Irish Times |
17 Aug '23 |
 |
More than 13,000 homes could be built under new billion-euro LDA plan
Previously, the money was paid to developers upon completion. Under a new plan, the LDA will buy the land and co-develop with the developer and then pay staged payments when certain construction targe - Subscribe |
|
© The Irish Times |
15 Aug '23 |
 |
Up to €8bn may be diverted from new sovereign wealth fund for home-building
Plan involves agency establishing panel of five or six private developers with whom it would work on specific construction projects. The money would go to the State-controlled Land Development Agency - Subscribe |
|
© Business Post |
14 Aug '23 |
 |
Changing climate: How going green and sustainable has become a big draw for tenants
Aviva Life & Pensions found that companies are willing to pay higher rents for greener properties - Subscribe |
|
© The Property Week |
30 Jul '23 |
 |
CSO: Apartment completions fall almost 20% compared to same period last year
The number of new apartments completed in Ireland fell by almost 20 per cent in the second quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2022, new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) s - Subscribe |
|
© The Irish Times |
29 Jul '23 |
 |
Irish Glass Bottle site developers offer 86 affordable homes to Government but only 25 taken up
John Maxwell, chief executive of Lioncor: “The activation of the Glass Bottle site after 20 years lying dormant is hugely positive; the site represents a strategic development for Dublin with homes - Subscribe |
|
© Irish Independent |
29 Jul '23 |
 |
Council wants proposed cafe at TikTok’s Dublin headquarters kept open to the public
Dublin City Council has told TikTok that its plans to close off a planned cafe to the public at its Dublin headquarters “is likely to create a precedent for similar type undesirable development”.
- Subscribe |
|
© Irish Independent |
29 Jul '23 |
 |
GeoDirectory Residential Buildings Report: 1,094 residential buildings under construction in Wicklow during June
The report, prepared by EY, found that the national residential vacancy rate stood at 3.9 per cent in June 2023, representing a decline of 0.3 percentage points from June 2022. This is the lowest resi - Subscribe |
|
© The Irish Times |
21 Jul '23 |
 |
Land Development Agency to begin buying private sites for quick delivery of public housing
The programme of land acquisitions will be open to all landowners, but will focus initially on large sites, with existing planning permission for 200-plus homes, near the five main cities of Dublin, C - Subscribe |
|
© Irish Independent |
18 Jul '23 |
 |
Sherry FitzGerald says 2023 land deal volumes represent a 65pc decline from 2022
There is growing evidence of a looming slowdown in new apartment building after a report showing a fall-off in development land sales despite strong housing demand. - Subscribe |
|
© The Irish Times |
17 Jul '23 |
 |
Clonburris: How do you build a brand new town of 9,000 homes in less than a decade?
Cairn Homes' Michael Stanley says “This SDZ was created in 2006 we’re now in 2023. It’s taken 17 years, many different landowners, all sorts of frustrations. We want to do it in six or seven yea - Subscribe |
|
© The Irish Times |
17 Jul '23 |
 |
Land Development Agency plans 5,000 homes as it prepares developer tender
The Land Development Agency will pay developers more than €2 billion to build 5,000 homes under the Government’s Project Tosaigh initiative, says The Sunday Times.
The State agency will go to t - Subscribe |
|
© The Property Week |
13 Jul '23 |
 |
Conor Lennon, Lisney: Can the Dublin office market add a tool to solving the housing crisis?
Upcoming lease expirations will give opportunities to landlords to empty out their office buildings and carry out one of two options; 1) renovate the entire office building in order to meet the ESG cr - Subscribe |
|
© Business Post |
10 Jul '23 |
 |
Residential developers pivot to lettings after investment market slumps
Latest figures from JLL show that residential property investment deals slumped in the first six months of this year to less than €428.6 million. That’s almost half the €815.6 million achieved i - Subscribe |
|
|