Commercial Property
Hotels: 2025 deal volumes on course for a record-breaking €1.7bn
Value of hotel sales for this year set to surpass previous record of €1.1 billion set in 2006
Improved warehousing supply and robust exports drive take-up in industrial and logistics market
‘Remarkable’ recovery sees continued flow of international capital into the sector, both for investment and development
Investor sentiment cautious - but fundamentals are improving for 2026
French SCPIs playing increasing role in the Irish market, with €312m invested in year to date
Peter’s Pub leads the way with €5m sale in busy year for Dublin’s licensed property market
Seventeen of the capital’s pubs have changed hands so far this year, while 12 more are currently sale-agreed
Retail parks top shopping list for investors with €400m spend in 2025
US-headquartered Realty Income dominates activity with deals for Oaktree and Trinity Collection portfolios
Government must act now to prevent catastrophe in private rental market
Flawed regulatory policy cobbled together to help tenants is excluding funders of much-needed housing supply
Suburban office market holds its own with significant increase in take-up levels
Demand for sustainable green buildings is driving activity, but lack of development pipeline may push rents up
State needs to take radical action to increase supply of new homes
Housing shortages continue to weigh on market, but overall it’s been a good year for land sales, with strong demand
Investment market ‘patchy’ but sentiment towards Ireland improving
Decisions are being taken once again following seismic global events, of which the pandemic and high inflation are but two
International capital is back looking at and buying in Ireland
There are still challenges, but investor confidence is growing, as momentum picks up across most sectors
Government initiatives welcome, but significant supply-demand imbalance in housing remains
Land Development Agency and Approved Housing Bodies now playing central role in the market for land
A stop-start 2025, but prospects for investment are positive for the year to come
Spending of €2.4bn on commercial real estate is positive, but a long way off 10-year average of €4bn
Renewed confidence in private rented sector and office demand to propel investment in 2026
Robust pipeline of assets set to come to market in next 12 months across residential, office and logistics sectors
Dublin office market gained momentum this year, but supply crunch is on the way in 2026
While 1.2m sq ft of office space is scheduled to complete in the next 12 months, 75 per cent of this is already pre-committed
Operator sought for eco-friendly guest accommodation at Avondale Forest Park
Coillte weighs development of up to 50 eco-sensitive cabins on grounds of historic Wicklow estate where Parnell was born
Cavan’s landmark Hotel Kilmore sold for €11m in off-market deal
Irish hotels group acquires four-star property from longstanding owners, the Mealiff family
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While each sector has its merits, all the data is pointing in one direction
Property industry stalwart Shannon strikes out on his own with new business
Former divisional director at Cushman & Wakefield establishes Shannon Commercial, Chartered Surveyors & Property Consultants
Little Sisters of the Poor seeking €20m from sale of Dublin nursing home
Raheny facility being sold as going concern with proceeds used to secure religious order’s two other care homes
Irish investor on acquisition trail following €317m bid for UK shopping centre
KLX Real Estate Partners seeking opportunities in Ireland following bid for Merry Hill shopping centre near Birmingham
UPS western distribution hub at €5.95m offers buyer 6.8% net initial yield
Galway property generating €447,545 in annual rent from UPS subsidiary Nightline Logistics Group
Fully fitted Dublin 2 office offers turnkey opportunity at €2.9m
Unit 7, Harmony Court, comes for sale with four secure basement car-parking spaces
Prime Blackrock site zoned for residential development guiding €6m
1.6-acre Newtownpark Avenue plot offers scope for large-scale apartment scheme
UK developer closing in on €60m deal for Dublin logistics portfolio
Chancerygate set to acquire 12 assets from Iput distributed across two schemes
German investor pays €22.35m for Dublin 7 student accommodation scheme
Scheme developed by Iveragh Group has 128 beds and is next to TUD’s Grangegorman campus
Meath investor to transform ‘Ireland’s most haunted’ house following €3m purchase
Loftus Hall in Co Wexford to be rebranded as Loftus Estate and become one of Ireland's first agri-based hotels
Swords car park with full planning for 79 apartments seeking €6.2m
Forster Way site generated net operating income of €395,000 in 2024
Rohan Holdings seeks occupier for 290,000sq ft facility at Dublin Airport Logistics Park
Drake House is largest stand-alone logistics unit under construction in Dublin market
Tesco signs for anchor store at The Willows in Dunshaughlin
Occupiers sought for three units at neighbourhood centre adjoining newly developed Meath residential scheme
German investor pays €50m for Dublin docklands office block, roughly half the sale price in 2018
Price secured on behalf of receivers Deloitte represents 53% fall from €106.5m paid for building in 2018
Irish investor pays €41.5m for two Dublin office investments
Family office completes deals for properties in the IFSC and in Dublin 15
US investor seeking €80m from sale of hundreds of social housing units
Portfolio comprises mix of 276 houses and apartments let to local authorities and located mainly in Dublin and Cork
Donnybrook mixed-use investment with scope for redevelopment seeks €5m
Eirpage House and 55 Main Street generating €406,950 in annual rental income
Hibernia College Group signs for first floor at the Academy Building on Pearse Street
College joins a number of international occupiers including Huckletree and FTI Consulting at landmark property
Kildare landbank with future new-homes potential guiding at €4m
Lands occupy strong location just 2km from Naas and immediately adjacent to Johnstown Manor residential scheme
South Dublin house with full planning for 10 apartments seeks €1.3m
Beechpark House in Blackrock on the market with approval for five one-bedroom and five two-bedroom units
Developer Rohan group writes €12m off value of office portfolio
Move follows sustained fall in demand in recent years and saw group pretax profits slump 57% to €2.48m
Brennan family fund seeking occupier for new Dublin docklands office scheme
The Heysham occupies high-profile position beside Central Bank HQ on North Wall Quay
Private investor pays €3.25m for Dawson Street home of Pret A Manger
Property sold in just eight weeks at a 14% premium over the original €2.85m guide price
Dept inks deal for new Dublin headquarter offices
International digital marketing agency signs 10-year lease on restored and redeveloped 18th century church at Newmarket Square in Dublin 8
Galway office investment for €2.75m offers buyer 9.25% yield
Building at Liosbán Business Park comes for sale fully let to Galway County Council on 10-year lease from December 2024
Corballis Hall secures tenant for penthouse offices
Swords Road headquarter building comprises 20,000sq ft of grade A accommodation
Sherry FitzGerald expands into commercial property with Knight Frank deal
Acquisition announced by CastleGate, the family office of tech entrepreneur and Sherry FitzGerald owner Tommy Kelly
Aviation lessors look to land new offices at Meta’s Dublin 4 HQ
Two companies in talks to sublet space from social media giant following National Bank of Canada deal for fifth floor in Block 2
Former Bord Gais headquarter office block seeking €9.5m
Dublin city centre property acquired and developed at a cost of nearly €14m in 2001 hits the market
5 GPO Buildings on Dublin’s Henry Street on sale for €2.7m
Sale of 5 GPO Buildings offers buyer opportunity to secure initial yield of 13.5%
Investor pays €10m to buy 34 apartments in south Dublin development
Investor to refurbish largely vacant properties before offering for sale on individual basis on open market
High-end amenities in office buildings? These New York tenants say no thanks
Older buildings have an obvious appeal in times of economic uncertainty – they’re cheaper
Dublin city centre office investment for €2.55m offers buyer 7.25% yield
Penthouse floor at Ulysses House is fully let and generating €202,500 in annual rental income
High-spec logistics units at Stadium Business Park seeking occupiers at €18.50 per sq ft
Construction of five units ranging in size from 15,873sq ft to 22,799sq ft under way at Dublin 15 scheme
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