Other commercial property stories in brief
Champion Sports and Ladybird sign up for WestEnd
Two more leading fashion retailers are moving into WestEnd Shopping Park beside the Blanchardstown centre in west Dublin.
Sporting goods retailer Champion Sports and Ladybird, the children's clothing specialist, are both taking 464sq m (5,000sq ft) units in the park which is owned by the Cosgrave Group. Rents are running at around €484 per sq m (€45 per sq ft).
Both deals follow hot on the heels of the Italian fashion retailer Benetton which opened a similar sized unit in the past month. Other traders there include Next, Borders, Burtons, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Laura Ashley, Jean Scene and Pavers Shoes.
The letting agent is Savills HOK.
Tommy Hilfiger wants shop on Grafton or Henry streets
It seems only a matter of time before international fashion retailer Tommy Hilfiger pops up on either Grafton Street or Henry Street in Dublin. The company was recently pipped for the Jigsaw store on Grafton Street by UK company Ted Baker. Previously it looked over the former AIB branch which went to Monsoon.
Hilfiger would ideally like a building of character with between 464sq m (4,994sq ft) and 929sq m (10,000sq ft), something that very seldom becomes available on the city's two main streets.
The company has franchises in Dundrum Town Centre, Liffey Valley and Limerick but will not be happy until it finds a suitable premises in the city.
Hamleys may open concession at House of Fraser in Dundrum
London toy giant Hamleys may well open an outlet in the highly successful House of Fraser in Dundrum Town Centre.
Jean Ann Taylor, general manager of the store, said it was too early to say whether the concession would open in Dundrum but she was "hopeful" that it would come to Dundrum. A lot would depend on the logistics of accommodating the concession in the 11,150sq m (120,017sq ft) store but, if Hamleys is to open here, it would not happen until next autumn or winter.
The House of Fraser has just opened two other concessions, Ladies Fashions (formerly Country Casuals) and Helen McAlinden.
One of the first Hamleys concessions will be in the House of Fraser store at the planned Victoria Square shopping centre which is to open in Belfast next March. Hamleys will have a floor area of 557sq m (5,995sq ft) there.
€1.25 million for shop with office on Haddington Road
Lisney is quoting an AMV of €1.25 million for the Haddington Delicatessen, a shop at 53 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, which goes to auction on May 2nd. The two-storey end-of-terrace building includes a ground floor delicatessen of 36sq m (388sq ft) with ancillary food preparation area and a first floor office extending to 29sq m (312sq ft). A paved area at the front could be used for seating or as two car-parking spaces.
Lease of Stillorgan takeaway outlet makes around €350,000
A fast food trader has paid around €350,000 for the lease of the Jumbo Chinese Takeaway in Stillorgan village in south Co Dublin. The 30-year-old outlet at St Laurence's Park, opposite Stillorgan shopping centre, is rented at €55,000 per annum. The operator is to retire from the business. Lisney handled the assignment of the lease.
€1.5m for 1.75-acre retail site
A well located retail site close to the Rathdowney Retail Outlet Centre in Co Laois, which has come on the market through Colm McEvoy Commercial, will test the strength of the local market. The guide price is €1.5 million.
The site of 0.70 of a hectare (1.75 acres) is located within the village and has full planning permission for a retail unit of 1,858sq m (20,000sq ft) along with surface car-parking.
The selling agent says that, under the terms of the planning permission, the retail unit should appeal to discount retailers and department stores. Alternatively, the site can be used for a residential development or for an industrial scheme.
Meanwhile, Colm McEvoy's Naas office is quoting €387 per sq m (€36 per sq ft) for two new retail units at the Fairgreen centre in the town. They have floor areas of 58sq m (624sq ft) and 65sq m (700sq ft).
Mixed-use site in Kenmare
Co Kerry agent Sherry FitzGerald Daly is seeking offers for a redevelopment site at 6/7 Henry Street in Kenmare which has planning permission for a bar, shop and two overhead apartments. The three-storey building will have street frontage of over 11 metres (37ft). There is also the option to purchase a bar licence which is likely to cost between €170,000 and €180,000.
Ready-to-go Ballina mixed-use site of 15.22 acres for €5.25m
Bohan Property Consultants is guiding €5.25 million for a site with full planning permission for 16,113sq m (173,439sq ft) of retail warehousing and office accommodation in the Quay area of Ballina, Co Mayo. The site of 15.22 acres has frontage on to the Sligo road. Permission may also be forthcoming for a second phase of warehousing and office units. An adjoining site has been identified as the preferred location for a relief road.
