Ready-to-go Blackrock apartment site for over €17m
The 1.25-acre site has permission for 60 large apartments, some of which will have views across Dublin Bay, writes Jack Fagan
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Finglas mixed-use site for €2.75 million
Redevelopment Land Significant interest is expected for a prime mixed-use development site in the heart of Finglas village. The quarter-acre site on McKee Avenue will be sold by tender through Savills HOK and carries a guide of €2.75 million.Over €12.5 millionfor mixed three-acre site with potential in Rathcoole village
Redevelopment Site With builders still looking for well-located sites, there is likely to be strong interest in three acres which have just come on the market in Rathcoole village in south Dublin.€25 million for 82-acre site close to Thurles town centre
Development Land One of the largest development land banks yet made available in Thurles has been offered for sale by private treaty.Work starts on €120m shopping centre in Limerick
Retail Sector Parkway Valley shopping centre will have a lettable floor area of around 23,225sq m (250,000sq ft) and there should be plenty of interest among the major multiples in its anchor store, writes Jack Fagan€5.5m for redbrick offices on Burlington Road
Investments A redbrick on Burlington Road in Dublin 4 could be bought for prestigious offices or for conversion into a handsome house, writes Jack FaganKPMG floats spec for its new HQ to developers
Office Sector In what will be one of the largest ever requests for office space in Dublin, KPMG is out to identify who can build it 22,296sq m by 2011 and a total of 35,303sq m by 2021, writes Jack FaganIrish firm pays €51m for London offices
Investments Irish Life Investment Managers (ILIM) has paid €51 million for an office building in the City of London.€7,535 per sq m for office units in Carrickmines
Offices Executive office suites are being sold off the plans for the striking Hyde Building, the next phase of the business quarter under construction at The Park, Carrickmines, in south Dublin.Three D2 office blocks to make €50 million
Investments Royal Liver Assurance is offloading three Dublin office blocks and all have potential for redevelopment, writes Jack FaganNew research shows vacancy rates for offices falling across the EU
Market Analysis Demand for office space across Europe has been boosted by employment growth and falling vacancy rates, resulting in an 8.9 per cent growth in prime office rentals in the year to the end of March, according to Jones Lang LaSalle's latest European office property clock.Feeling at home in a Georgian country house hotel
Trade Names Hoteliers Elaine and Henry Reid established their lakeside Connemara hotel during the difficult years of the 1980s and have since prospered, writes Rose Doyle€4bn Cork Docklands scheme takes shape
Planning & Development Plans for a new quarter on 400 acres in Cork's Docklands are gathering pace with some developers expecting to be on-site next year, writes Michelle McDonaghLots of schemes in store for Cork
A major indoor conference/concert venue. Cork City Council has offered to take a 25 per cent stake in the development to a maximum value of €12 million which would ideally be built within a few kilometres of the city centre. The closing date for submissions is the end of June.Zara for landmark Galway shop
Retailing The owner of Taaffe's, the landmark building on Galway's William Street that has lain idle for over 10 years, has signed a deal with Spanish clothing retailer Zara for the premises.PropertyLaw EU directive on energy efficiency to have a profound effect
All property owners in the not too distant future will be asked the question: how green is your property? Edward Jones reportsUS embassy could fetch €441m
Overseas Property The US embassy in Mayfair, London, could fetch more than £300 million (€441 million) if and when it goes on the market, property experts predict.In Short
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