Retail and office space at Bray scheme

Mixed-Use DevelopmentsA new retail/office development is underway at a highly prominent junction at the northern entry point to Bray town.

The Raven Hall project is set for completion by the spring of 2007.

The site lies at the gateway to Bray where the Dublin Road meets Castle Street and Upper Dargle Road.

This is the site where the Sunnybank Inn stood for some 150 years.

The development is three storey, providing retail units at ground level, offices on the second floor and a gym/recreation facility on the third floor.

The pub licence from the Sunnybank Inn is available for any retailer who seeks to open off-sales from these units.

The six retail units offer excellent street frontage.

They vary from 150sq m (1,615sq ft) to 400sq m (4,306sq ft) and agent H J Byrne is quoting rents of €540 a sq m (€50 per sq ft) for these units which will be let under a 20-year lease.

The first floor office space is available in one or more units from 100sq m (1,076sq ft) - the total floor area is 1,000sq m (10,764sq ft).

The space is adaptable, allowing a large open-plan space with views over most of the old town to the sea and on to Bray Head. The price quoted for this space is €216 per sq m (€20 per sq ft).

The second floor would suit a sports complex and offers views over the town. It has 1,000sq m (10,764sq ft) and is priced at €216 per sq m (€20 per sq ft).

Features at Raven Hall include broadband services, single and three-phase power, raised floors and the latest heating/air conditioning technology.

The site's appeal will be further enhanced given the proposed redevelopment of about half a hectare of the Bray Golf Club lands to provide a new entrance for the club. The development's name is actually taken from an old property, Ravenswell, across from the site, that will provide one of the entrances to the club redevelopment.

The pub licence should prove attractive for any potential tenant considering a SuperValu, Spar, Centra-type operation. Interest has already been shown in the retail units with prospective tenants including a pharmacy, off-licence, bookmaker, beauty salon and hardware.