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Irish Times
30-04-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Dublin city centre residential investment seeking €8.75m
Investors looking for the combination of a well-located asset and a strong and stable income will be interested in the sale of Sartini Court, a portfolio of 27 apartments and three commercial units in Dublin city centre. The investment, which is producing gross annual income of €515,000, is being offered to the market by agent Colliers at a guide price of €8.75 million. The property, at the junction of Upper Dominick Street and Mountjoy Street, comprises 25 two-bedroom and two-one-bedroom apartments distributed across a mix of five- and six-storey buildings around an open-air courtyard and above a basement car park. Sartini Court sits just 200m from the Luas green line stop at Dominick Street and a short walk from O'Connell Street. Developed in 2009, the apartments are finished to a high standard and have fully integrated kitchens with granite worktops, Italian-stone flooring and full-height, floor-to-ceiling windows in all units. The scheme's three ground-floor commercial units, extending to 385sq m (4,150sq ft), are vacant, and could potentially be converted into additional residential accommodation, subject to planning permission. The portfolio's €515,000 annual rental income is expected by the selling agent to increase to €570,000 in June 2025 following the letting of the scheme's two vacant apartments and the completion of some outstanding rent reviews. READ MORE Stephen Conway of Colliers says: 'The units remain significantly under-rented and offer an incoming purchaser a real opportunity to drive rental growth on acquisition, through a combination of rent reviews, asset management and increased efficiencies.'
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Councillors 'burying their heads' over roundabout
Council executives have "their heads in the sand" over a controversial redesign of a roundabout junction, a councillor has said. Peter Harper has called upon Wokingham Borough Council to make changes to California Cross, between Finchampstead Road and Nine Mile Ride. He said councillors were "waving the flag about how wonderful the scheme is" despite safety concerns being raised, including a 1,600-signature petition. Leader of the council, Stephen Conway, said the project, dating back to 2015, had been treated with "incredible care and thoroughness". Mr Harper said: "I get a feeling of this as a sort of discussion the Post Office were having when the Horizon scheme was being discussed – everyone was raising concerns, we have the executive members waving the flag about how wonderful the scheme is, with their heads in the sand. "I think we should be listening to the people who are using that scheme, we should be listening to the safety experts. "We should make the change now." The Post Office Horizon scandal involved thousands of innocent sub-postmasters being blamed for financial shortfalls caused by faults in the IT system. At an overview and scrutiny management committee meeting on Tuesday, he asked highway officers why certain recommendations made in a safety audit, carried out in September 2024, were rejected by the council. He also presented the committee with the petition calling for safety improvements to the junction. The £5.5m revamp resulted in a unique colourful leaf design replacing the junction's double roundabout, with the aim of making it more pedestrian-friendly. Instead of zebra crossings, there are white painted leaves showing where people should cross via foot. Highways officer Chris Easton said his team was monitoring the junction, and there was "nothing factual to demonstrate it's not safe". Mr Easton said there had been no recorded accidents on the junction since it reopened six months ago but if any accidents did happen appropriate action would be taken. You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram. Leaf-design junction is safe, council insists Colourful roundabout redesign divides village More than 1,400 oppose colourful crossing Pedestrian crossing 'looks like a playground' Wokingham Borough Council
BBC News
05-03-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Wokingham councillors 'burying their heads' over roundabout redesign
Council executives have "their heads in the sand" over a controversial redesign of a roundabout junction, a councillor has Harper has called upon Wokingham Borough Council to make changes to California Cross, between Finchampstead Road and Nine Mile said councillors were "waving the flag about how wonderful the scheme is" despite safety concerns being raised, including a 1,600-signature of the council, Stephen Conway, said the project, dating back to 2015, had been treated with "incredible care and thoroughness". Mr Harper said: "I get a feeling of this as a sort of discussion the Post Office were having when the Horizon scheme was being discussed – everyone was raising concerns, we have the executive members waving the flag about how wonderful the scheme is, with their heads in the sand."I think we should be listening to the people who are using that scheme, we should be listening to the safety experts."We should make the change now."The Post Office Horizon scandal involved thousands of innocent sub-postmasters being blamed for financial shortfalls caused by faults in the IT an overview and scrutiny management committee meeting on Tuesday, he asked highway officers why certain recommendations made in a safety audit, carried out in September 2024, were rejected by the also presented the committee with the petition calling for safety improvements to the junction. The £5.5m revamp resulted in a unique colourful leaf design replacing the junction's double roundabout, with the aim of making it more of zebra crossings, there are white painted leaves showing where people should cross via officer Chris Easton said his team was monitoring the junction, and there was "nothing factual to demonstrate it's not safe".Mr Easton said there had been no recorded accidents on the junction since it reopened six months ago but if any accidents did happen appropriate action would be taken. You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
