Sunday Property Round-Up, January 12th 2020

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Irish property market news and insights – by the industry, for the industry  

 

 

 

Further to the Dublin price guide published last weekend, The Sunday Times national Property Price Guide is available today. This will likely be of interest to house-hunters, investors and estate agents regionally. Before we get stuck into the general property news of the week, below are a few local and international stories that might be of particular interest: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Green Reit auction prompts Takeover Panel rule change: The Irish Takeover Panel is considering widening its rulebook following last year’s move by Green Reit to put itself up for sale rather than wait for approaches from potential acquirers.
    The €1.34bn transaction, involving the sale of the real estate investment trust to London-based property group Henderson Park, was the first takeover in more than 20 years in which an Irish listed company put itself up for sale. This type of deal is not currently covered by the panel’s rulebook and, as a result, the body would have little input in the takeover. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/green-reit-auction-prompts-takeover-panel-rule-change-3vgt5l9gq

 

 

 

 

 

  • For developers and design teams:  To Build or Not to Build Parking: Automated Parking Lifts Have Changed the Rules | CityLift https://cityliftparking.com/build-not-build-parking-automated-parking-lifts-changed-rules

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you missed last week’s round-up, you can catch up here: https://propertydistrict.ie/category/sunday-property-review/

 

 

 

As always, you might let me know if I have missed out on any relevant property news by emailing  carol@caroltallon.com.

 

 

(Apologies in advance for any typos, it’s difficult to get good help on a Sunday. Also, I use voice to text dictation so just sound out anything that really doesn’t make sense in a strong rural accent and that should help!)

 

 

SUNDAY LISTEN

 

 

Property Matters: Ireland’s First Weekly Property Radio Show (& Podcast!):

Ireland’s first weekly property radio show, Property Matters, launched In January 2019 on Dublin South FM 93.9 and is now available internationally via iTunes and Spotify podcast (www.iPropertyRadio.com). Seasoned political broadcaster, Bryan Fox, and I (Carol Tallon) team up to deliver 60 minutes of industry chat with guests from the areas of planning, construction, property and proptech. Produced by Katie Tallon of Hear Me Roar Media. 

 

*Listen back to all #PropertyMatters episodes here: https://anchor.fm/ipropertyradio

 

We are back on air this Tuesday 14th January and we are currently putting together our guest and content line-up for the next 12-months – all suggestions welcome!  Email the Property Matters team at hello@iPropertyRadio.com

 

 

PLACEMAKING

PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Mayors offer solutions to Kerry social housing supply issue | Radio Kerry https://www.radiokerry.ie/mayors-offer-solutions-kerry-social-housing-supply-issue/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*PLACEengage: The future of speedy, successful placemaking for property developers is here – Property developers and project owners ready Public Consultation are encouraged to contact the PLACEengage team for full details*

 

 

 

 

 

CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT NEWS

 

  • Irish Construction Data 2020: A pilot project will be kicking off in the early new year to collect Irish construction projects data in order to build industry big data. Property District is partnering with Dr. Houssem Jerbi and the team at Smart PMO to use AI (Artificial Intelligence) to develop industry collective intelligence to improve Irish construction. The predictive data analytics will help ​de-risk projects through reducing delays and cost-overruns. This is an industry first for Irish construction, providing participating organisations with new, unique insights and the opportunity to benchmark individual project/organisation data against the market, essentially revealing the strengths and weaknesses of live projects and optimising projects KPIs. I will be sending an email to contractors and cost/project managers shortly, if you are interested in getting involved in this pilot project in 2020 please email carol@propertydistrict.ie. 

 

  • Diageo in no hurry over St James’s Gate development: Brewing giant has settled on shortlist of three developers for urban quarter at home of Guinness | Business Post https://www.businesspost.ie/commercial/diageo-in-no-hurry-over-st-jamess-gate-development-f5fa8956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • The Sunday Times take on this: State fund backs Bartra’s ‘Dickensian’ co-living project in Dun Laoghaire: The state-owned Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (Isif) has spent almost €8m on taking a stake in a co-living property development in Dublin that has been described as “Dickensian in nature” by the Green Party.

    Isif has acquired a “significant minority stake” in the co-living project being developed at Eblana Avenue in Dun Laoghaire by Bartra Capital Property. The six-storey Eblana Avenue project will house 204 “single occupancy” rooms of just over 16.25 sq m each, smaller than a disabled parking space. It will have communal kitchens and living areas on each floor.


     https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/state-fund-backs-bartra-s-dickensian-co-living-project-in-dun-laoghaire-g86rh7lnv

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Engineering firm seeks order preventing former owner of premises from trespassing: The action has been brought by Winthrop Engineering & Contracting Ltd, a firm founded by well-known businessman Barry English, against James Jordan.

    Winthrop claims that on December 30th last Mr Jordan, accompanied by others, broke into the company’s premises located at a Unit in Turnpike Business Park, Ballymount in Dublin 22.

    It is claimed that Mr Jordan identified himself to a member of Winthrop’s staff and said that “Barry English” who is the plaintiff’s group managing director, had not paid rent to him for several months.

    It is also claimed that Mr Jordan, and those with him, cut the power to the premises… https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/engineering-firm-seeks-order-preventing-former-owner-of-premises-from-trespassing-1.4134979?mode=amp

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OTHER PROPERTY NEWS

 

 

  • The lead industry story in the Business Post this week is by Killian Woods: ‘Tuath provided more than 1,000 new social homes in 2019’: Overall spend at the not-for-profit housebuilder was €218 million, new accounts show | Business Post https://www.businesspost.ie/residential/tuath-provided-more-than-1000-new-social-homes-in-2019-48bc0ae6

 

  • Noreen McManus sues Sisk over Limerick estate: The building giant was the main contractor in the €3m project at Martinstown House | Business Post https://www.businesspost.ie/ireland/noreen-mcmanus-sues-sisk-over-limerick-estate-f8040c44

 

  • C&AG completes report on sale of €352m Nama loan book linked to Quinlan: Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe must present findings within three months of receiving study | Business Post https://www.businesspost.ie/business/cag-completes-report-on-sale-of-352m-nama-loan-book-linked-to-quinlan-21e3ec27

 

  • Retail park operators object to Liffey Valley expansion plans: Objectors say plans including roads and car parks overhaul need to be designed to suit all stakeholders, not just the shopping centre  | Business Post https://www.businesspost.ie/commercial/retail-park-operators-object-to-liffey-valley-expansion-plans-76159382

 

  • Starwood loans €35m for Irish commercial property portfolio to mystery investor: Financing arm of property giant confirms that six-year loan would aid the purchase of 12 commercial properties in central Dublin | Business Post https://www.businesspost.ie/companies/starwood-loans-35m-for-irish-commercial-property-portfolio-to-mystery-investor-a83e7084

 

  • Gazing into the crystal ball for 2020 in Irish property: International investor interest remains strong, but the lack of sustainability of rent levels could create problems in the coming year | Business Post https://www.businesspost.ie/commercial/gazing-into-the-crystal-ball-for-2020-in-irish-property-4026f8e7

 

  • In the Sunday Independent today: Dundrum makes plan to deal with threat to House of Fraser store: Dundrum Town Centre has drawn up plans to carve House of Fraser into two large shops as it readies itself for the possible closure of the troubled department store.

    The owners of the centre believe that a current restructuring of the retailer may impact upon House of Fraser’s Irish store.

    The centre outlined plans to split the unit into two to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, and sought exemption from planning permission for such a change.

    https://amp.independent.ie/business/irish/dundrum-makes-plan-to-deal-with-threat-to-house-of-fraser-store-38853501.html

 

  • Dublin’s Prem Group goes Dutch with flagship aparthotel – The Dublin-based international hospitality and hotel management firm Prem Group is to open a new flagship aparthotel in Amsterdam.

    The Premier Suites Plus Amsterdam will be a luxury offering located in the business area of Zuidas and is the company’s highest-spec premises to date.

    Prem Group has taken a long-term lease in the Hourglass Building, which is currently under construction and is expected to become a landmark building in the district due to its distinctive design. Prem Group is investing €2.5m in the fit-out.

    Independent.ie https://amp.independent.ie/business/irish/dublins-prem-group-goes-dutch-with-flagship-aparthotel-38853514.html

 

  • Harcourt sells off Las Vegas site in $14m deal – Harcourt Developments, one of Ireland’s largest construction firms, has sold land it acquired in Las Vegas during the boom for $14m (€12.6m).

    The land was previously earmarked by Harcourt, founded by Pat Doherty, in 2006 for the Sullivan Square development, which would have included 1,380 residential units, 45,000 sq ft (4,180 sq m) of retail and 272,000 sq ft of office space in an investment which could have been worth $800m.

    The site stood six miles from the famous Las Vegas strip and was to be modelled on neighbourhoods in New York, Chicago and Montreal.
    Independent.ie https://amp.independent.ie/business/commercial-property/harcourt-sells-off-las-vegas-site-in-14m-deal-38853531.html

 

  • One of the lead industry stories in the business supplement of The Sunday Times today reports that: Oakmount targets €45m from sale of Blackrock site in Dublin: Oakmount, a Dublin property development company headed by Paddy McKillen Jr, aims to clear €15m profit from the sale of a Dublin site for €45m.

    The company is advancing plans to sell the 11-acre site at Temple Hill in Blackrock, south Dublin, where it secured permission last year to build 291 apartments.

    Oakmount bought the site from the Daughters of Charity religious order in late 2017 for about €30m, meaning it is targeting a 50% increase in its value in a little more than two years, on the strength of the planning approval.
     https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/oakmount-targets-45m-from-sale-of-blackrock-site-in-dublin-jdhqnprsw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • One of world’s wealthiest men buys mansion near Waterford for €12.6m https://waterfordnow.ie/news/one-worlds-wealthiest-men-buys-mansion-near-waterford/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Cairn Homes has sold more than 220 dwellings in Dublin to an investment-firm backed landlord for €78 million.

    Cairn said on Friday that it has sold 229 apartments, houses and duplexes in Lucan, west Dublin, to a company funded by US firm Angelo Gordon and managed by Irish business, Carysfort Capital.

    The Dublin-listed house builder said that the buyers paid €78.75 million for the new homes, all of which Cairn confirmed would be finished by the end of this year.

    Carysfort and Angelo Gordon intend renting the properties out, in keeping with a trend in the Republic where investors buy blocks of homes to cash in on high demand from tenants.
    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/construction/cairn-sells-229-homes-to-landlord-for-78m-1.4135996?mode=amp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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