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CBRE welcomes announcements of economic package for Northern Ireland

CBRE last week welcomed the announcement of a new economic stimulus package (Building a Prosperous and United Community) for Northern Ireland, saying it contains elements that have the potential to boost job creation in the region and in... more...
Wednesday, 19. June 2013

Retailer demand steady despite volatile economic drivers

In their latest Q1 Irish Retail Market View publication, property consultants CBRE note that while monthly and annual retail sales are down across a number of sectors, the level of competition and demand for well-located retail units... more...
Tuesday, 7. May 2013

More prime Irish commercial real estate needed to satisfy potential buyers in some sectors

Commercial property consultants CBRE today released their May bi-monthly report, focussing on current trends in all sectors of the Irish commercial property market. The property consultants say that there is a lack of prime properties... more...
Thursday, 2. May 2013

Knight Frank LLP links with HT Meagher O’Reilly

Knight Frank is ending its association with the Ganly Waters Partnership as part of its wider European strategy to establish “best in class” representation in all key markets in which it operates. The real estate consultancy is fully... more...
Thursday, 2. May 2013

Irish office and industrial rents grow for the first time since 2008

Rental values in the Irish office and industrial sectors have grown for the first time in five years, according to IPD/ICSI Ireland Quarterly Property Index. At 0.2% for offices, and 1.6% for industrials, the growth is the first sign of... more...
Thursday, 25. April 2013

UK property returns 1.1% in the first quarter of 2013

Capital falls eased slightly in the first quarter of 2013, to 0.6%, their lowest since Q4 2011, according to the IPD UK Monthly Property Index. Total returns rose to 1.1%, up from 0.5% in the last quarter of 2012, while income returns... more...
Tuesday, 16. April 2013

€336 million invested in the Irish commercial property market during Q1 2013

Commercial property consultants CBRE today released final investment spend data for the Irish market for the first quarter of 2013, which shows that the momentum experienced in the commercial property sector during the latter half of... more...
Wednesday, 10. April 2013

City launches details of Parnell Square Cultural Quarter

Lord Mayor Naoise Ó Muirí announced details of a visionary new project for Dublin city: the Parnell Square Cultural Quarter. The development will involve the construction of a new and innovative Dublin City Library on the site of... more...
Tuesday, 9. April 2013

CBRE appoints Enda Luddy as managing director for Ireland

CBRE today announces two appointments to further strengthen its EMEA senior management team. more...
Wednesday, 3. April 2013

Busy first two months in the Irish commercial property sector

CBRE released their first bi-monthly report of 2013, focussing on current trends in all sectors of the Irish commercial property market. The property consultants report strong demand in all sectors of the Irish commercial property... more...
Tuesday, 5. March 2013

LaSalle acquires three supermarkets in Northern Ireland for €66.45m

LaSalle has acquired a Sainsbury’s food store at Braidwater Retail Park, Ballymena for €17.85 million on behalf of the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC). This follows LaSalle’s... more...
Wednesday, 13. February 2013

EPRA: Ireland needs “best-in-class” REIT model

Ireland should look to its neighbours in the UK and France for examples of how to establish a “best-in-class” model for its new listed real estate investment trust (REIT) regime to attract domestic and international investors and... more...
Thursday, 24. January 2013

Strong last quarter boost 2012 take-up

Property consultants CBRE today released office statistics for the fourth quarter of 2012 showing that over 49,000 m² of office lettings were signed in Dublin in the last three months of 2012. This brought total take-up in the Irish... more...
Thursday, 24. January 2013

Polarisation a key trend in the Irish commercial property sector in 2013

Commercial property consultants CBRE today released their Outlook 2013 report, forecasting likely trends in all sectors of the Irish commercial property market for the year ahead. While the property consultants are bullish about the... more...
Thursday, 10. January 2013

Kennedy Wilson and partner acquire loan secured by prime office building in Dublin

Kennedy Wilson announced that the company and one of its investment partners acquired a loan with an unpaid principal balance of €120 million. The loan is secured by an office building and adjacent three-acre site in Dublin. The... more...
Thursday, 27. December 2012

Kennedy Wilson and Partner acquire Sandford Lodge in Dublin

Kennedy Wilson and one of its investment partners acquired Sandford Lodge, a 119-unit luxury residential apartment community in Dublin. The purchase price was €27 million, and Kennedy Wilson invested 50% of the equity in the all cash... more...
Monday, 3. December 2012

CR Investment Management opens office in Ireland

CR Investment Management will now be represented in nine office locations across five countries with the opening of an office in the city centre of Dublin on 3rd December 2012. The office will be headed by newly appointed Director Chris... more...
Wednesday, 28. November 2012

Chris Ogle appointed director of CR Ireland office

CR Investment Management will now be represented in nine office locations across five countries with the opening of an office in the city centre of Dublin on 3rd December 2012. The office will be headed by newly appointed Director Chris... more...
Wednesday, 28. November 2012