Pret A Manger opened their first store in Ireland on Friday. Located on Dawson Street, Dublin 2 the store had a busy morning and we managed to visit between that and the lunchtime rush to get a full tour. The Pret a Manger team are so impressive in terms of their approach to quality and attention to detail.
This will no doubt be a great success and we are proud to be part of the team bringing the brand to Ireland.
As market leaders, Irish- owned Bannon manages over 75 commercial assets including shopping centres, retail parks and offices with a combined footfall of over 100 million visitors per annum. Given the level of footfall through the assets under our management, we prioritise the safety and efficiency of all plant and equipment. One area that we give significant attention to is vertical transportation equipment.
Vertical transportation refers to different types of equipment used to move building users between different levels of a building. Examples from our portfolio include passenger lifts, goods lifts, escalators, passenger conveyors and disabled access platforms in both retail and office settings.
Due to the essential nature and complexity of vertical transportation systems, Bannon engages TÜV SÜD Dunbar Boardman as specialist consultants. TÜV SÜD Dunbar Boardman is Europe’s leading independent lift & escalator consultancy, and they currently support over 18,000 lift units across Europe. Our partnership and collaboration with the firm dates back several years.
The Bannon management portfolio includes over 205 individual vertical transportation units. We utilise 10 different lift contractors to maintain and repair the units on our clients’ behalf. TÜV SÜD Dunbar Boardman helps us ensure that we are getting best performance and efficiencies from our assets which are serviced by our lift maintenance contractors, thus providing value for money.
TÜV SÜD Dunbar Boardman offer a full range of services including design, asset management, maintenance management support, condition reporting, project management, witness testing and expert witness.
Within the maintenance management services Tuv Sud review and process statutory inspection reports ensuring completion of all items under the terms of the maintenance contract and obtain quotations for any works that are deemed out of the contact scope.
One of the main roles performed by TÜV SÜD Dunbar Boardman is completing competitive tenders for maintenance contracts and modernisation or complete replacement of this equipment. In addition to tendering and putting contracts in place, they also manage our maintenance contracts. This includes sign off and review quotations for repair works to the equipment which fall outside the scope of the maintenance contract, process statutory inspection reports ensuring completion of all items under the terms of the maintenance contract.
At Bannon our culture is to provide best-in-class service to our clients and users across our portfolio. We achieve this by collaborating with industry leaders and partners such as TÜV SÜD Dunbar Boardman to provide service delivery levels that will ensure quality, compliance, cost awareness and safety to our lift users.
Author: William Lambe, Divisional Director, Bannon
Date: 23rd August 2022
Congratulations to Techstar in Castlewest Shopping Centre, Ballincollig, Cork on making the list of the top 100 friendliest stores to visit in 2022 awarded by Retail Excellence Ireland and now move on to the National Awards to be held in the Galmont Hotel Galway on the 12th November.
Great to have one of our new occupiers achieve this.
To view the list, please click here.
Bannon is delighted to welcome Babydoll Vintage Clothing to Stephens Green Shopping Centre.
We wish the team the very best of luck with the opening.
August recorded a small but continuing drop in consumer confidence, to a 22-month low, as households prepare themselves for further price pressures according to KBC Bank Ireland. What is interesting is the mismatch between what Irish consumers are saying and what they are doing.
Retail sales which traditionally track consumer confidence with a short lag period, have remained robust and in recent times even grown whilst confidence has dropped.
Another fantastic addition to the Tenant mix at Marshes Shopping Centre diversifying and complementing the existing offer.
Best of luck Thérapie Clinic.
The Bannon Dublin Office Market report is available now. Take up for the second quarter of the year reached 511,549 sq.ft. across 61 transactions, bringing the year to date figure to just over 1,000,000 sq.ft. A substantial increase on the same period last year, when just 232,523 sq.ft. of take up was recorded.
Market sentiment is improving quarter on quarter as demonstrated by an increase in take up and occupier demand, with over 1,300,000 sq.ft. currently reserved.
To view the full report, please click here.
The Bannon team were delighted to volunteer their day yesterday to Alone.
Making a difference to the lives of people experiencing homelessness or who are in need of assisted housing over the age of 60 all across Ireland has been extremely rewarding for all involved.
Bannon welcomes The Warehouse Gym to Gateway Shopping Park, Knocknacarra, Co Galway.
The Warehouse Gym is a great addition to the shopping park and no expense was spared in its development.
