Bantry architect firm Daly Barry selling its offices
Founded in 1991 by Ted Daly and Martin Barry, Daly Barry moved to this location in 2003 from a site by Bantry's harbour, now occupied by a SuperValu that they designed.
The Daly Barry practice spans commercial and residential, with more than 1,000 houses, in schemes and one-offs, to its credit.
'This was a former grocery shop, with overhead accommodation, and they did it up to this high level to reflect their own professional standards,' says estate agent Denis Harrington.
The building spans 2,000 sq ft of offices and stores, and will suit other professional services occupiers, and public-facing services, and there is scope to easily put back the first floor to residential accommodation, as it has separate external access, with good on-street parking and visibility on the Glengarriff Rd/Wild Atlantic Way.
Pitched to investors and owner-occupiers with a €375,000 AMV, the two-storey commercial premises has an external yard and elevated back garden, within a five-minute walk of the town's main streets.
Details: Harrington Estates 027-51553
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