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25 Jan '23 |
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DEAL: Irish investment consortium in €6.5m deal for landmark Donnybrook Mall
Acquired by developer Sean Dunne for €17 million at the height of the last boom, the mall last changed hands in 2014, with its outgoing owner, an individual private Irish investor, paying €6.6 mil - Subscribe |
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26 Jan '23 |
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General Practice Chartered Surveyor required
Hooke & MacDonald, one of the leading firms of property consultants in the country, with an experienced team of Chartered Surveyors provide high quality professional advice on a wide range of prop - Subscribe |
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25 Jan '23 |
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DEAL: Eamon Waters pays €28m for 28-29 Grafton Street and €12m for 15-16 Baggot Street Lower
The founder of the State’s largest waste company, Beauparc Utilities, has agreed a €40 million deal which will see him acquire Victoria’s Secret’s flagship store on Grafton Street along with s - Subscribe |
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23 Jan '23 |
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Tech lay-offs and rising interest rates create chilly environment for Irish property investors
Suzie Nolan, head of property fund management at Aviva: “The revaluations on commercial property haven’t been dramatic. Valuations have shifted by a few basis points, but nothing more. It’s been - Subscribe |
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18 Jan '23 |
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DEAL: French investor Remake Asset Management in €9m deal for Dublin city centre offices at 14-16 Lord Edward Street
The subject property – 14-16 Lord Edward Street – comprising 1,315 sq m (14,156 sq ft) of office space distributed across nine suites, is fully let and producing €589,500 in annual rental income - Subscribe |
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16 Jan '23 |
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Bedsit investors Nassarius Capital make a 200% return flipping properties to investment fund
Nassarius Capital, a company in Liechtenstein controlled by the Swiss-based Monterosa Group, acquired 24 properties in Ireland last year for €50.6 million. The houses are all subdivided to contain b - Subscribe |
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16 Jan '23 |
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Donal Buckley: Investors viewing a new price landscape
Aoife Brennan of Lisney believes activity is likely to slow down in the coming months as the market is in the process of price discovery.
“In most instances there is a disconnect between vendors - Subscribe |
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08 Jan '23 |
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Canadian group in Harcourt Development hunt
Canada’s Camgill Development Corporation has emerged as a likely bidder for Harcourt Development’s shopping centres, according to The Sunday Times.
The newspaper reports that Camgill began talk - Subscribe |
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23 Dec '22 |
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DEAL: Sports Direct owner purchases former Debenhams flagship store on Dublin’s Henry St
Frasers Group has purchased the former Debenhams store located on Henry Street in Dublin’s city centre, which had a guide price of €55m. The group is also set to open a second Flannels store in Cl - Subscribe |
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12 Dec '22 |
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Californian investors in Liss Ard Country Manor House in West Cork seek other opportunities
“We are 100pc looking for the next property in Ireland,” said Johnston of St Dominic Properties who purchased the 163-acre Liss Ard Estate with Georgian country manor house hotel in Skibbereen fo - Subscribe |
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08 Dec '22 |
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Adrian Trueick, Knight Frank: Current uncertainty offers opportunity for investors to secure attractive property deals
Some institutional investors have hit the pause button, waiting for greater levels of transparency on pricing before re-entering the market. This has resulted in lower transaction volumes in the final - Subscribe |
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08 Dec '22 |
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Fergus O’Farrell, Savills: ‘Pricing is the only inhibitor to transactions, as opposed to a lack of investor demand’
A further area of shortage is in prime offices. Other than Salesforce – and possibly Fibonacci Square – there have been no prime ESG-credentialed fully let office buildings sold this year, with li - Subscribe |
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08 Dec '22 |
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Michele McGarry, Colliers: Are we seeing distress? No, not yet. Is it yet to come? Possibly, in some instances.
The questions we are being asked by buyers include who sellers are and are we seeing distress in our market? Sellers include (but are not limited to) those looking to exit certain asset classes, those - Subscribe |
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08 Dec '22 |
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Michele Jackson, TWM: Property still offers a risk premium, particularly for investments with rental growth potential
Real estate is a very diverse and nuanced asset class and pricing will be determined by the qualities of the individual property and how well it can be future-proofed to meet occupiers’ needs and ES - Subscribe |
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08 Dec '22 |
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Kevin Donohue, Cushman & Wakefield: Investors retrench but billions in ‘dry powder’ await return to normal trading
Opportunistic investors are already on the ground seeking “distress”, and there may well be some opportunities. However, given that lending rates over the last number of years were typically betwe - Subscribe |
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08 Dec '22 |
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Myles Clarke, CBRE: A year of two halves as Irish property displays remarkable resilience
CBRE Ireland advised German-headquartered Union Investment on the forward-purchase of 140 one- and two-bed apartments at Newtown Gardens in Blackrock during this period. Again, this transaction, and o - Subscribe |
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08 Dec '22 |
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John Moran, JLL: Clever property investors will find rewards in face of greater risks in 2023
Despite the murky terrain the markets have rolled into, there is a case for positivity in 2023. Gustave Flaubert said, “There is no truth. There is only perception.” As such, it is best to view th - Subscribe |
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08 Dec '22 |
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The top 10 commercial property deals of 2022
The other €4 billion plus in “ordinary” activity is remarkable when one considers the challenges precipitated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February. Dublin’s standing as a location t - Subscribe |
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04 Dec '22 |
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A year of skittish investors and strong returns for cash buyers
Continued inflation and rising interest rates mean pricing expectations will need to adjust across most real estate sectors next year, writes Conor Whelan of QRE. However, once this is accepted, the m - Subscribe |
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04 Dec '22 |
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Aoife Brennan of Lisney: It was summer when market felt impact of Ukraine war and interest rate hikes
In the investment sector, there was a disconnect between vendors’ price expectations and what purchasers were willing to pay, but it is still likely that the market will achieve close to €6 billio - Subscribe |
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04 Dec '22 |
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Sean O'Neill of TWM: A resilient year for property investment despite headwinds
With Ireland possibly the only country in Europe to avoid going into recession, there remains a good level of demand in the Irish property investment market from a variety of investor types and nation - Subscribe |
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