Galway’s Taaffes shop, empty for 30 years, has a new owner
Building on William Street has been vacant since 1996, when the family-run shop closed down
Commercial real estate
South Dublin logistics facility (200,000sq ft) seeks occupier following full upgrade
ICG Real Estate acquired Axis building at Kilcarbery Distribution Park for €27m in 2024
Dublin 4 office investment for €2.95m offers buyer scope for 7% yield
Six of seven own-door office units at Argyle Square off Morehampton Road are let at present
Kennedy Wilson and partner secure €180m AIB funding for Player Wills scheme in Dublin 8
Funding will support delivery of more than 700 homes at former cigarette factory site
Landmark EP Mooney Centre on Dublin’s Long Mile Road for sale at €12.9m
Well-known motor showroom and retail units are fully let and generating €1.028m in annual rental income
Grafton Street retail investment with full planning for four apartments seeks €2.35m
Number 109 is currently generating €155,000 in annual rental income from two tenants
John Moran to step down as CEO of JLL Ireland after 17 years
JLL appoints Deirdre Costello and Dan O’Connor as CEO and head of capital markets respectively
Tenant exit and flat rents weigh on €300m Dublin office portfolio
Income falls at one office fund controlled by Axa and Kennedy Wilson following rent review
Demand for office space in Dublin is weak, largely because remote working is expanding
Demand for office space in Dublin is clearly quite thin, even for the best properties
Demand for environmentally sound buildings ‘now key driver’ of commercial property market
Society of Chartered Surveyors forecasts 6% rise in average rents for prime offices in coming year
Almost one in seven commercial properties in Republic ‘lies vacant’
National rate falls for first time since data started being collected in 2013 but picture mixed countrywide, notes report
Greystar in €33m deal for Cork city student block
US-headquartered real-estate group is now one of Ireland’s largest student accommodation providers
Middle East conflict drives sharpest rise in commercial construction costs in several years
Copper pipes among key building materials to record large increase in cost in 2026
Billionaire football-club owner Tony Bloom quietly bankrolls an Irish property fund’s four-year buying spree
Premier League club owner backed Meath-based Star Stone Property Group’s recent €600k deal to buy Drogheda shopping centre
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Former Ballymun shopping centre site to be redeveloped into 564 apartments
Land Development Agency to build cost-rental homes up to 12 storeys tall
Prime residential development site in Rathgar at more than €6m
Former Murphy & Gunn car dealership back on market at reduced price, with permission for 19 homes
Demand for office space in Dublin is weak, largely due to the rise of remote working
Property industry’s response has been to ration information and fill the vacuum with reassuring narratives to buy time
Former Baggot Street Ulster Bank to become boutique hotel
‘Speakeasy’ bar to be located in former basement vaults
Porter Privé takes over former Grafter offices used by OpenAI
Emma Kennedy’s new venture now manages three Dublin city centre locations once controlled by Paddy McKillen jnr’s office business
Plans to be lodged for 1,510 apartments at Irish Glass Bottle site
Ten-year planning permission is being sought
Johnny Ronan gets go ahead for Dublin docklands hotel
Developer switching plans to hotel from office building
Herbert Street Georgian and mews guiding at €1.5m
Four-storey over-basement redbrick and interconnected mews offer scope for range of uses
Celtic Tiger-era shopping centre built at a cost of €25m by McNamara seeking €3m
Developed on site of former meat factory owned by Larry Goodman’s ABP, Longford scheme has been vacant for 17 years
Developer Harry Crosbie in dispute with hotel company over proposed Vicar Street Hotel
Crosbie, his wife Rita and Vicar Street Hotel Ltd, have sued HITC Properties Ltd, which owns and manages hotels
Hatch Street Georgian duo with mews and parking guiding €2.5m
Numbers 24 & 25 occupy strong CBD location close to offices of MetLife and Arthur Cox
Grand Canal site with full planning for large office scheme seeking €16m
Former home of Construction Industry Federation came close to being sold for €23m in midst of Covid-19 pandemic
Dublin 15 landbank primed for future residential and commercial development guiding €16m
The 268-acre (108.5-hectare) holding sits next to existing residential areas of Kilmartin, Hollystown, Tyrrelstown and Ongar
Stranded office assets are already a reality and some cannot be let at any rent
Buildings driving high vacancy rates no longer meet standards demanded by tenants and, in some cases, legally required
French fund pays over €23m for fully let IFSC office investment
Dublin docklands building underwent comprehensive upgrade under previous owner and holds B1 Ber rating
Investment in Irish commercial property reaches €443m in first quarter
Cushman & Wakefield say investors remained ‘selective’ following a period of ‘heightened volatility’
An almost vacant shopping mall in Nairobi could be a template for Dublin
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Commercial property recovering but Middle East conflict threatens new inflation spike
New report from SCSI predicts rents and capital values, across three main classes, will rise in 2026
Park Developments to build new housing schemes after extending debt facility
Deal, which is an expansion of an existing arrangement, will see funding provided on a half and half basis by Bank of Ireland and AIB
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