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Gerard Chadwick

€8.8m Residential Construction Development Douglas Co. Cork

By | Industry News

Site

Moneygurney
Ballyorban
Douglas
Co. Cork

No. Units: 30

Total Floor Area: 6807 Sq M

Planning Granted: 4th September 2015

10 day free trial

Residential construction development consisting of 30 no. dwelling houses and all associated ancillary development works including vehicular access, parking, footpaths, drainage (including pumping station), landscaping and amenity areas (change of layout and increase in residential density from that permitted under Planning Ref. No. 06/12470 and An Bórd Pleanala Ref. No. Pl 04.224596)

Applicant
Into The Future Ltd.
3b Corrin Court
Cork Road, Fermoy
Co.Cork

Architect
McCutcheon Halley Walsh
6 Joyce House
Barrack Square
Ballincollig, Co. Cork
021 4208710 | info@mhwplanning.ie | www.mhwplanning.ie

Consultant
Cunnane Stratton Reynolds
3 Molesworth Place
Dublin 2
01 6610419 | info@csrlandplan.ie | www.csrlandplan.ie

Consultant Engineer
JODA Engineering Consultants
Model Farm Road
Co.Cork
021 4544244 | engineers@joda.ie | www.joda.ie

€18m Griffith Avenue Residential Construction Development Dublin 9

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Site

Griffith Avenue
Marino
Dublin 9
Co. Dublin

No. Units: 101

Total Floor Area: 13898 Sq M

Planning Granted: 7th September 2015

10 day free trial

The residential construction development at this 3.065ha site will consist of: – 101 no. residential units, comprising 12 no. 5 bed units, 12 no. 4 bed units, 55 no. 3 bed units and 22 no. of 2 bed apartments; – The dwelling units are to be provided as follows: 28 no. units of house types 1A to 1C consisting of 2 storey 3 bed terraced houses of c. 117 sq.m; 14 no. units of house types 2A to 2B consisting of 2.5 storey, 3 bed semi-detached houses of c. 116 sq.m; 11 no. units of house types 3A to 3B consisting of 2 storey, 3 bed semi detached houses of c. 115-117 sq.m; 1 no. house type 3C consisting of a 2-storey detached house of 115 sq.m; 1 no. of house type 3D consisting of a 2-storey, 3 bed semi-detached house of c. 115 sq.m; 12 no. of house type 4A and 4B consisting of 2.5 storey, 4 bed with study semi-detached houses of c. 173-179 sq.m; 12 no. of house type 5A to 5C consisting of 2.5 storey, 5 bedroom with study detached houses of 181 to 184 sq.m; – The 22 no. apartments are provided in a 4 storey block.

Applicant
Argentum Property Holdings One Ltd.
Office G03 Fitzwilliam Business Centre
77 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay
Dublin 2

Architect
O’Mahony Pike Architects
Old Chapel Building
Mount St. Annes
Milltown, Dublin 6
01 2027400 | info@omparchitects.com | www.omparchitects.com

Consultant
John Spain Associates
50 Upper Mount Street
Dublin 2
01 6625803 | info@johnspainassociates.com | www.johnspainassociates.com

Consultant
Dermot Foley Landscape Architects
Argus House
Malpas Street
Dublin 8
01 4545148 | info@dermotfoley.com | www.dermotfoley.com

€15m Archerstown Demesne Residential Construction Development

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Site

Archerstown Demesne
Milltown
Ashbourne
Co. Meath

No. Units: 94

Total Floor Area: 11292 Sq M

Planning Granted: 8th September 2015

10 day free trial

For permission on part of already approved site (Parent Planning Permission An Bord Pleanala PL 17.210615 & Meath Co. Co. Reg. Ref. DA/30397). The residential construction development will consist of the construction of 94 no. dwellings comprising 78 no. 2 storey, 3 bedroom semi-detached dwellings (Type A), 14 no. 2 storey, 4 bedroom semi-detached dwellings (Type B) and 2 no. 2 storey, 3 bedroom detached dwellings (Type C) and all associated works on serviced sites constructed under PL 17.210615 (reg. ref. DA/30397) with vehicular and pedestrian access from existing internal estate road all on subject site area of circa. 2.96 ha./7.33 ac. This residential construction development will result in a total no. of units within Archerstown Demesne of 136 (a reduction of 1 no. unit from that previously approved).

Architect
Terry & O’ Flanagan Ltd.
Unit F1 Centrepoint Business Park
Oak Road
Dublin 12
01 4659949 | tof@tof.ie

Applicant
Mullen Developments Ltd.
6C The Court
Ashbourne Industrial Estate
Ashbourne, Co. Meath
01 8353087

Consultant
Precision Surveys
‘Scellig’
Ballymadrough
Donabate
01 8406252 | info@precisionsurveys.ie | www.precisionsurveys.ie

€5.9m La Touche Hotel Redevelopment in Co. Wicklow

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Site

Former La Touche Hotel
Trafalgar Road/Marine Terrace and Cliff Road
Greystones
Co. Wicklow

Floor area: 4596 Sq M

Value: €5.9 Million

Planning Granted: 15/09/15

10 day free trial

Hotel Redevelopment: 26 dwellings in total comprising 1 no 3.bed 3 storey terraced (type A), 13 no 4 bed 4 sorey terraced (Type B), 3 no 4 bed 4 storey terraced(type C), 1 no 3 bed 3 storey detached (Type D), 2 no 4 bed 3 storey semi-detached (type E), and 1 no 4 bed 3 storey detached (type E) and 5 no 4 bed 4 storey town houses (type F & G) within retained shell of former main La Touche Hotel building; retention of and alterations to centre block of hotel and demolition of recent side and rear extensions; partial (rear) demolition of existing buildings at An Tigin and Eurekaon Marine Terrace & refurbishment & merging of both units to create single unit, extension of 50sqm to merged unit and change of use of merged unit from residential to retail (total floor space of proposed retail unit of 105sqm) ; refurbishment including partial demolition to the rear of former bank building along Trafalgar Road and change of use to professional services (37 sqm) demolition of Cliff Bungalow.

La Touche Hotel Redevelopment

Applicant
Kavcre La Touche Ltd.
4 Inver Mews
Old Chapel Ground
Arklow, Co. Wicklow

Architect
Ferreira Architecture
1 Blackglen Village Centre
Ticknock Hill
Sandyford, Dublin 18
01 2063523 | admin@ferreira.ie | www.ferreira.ie

Consultant
Cunnane Stratton Reynolds
3 Molesworth Place
Dublin 2
01 6610419 | info@csrlandplan.ie | www.csrlandplan.ie

La Touche Hotel redevelopment

€36m Student Accommodation Construction – Mill Street Dublin 8

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Site

Warrenmount Convent
10 Mill Street
Newmarket
Dublin 8

Units: 96

Floor Area: 17769 Sq M

Planning Granted: 04/09/15

Beds: 406

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The student accommodation construction development will consist of the demolition of all existing structures on site, with the exception of No. 10 Mill Street (Protected Structure), adjoining former Mission Hall structure and contiguous sections of historic brick walls and historic boundary walls to the southern boundary of the site, and the construction of a mixed use Student Accommodation, Office, Retail and Restaurant/ Event Space development totalling 18,796 sq.m gross floor area (GFA) and including the restoration of No. 10 Mill Street (Protected Structure) and the adjoining former Mission Hall. The proposed development will comprise of a total of 96 no. Student Accommodation units (including 36 no. Studio units) providing a total of 406 no. student bedspaces, together with ancillary student accommodation facilities including social space, gym, laundry facilities, management office, (15,093 sq.m GFA in total), including the provision of a single storey pavilion building.

Applicant
The Creedon Group
11/12 Newmarket
Dublin 8
01 4542066

Architect
Declan Brassil & Co. Ltd
Lincoln House
Phoenix Street
Smithfield
Dublin 7
01 8746153 | info@dbcl.ie | www.dbcl.ie

Consultant
Reddy Architecture & Urbanism
Dartry Mills
Dartry Road
Dublin 6
01 4987000 | dublin@reddyarchitecture.com | www.reddyarchitecture.com

Consultant Engineer
Barrett Mahony Consulting Engineers
Sandwith House
52-54 Lower Sandwith Street
Dublin 2
01 6773200 | bmce@bmce.ie | www.bmce.ie

Consultant
Shaffrey Associates Architects
29 Lower Ormond Quay
Dublin 1
01 872 5602 | studio@shaffrey.ie | www.shaffrey.ie

€30m Apple Data Centre Construction Development in Co. Galway

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Site

Palmerstown
Toberroe
Co. Galway

Value: €30 Million

Floor Area: 30,138 Sq m

Planning Granted: 9th Sept 2015

Data Centre Construction as part of an overall €850 Million investment

10 day free trial

To construct the following: a 24,505sqm single storey data centre building, a 5232sqm single storey Logistics and Administration Building, a 289sqm single storey Maintenance Building, a 16sqm Security Hut and associated barriers, 2 number 48sqm Firbre Huts (max building eaves height = 10m), 18 external standby generators, all associated external plant, a 20kV Electricity Substation, contractor facilities, a main entrance including a new right turning land, internal access roads and associated infrastructure, proprietary waste water treatment plants including percolation areas, mains water connection, fire water storage tanks; rainwater harvesting, provision of fibre optic data connections, car parking (207 spaces, including 7 visitor spaces, 50 internal staff mobility spaces and disabled parking spaces), bike parking, an amenity walkway and associated parking, site leveling for a laydown area and a 220kV substation, 2.4m high perimeter security fencing, landscaping including supplement.

Apple Data Centre Construction

Apple Operations Europe
Hollyhill Industrial Estate
Tadhg Barry Road
Hollyhill, Cork
021 428 4000 | oconnell.d@apple.com

Architect
Corgan Associates
401 North Houston Street
Dallas, TX 75202
USA
001 2147482000 | lindsay.wilson@corgan.com | www.corgan.com

Consultant Engineer
ARUP Consulting Engineers
15 Oliver Plunkett Street
Co. Cork
021 4277670 | cork@arup.com | www.arup.com

Apple Data Centre Construction

Industrial Construction Sector Q1 & Q2 – Building Information Index

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According to figures from the latest edition of the Building Information Index the Industrial Construction sector maintains its strong performance since the beginning of the year with increases in value of new Applications, Granted Permissions and Commencements when compared to the first 6 months of 2014.

The image below shows the geographic distribution of over 80 Industrial Construction project applications during Q1 &Q2 2015.

Industrial Construction Project Applications

Fig 1. Industrial Construction Applications

The value of new Industrial Construction Applications increased nationally by +143% to €631m. Despite a fall in Q1, Granted Permissions are now +8% up on the first 6 months of 2014. Commencements have also increased by +58% to €191m when compared to the same period last year.

At a regional level we see increases in the value of Applications in all areas. Connacht / Ulster saw an increase of +336%, Munster +123%, Dublin +113% and Leinster increasing by +112% when compared to the same period in 2014.

Nationally Industrial Commencements have increased +58% to €191m when compared to the same period in 2014. Interestingly despite a decrease in Commencements in Dublin (-10%), Leinster (-68%) and Connacht / Ulster (-36%) the large increase in Munster to €130m lifts the national average.

Industrial Construction Pipeline

Fig 2. Industrial Construction Planning Pipeline and Commencements

The Industrial Construction sector currently has one of the shortest Application to Commencement durations at 57 weeks, significantly below the general construction industry average.

Industrial Construction Durations

Fig 3. Industrial Construction Application to Commencement

 

Construction Projects Pipeline – Regional Analysis Q1 & Q2 2015

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The tables below are extracted from the latest edition of the Building Information Index and describe the construction projects pipeline across 4 key regions in the first 2 quarters of 2015. Overall the value of new Applications has increased +27% over the same period in 2014.  Construction projects commenced have increased in all regions, however Munster saw declines in the value of Applications and Granted Permissions.

Construction Projects Regions

 

Building Information Ireland research an publish information on all construction projects in Ireland via their web based construction projects portal. They are also publisher of the Building Information Index and the Link2Plans National Housing Construction Index.

Sunday Business Post – Residential Housing Analysis

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Below is an excellent article from Tina-Marie O’Neill that featured in The Sunday Business Post yesterday (06/09/15).  Danny O’Shea CEO of Building Information Ireland provides an insight into the Residential Construction pipeline with some of the findings from the latest edition of the Building Information Index.  Contributions from many of Ireland’s largest property consultants shed further light on the outlook for the Residential Housing sector. Residential Housing Sunday Business Post

New home scheme numbers on the up

The number of new homes schemes under construction in Dublin – and increasingly in its surrounding commuter belt counties – is finally on the up. However, these green shoots of recovery in the residential market are in jeopardy of proving negligible, washed away by the sheer tide of demand for homes in the capital. The latest research from Building Information Ireland shows that residential housing projects with a combined quantity of 7,785 units began construction in the first half of 2015, (this number excludes “one off” houses, which are thought to make up almost half of all new homes currently being built). The estimated construction cost of these commencements is a healthy €1.43 billion. And according to the latest Building Information Index, residential housing project commencements showed an increase of more than 44 per cent in value when the first half of this year is compared to the same period in 2014. “Unsurprisingly, the bulk of these units starting to be built – some 3,143 – are in greater Dublin with a further 3,140 in Leinster,” said Danny O’Shea of Building Information Ireland. “Munster statistics show some 1,230 residential units were started this year with a much lower amount, a mere 272, started in Connacht/Ulster. “The pipeline for residential housing projects which are yet to start also shows signs of strong growth with 14,405 units (worth €3.13 billion in construction costs) granted permission in the first half of 2015,” said O’Shea. “There were an additional 18,355 units within new planning applications in the first six months of 2015. “However, a detailed analysis undertaken by Building Information Ireland shows a significant lead time of 139 weeks – or more than two-and-a-half years – on average between planning being applied for a residential development and construction starting on site,” said O’Shea. It could easily take another year for the first tranche of homes to be delivered once building has commenced. That puts in stark figures what most property buyers already know; there simply are not enough residential units on the market to meet demand in the capital. Current construction levels are operating at about a third of the volume required and with rising rents, demand remains tremendous. “Now that the holidays are over we are experiencing a steady increase in enquiries for upcoming new home developments in and around Dublin,” said Ken MacDonald, founder and director of Hooke & MacDonald. “Most of the demand is coming from first-time buyers seeking three and four bedroom houses and two bedroom apartments. There’s also good demand from existing owner occupiers wishing to trade up from smaller properties to more spacious family homes and, conversely, there are also retirees actively seeking to trade down from large houses to smaller houses or apartments. Due to the buoyant rental market, investors are becoming quite active again, although many investors are exiting the market due to the unfavourable tax regime and speculation about pending rental capping,” he said. MacDonald criticised the new Central Bank minimum mortgage deposit rules for exacerbating the issue. “Notwithstanding the increase in enquiries and sales, a substantial number of people, particularly first time buyers, are being unfairly excluded from buying due to the Central Bank mortgage restrictions. The reality is that prices in the market had already cooled from September 2014 and have continued to moderate or remain fairly static,” he said. “Some commentators mistakenly attribute this to the mortgage restriction which only came in after Christmas. The exclusion of people from buying is adding to the shortage of supply in the rental market and there are no signs of any moves to increase supply in this sector. Rental cap measures, if introduced, will actually decrease supply,” warned MacDonald. Angela Keegan, managing director of MyHome.ie, is also concerned that rising rents will intensify the issue. She has also urged a greater diversity of units to be built as cautious developers are catering to a specific block of house hunters. “Given the current market pressures, it’s unfortunate to see so few apartment developments coming to the market,” she said. “We see only one development of one-bed apartments, six of two-beds and two of three-beds in our analysis. With rents on the rise, the government clearly needs to incentivise the property investment market to cater for current demand. “We are seeing a major increase in the number of new developments coming to the market in Dublin and commuter belt counties. Of the 45 developments in Dublin, 20 are concentrated in south Dublin with Dublin 14 and 16 being particular hot spots. West Dublin is also quite strong with nine schemes launched at the moment, mostly in Castleknock, Lucan and Clonsilla. “However, it’s hard to get a handle on exact volumes as schemes are being released in different phases. There is one development in Swords of 85 units coming to the market, but that is the exception. “Generally it looks as if developers are adopting a much more prudent approach and building homes to cater for first time buyer demand rather than investment properties. That is very much reflected in the type of properties being built with the focus very much on three and four-bed semis.” Among the tranche of mainly small developers that have either survived or emerged from the recession are a limited number of familiar Celtic Tiger era residential property developers, including the Cosgrave Group, which continues to deliver high end four and five-bed family homes in both north and south Dublin, Sean Mulryan’s Ballymore Properties, Gerry Gannon of Gannon Homes, Park Developments and Durkan Estates, who are all currently active in new homes schemes. Keegan said: “Another trend we are seeing is that Dublin city is continuing to spread into the commuter belt counties. “We are seeing a lot of new schemes in Bray, Newtownmountkennedy, Naas, Celbridge, Clonee etc. This may well be in response to tighter mortgage lending limits introduced by the Central Bank earlier this year. Our analysis also shows that the further out you move from the city, the larger the homes being built.” For the many potential new home buyers out there, Gina Kennedy of Douglas Newman Good (DNG) New Homes has this advice: “Look around, do your research and register your details or sign up to waiting lists for schemes in your preferred area. Buyers have to be alert to launch dates and general invitations of interest in schemes. This sector of the market can change quickly given that releases can be dependent on completions, near completions or can be sold off-plan,” said Kennedy. “We are often approached by potential buyers before we even erect our hoarding on site who want to be put on waiting lists. “We’ve a lot of new schemes in the pipeline too with a good volume coming on stream early next year, including schemes with new phase releases and brand new developments too.” Upcoming launches Six four-bed semis of 172 square metres at Heatherton in Bray for Heatherbrook Homes, priced from €495,000 through Hooke & MacDonald in mid-October. The same agent will launch 12 large four-beds (197 – 254 square metres) at Ardilea Crescent in Clonskeagh, Dublin 14 for O’Malley Construction next February. Hooke & MacDonald will also launch a number of three and four-bed homes at Cuil Duin in Citywest, Co Dublin as part of the first phase of the 200-home scheme in December. Savills is launching four and five-bed homes at Emsworth Park in Kinsealy later this week. The same agent will also handle the release of three, four and five-bed homes at Piper’s Hill in Naas, a Ballymore scheme, with units priced from €325,000 and spanning between 124 and 251 square metres. Ely Woods, a scheme of 35 units in Rathfarnham will offer a number of two and three-bed duplex units and apartments for sale through Savills later this month. Maybury Properties is releasing a number of three and four-bed homes at its 35-unit scheme at Cooper’s Wood in Kinsealy, also through Savills, at the end of September/early October. Guardian New Homes will launch a small scheme of six family homes spanning 171 to 176 square metres at Richmond Close on the Dundrum Road in Milltown in Dublin 6 later this month. Sherry FitzGerald will shortly launch four-bed family homes for sale at The Grove on Goatstown Road in Dublin 14. The 163 square metre homes are being built by Durkan Estates.

Building Information Index in the Media

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Media interest in the latest edition of the Building Information Index has been strong, featuring in much of the national media this week. Below are some articles related to the second volume of the Building Information Index which examines trends in each of the main construction sectors in Ireland at mid point during 2015.

Click on the articles below

RTE News

Irish Examiner

Independent Residential Construction News

Breaking News

Business World

Irish Building Magazine

The Building Information Index is produced by a team of researchers at Building Information Ireland and is aggregated from real time planning and construction project data.

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