Liam Carroll's company, Zoe Developments, has hit the jackpot with its penthouse at Charlotte Quay, Dublin 4, selling it for a record price of over £2 million. The 1,900 sq ft apartment on the 16th floor of Millennium Tower is the first in the city to make over £1,000 a sq ft but come the new year there will be others in Dublin 4 that are likely to do even better. Agents Hooke & MacDonald had planned to sell the penthouse by tender but with one buyer apparently deciding that he had to have the pad with the "wow" views all over the city, it was hardly surprising that it was sold days before the tenders were due to close. More than 40 people viewed the penthouse by appointment and with the exception of two or three "gawkers" it seems that most of them were interested in pitching for it.

Interestingly, the price almost matches the £2.5 million Mr Carroll paid almost seven years ago for the prime 1.7 acres site at Charlotte Quay, owned for many years by Tedcastles. Zoe's real coup however was to convince the planners to give permission for Dublin's first high-rise apartment, something that no-one has been able to get since, making that penthouse even more valuable as time goes by.