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Irish Times
25-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Private investor pays €3.35m for large land bank near Dublin Airport
A private Irish investor has acquired a 129-acre land holding at Dunsoghly in north Dublin for €3.35 million. The price paid represents a 26 per cent discount on the €4.5 million agent Knight Frank had been guiding when it offered the property to the market in October of last year. While the lands, which are located a kilometre from the grounds of Dublin Airport and 6.5km from the airport terminal, are agricultural and laid out in tillage at present, the new owner is likely to look to have them rezoned in the future. The selling agent marketed the lands on the basis that they are ideally positioned to benefit from a rezoning to industrial and logistics use. The entire holding is zoned Objective Green Belt under the Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029. The aim of this designation is 'to protect and provide for a greenbelt'. About 75 acres of the lands are located outside the Airport Public Safety Zones. The limited supply of lands outside this zone but near Dublin Airport enhances the strategic significance of the property, according to the selling agent. In terms of its accessibility, the land is near the N2, which connects with the M50 and wider motorway network. The buyer of the Dunsoghly lands was represented by Ollie Lyons of JLL with the sale being handled by Evan Lonergan and Finín O'Driscoll at Knight Frank.
Irish Independent
05-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
Midlands industrial and logistics lots offer choice of strategic locations
The Athlone property comprises an investment and a development site sale with a €7.5m guide price. The Longford property is available for sale or let seeking offers in excess of €9.75m for sale, or €70 per sqm (€6.50 per sqft) on flexible lease terms. Arrow Capital Partners is reported to be the vendor of the Longford property which comprises a detached high-bay logistics facility. Joint agents TWM and CBRE say the guide price for this former Masterlink Logistics property is well below replacement cost. Extending to 153,614 sqft, the purpose-built warehouse is located on the outskirts of the town and is strategically located in the midlands to suit distribution, warehousing or manufacturing operations serving the whole country. Occupying a substantial 9.44-acre site, the property comprises a warehouse area of 139,225 sqft and two-storey integral offices of 8,580 sqft. The warehouse is of steel frame construction with reinforced concrete flooring and an insulated metal deck roof and it is divided into ambient and bonded sections. It offers a clear nine-metre internal height as well as access via 15 dock levellers and eight grade-level doors. It also benefits from a B2 BER rating. The integral offices provide a mix of open-plan and cellular spaces and include a canteen. In Athlone the combined site area extends to 12.08 acres of which 6.38 acres is let to Heat Merchants Ltd and this letting includes an industrial premises extending to 111,000 sqft. Located on the Moydrum Road, the sale also includes an adjoining but separate 5.7-acre site. Agent Ollie Lyons of JLL says the adjoining site presents further opportunities for development as it is zoned 'employment and enterprise' under the Athlone Town Development Plan 2014-2020 which is the current plan. Heat Merchants supplies heating, plumbing and renewable energy solutions for both domestic and commercial projects. The property is owned by Harleston Ltd, owners of Hevac, a provider of sustainable HVAC systems to the commercial, industrial and high-density residential sectors. The Heat Merchants lease extends to 10 years dating from June 30, 2022 and its current passing rent amounts to €450,000 per annum. Moydrum is an established industrial location just off junction 9 on the N6 motorway and about 1.5kms on the eastern side of Athlone town, Co Westmeath. The property's strategic midlands location, quality tenant profile, attractive yield and development potential is expected to appeal to investors seeking exposure to the industrial market.
Irish Times
04-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Prime industrial and development site in Athlone for €7.3m
A new industrial investment and development opportunity in Athlone, Co Westmeath , has come to the market with a guide price of €7.3 million. Given its location, its strong tenant profile, attractive yield and significant development potential, it may appeal to investors seeking exposure to Ireland's thriving industrial market. The property, which is located on Moydrum Road and is brought to the market by JLL , extends to approximately 10,324sq m (111,000sq ft) and is situated in an established industrial location, just off junction nine on the M6. It is fully let to Heat Merchants on a 10-year lease from June 30th, 2022 with a current passing rent of €450,000 a year. Also of potential interest is an adjoining site, of about 2.3 hectare (5.7 acres), which is available for sale. This presents further opportunities for development. The site is zoned 'employment and enterprise' under the Athlone Town Development Plan 2014 – 2020 (current plan). READ MORE 'The combination of a substantial 111,000 sq ft facility let to an outstanding covenant, and a separate 5.7-acre greenfield-development site, should make this offering particularly attractive in today's market,' says Ollie Lyons of JLL. The outlook for the industrial sector remains positive. A report earlier this year from CBRE cited increased levels of nearshoring, and strong consumer spending, as driving leasing momentum in the sector.
Irish Times
23-04-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Dundalk lands zoned for development seeking €5.5m
Joint agents JLL and REA Gunne Property are guiding a price of €5.5 million for a substantial land bank zoned for development just off the M1 on the outskirts of Dundalk town centre. Located just 200m from junction 16 of the motorway and almost equidistant between Dublin and Belfast , the subject holding extends to 7.91 hectares (19.54 acres) and is zoned 'E2/Business and Technology' under the Louth County Development Plan 2021-2027. Uses generally permitted under this zoning include high technology manufacturing, light industry, research and development, and data centres, subject to planning permission. The lands are also incorporated in the Mullagharlin Framework Plan which identifies the property as a future high-quality, sustainable and employment area accommodating a proposed new, adjoining station on the Dublin-Belfast railway line. The framework plan proposes development potential for approximately 39,537.5sq m (425,577sq ft) with buildings ranging in height from three to five storeys. The land holding's ready access to the M1 provides the prospective purchaser and future occupiers with excellent connectivity to Dublin and Belfast (via N1 and A1) with drive times of approximately one hour and 10 minutes and 57 minutes respectively. Dundalk Town Centre is situated 1.5km northeast of the lands, providing occupiers with a full range of amenities and services. READ MORE Ollie Lyons of JLL and Michael Gunne of REA Gunne Property say: 'The combination of this land holding's strategic location, scale, greenfield status and range of uses under the zoning should see strong interest from large-scale owner-occupiers, and developers.'
