Dublin’s real estate resurgences

According to Real Capital Analytics (RCA), Ireland’s economic upturn has helped the country’s capital move up the rankings of the world’s most liquid property markets. RCA Capital Liquidity Scores reported that Dublin is now ranked in the top 25 of the world’s most liquid real estate markets. That compares with the city’s ranking at 151 …

Hines enters Irish student housing market with Dublin portfolio acquisition

Hines, the international real estate firm, has expanded its student housing platform from the UK to Ireland with the acquisition of four prime assets in the centre of Dublin on behalf of a group of German pension funds. The portfolio, which includes one operational asset and three schemes in various stages of development, has been …

136 new office buildings planned for Dublin over next 5 years, says Savills

136 new office buildings – totalling over 12 million square feet – are being planned for Dublin over the next five years, according to a new report by property consultants, Savills Ireland. This would be enough space to accommodate over 100,000 office employees. While Savills acknowledge that not all planned developments will proceed, it says …

CBRE: 75 development land transactions totalling almost €640 million completed in the Irish market

Commercial property consultants CBRE Ireland have released statistics on the volume and value of development land sales in the Irish market in the first nine months of 2016. According to the statistics, a total of 75 development land transactions (totalling almost €640 million between them), completed in Ireland in the year to the end of …