The Retail Park Liffey Valley

Location & Connectivity

The Retail Park Liffey Valley occupies a strategic position within one of Dublin’s most established and dominant retail destinations, immediately adjacent to Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and just off Junction 7 of the M50 motorway.

Situated approximately 10km west of Dublin City Centre, the scheme benefits from exceptional connectivity via both the M50 motorway and the N4 national roadway, providing direct access to Dublin City Centre and the wider national road network. The location is also supported by extensive public transport infrastructure, with numerous Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann services serving the area and recent investment in the adjacent ‘Bus Connects’ transport hub further enhancing accessibility.

Description

The scheme comprises approximately 18,837 sq. m of modern retail warehouse accommodation arranged across 13 units providing a critical mass of large-format retail units serving a significant and growing suburban catchment. Separately, there are three F&B Pod sites on the periphery of the Park (incl. McDonald’s and Costa) but these are owned directly by the Costa Group and do not form part of the sale.

Strategically positioned immediately adjacent to Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and within immediate access of the N4 and M50 motorway network, the asset benefits from exceptional regional connectivity and sustained vehicular footfall.

Why Retail Warehouse Investment?

Retail warehouses have emerged through a tumultuous decade as one of the strongest performing commercial real estate sectors, demonstrating exceptional resilience through changing economic cycles, evolving consumer behaviour and the rapid growth of e-commerce. The sector continues to benefit from strong occupational demand, limited new supply, low obsolescence and an increasingly attractive risk-return profile, making it a preferred allocation for many institutional investors seeking durable income and long-term capital preservation.

The Park & ESG

The majority of the retail units within the park currently achieve a minimum BER B rating, providing a strong environmental baseline, with a clearly defined pathway to BER A through the planned expansion of rooftop solar PV installations to each unit. This strategy will further reduce operational energy consumption, lower occupier costs and future-proof the asset against increasingly stringent sustainability and regulatory requirements.

The retail park’s common area services are powered by 66 Kwh of integrated solar PV and supported by a 64.4 Kwh battery storage system that generates sufficient renewable electricity to offset 100% of the annual common area electricity consumption, significantly reducing operational carbon emissions while protecting the asset from energy price volatility.

The park benefits from a fully integrated, real-time energy monitoring platform across both the common areas and every retail unit, providing owners and occupiers with live visibility of electricity consumption and associated carbon emissions. The system enables comprehensive ESG reporting, supports proactive energy management and incorporates Monitoring & Targeting (M&T) functionality, with automated alarms that identify abnormal or excessive energy consumption, allowing rapid intervention to optimise operational performance.

Sustainability provisions are incorporated into 8 of the 13 leases in the Retail Park. These provisions encourage collaboration between owner and occupiers in reducing energy consumption, improving environmental performance and supporting the Park’s wider ESG objectives. This includes sustainability reporting requirements, the sharing of energy performance data and obligations on occupiers to operate their premises consistent with the sustainability objectives of the scheme.

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