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Has anyone else noticed the growing aversion to second-hand  buildings in Dublin’s office market? What started as novelty fit-outs among uber-cool, cash rich, tech companies and millennial up-starts, quickly turned into a seriously competitive game of interior one-upmanship. And this has been good for the marketplace overall. The office sector has, without question, raised its…

In business, it rarely feels like a good time to take a step back and critically assess how the company is performing – especially when that means investing time and resources, or perhaps bringing in an independent voice without knowing what that voice is likely to say. We understand. A few weeks ago we referenced…

Last month, Dublin was named by fDi Magazine as the Northern European Region of the Future, as well as earning the title of top small European region.This is particularly relevant in light of ongoing Brexit trade negotiations, as London remains Europe’s top performer when it comes to attracting foreign direct investment. What is interesting about…

Is now the right time to dust off previously-shelved plans? This morning, you will likely have woken up to headlines like “New tower block apartments are the slums of the future’ in The Times, or ‘Plans to lower apartment standards slammed’ in the Irish Examiner. Only a few industry representative bodies have welcomed the Department…

As most people will know by now, today is International Women’s Day. There are many reasons why this is important – for every industry – however, it is of particular importance to Ireland’s construction industry today, which has a 94.5% male workforce. Let’s be clear, this is not simply a gender issue. The industry has…

The ‘beast from the east’ or Storm Emma, whatever you wish to call it, has descended on every building site in Ireland by now, halting work and causing chaos. For sites on the east of the country, the snow on Tuesday night was much heavier than predicted and much more treacherous than the status orange…

Earlier this week, we came across an article written by Connell McGill last year, with the provocative title ‘Will Technology Blow-Up the Relationship Model in Real Estate?’. For anyone not familiar with Connell McGill, he is the CEO of real estate operations performance company Enertiv, based in New York. For anyone thinking that innovation Stateside…

Over the last few months I, like most of you I suspect, have been waiting for the launch of the Government’s Capital Investment Plan. After several delays, linked to delays with the National Planning Framework being finalised, the 10-year capital plan will be launched this week. Michele Connolly, head of corporate finance at KPMG, has…

As I mentioned last week, the draft guidelines on apartments are due to be finalised over the next two months, together with the National Planning Framework. There has been much debate about what needs to happen and what changes can actually be effected in order to support sustainable home building over the coming decades and…