Hines completes acquisition of final phase at Chatham & King
International real estate firm Hines has formally acquired the second phase of Chatham & King, a new high-profile mixed-use scheme next to the Gaiety Theatre on South King Street in Dublin city centre. Hines’s acquisition of the 3,950sq m (42,500sq ft) portfolio marks the culmination of the €165 million deal it agreed with US private equity giant […]
Consumer Sentiment Index
Irish consumer sentiment is at a two-year high following a modest 1.6% monthly increase in June. This increase brings the index back in line with the 25-year average of the series suggesting sentiment has been normalised. This is further supported by the fact that June marks the fifth successive monthly increase in the index, the […]
Bannon Shopping Centre Footfall (2019, 2020, 2021)
There is an air of positivity coming from our shopping centre & retail park management teams across the country. It has been great to see the rebound in footfall since full reopening of our portfolio on the 17th of May last. The first three weeks since reopening have seen weekly footfall jump back to […]
Retail park portfolio’s €78m sale tests investor appetite
With online shopping having come into its own following the unwelcome arrival of Covid-19, the sale by New York-headquartered Marathon Asset Management of three of Ireland’s best-known retail parks is set to test the post-pandemic appetite of investors for traditional bricks-and-mortar retail. The Parks Collection is being offered to the market individually or as one lot by […]
WDBN Golf Classic in aid of North Westmeath Hospice
We are very grateful for all the support we have received for our upcoming golf event in Carton House in aid of North Westmeath Hospice. The event has been sponsored by Joule and we have 28 teams golfing on the day. All in all a great result for the WDBN and our charity partner. All […]
Doosan Bobcat signs 10-year lease at Swords Business Campus
Doosan Bobcat, the US engineering and construction machinery manufacturer, has committed to a new 10-year lease on premises at Swords Business Campus in north Dublin. It is understood that the US company has agreed to pay about €16 per sq ft for 10,000sq ft of office space at the development – a fraction of the €50 […]
