Below you'll find a list of all posts from July, 2019
After a lengthy period of limited speculative development in the Belfast office market, signs of improvement are evident with the number of cranes for office developments at its highest for the past decade, according to Lambert Smith Hampton’s Ireland Office Market Report H1 2019 which was published today. Healthy occupier demand for high quality office space has continued from a …
Consumer confidence in Northern Ireland fell in the second quarter of 2019 as the lack of progress in resolving the local political stalemate and ongoing uncertainty around Brexit continued to weigh on sentiment, according to analysis published today by Danske Bank. The Danske Bank Northern Ireland Consumer Confidence Index fell to 136 in Q2 2019, down from 139 in the …
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An investment property on the main street of Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, has come to the market this week with offers being sought in excess of €775,000, representing a Net Initial Yield (NIY) of 6.90%. Warren House, which has been brought to the market by commercial agents Lambert Smith Hampton, is an easily managed investment opportunity, fully let to the Health …
Commercial property investment volume in Q2 2019 was healthy at £61.7m, 10 percent above that of the same period in 2018, according to new research published today by Lambert Smith Hampton. The Investment Transactions Northern Ireland Bulletin Q2 2019 showed that although Q2 volume was the highest quarterly total for six consecutive quarters, it remained 22 percent below the five-year …
I was lucky enough to be in a corporate hospitality suite last Thursday for the first day of the Open. The suite I was in felt like a five-star hotel, way beyond the notion of a mere tent with a few prawn sandwiches. It was called the Claret Jug suite (for those that have been under a rock or not …
Members of the public will be able to see a series of positive amendments to the outline planning application for Tribeca Belfast for the first time at a public exhibition held by Castlebrooke Investments which will open at 2pm on Monday 29th July 2019 at the former Mackeys Opticians unit on 6-8 North Street, Belfast. The voluntary ten week public …
This time last year, I had never really played golf before but then I was offered the opportunity to play a round at Royal Portrush and decided I would take it up. I knew before the summer last year that this chance to play one of the world’s best golf courses was coming up in October but it wasn’t until …
Danske Bank in Northern Ireland reports a profit before impairments of £47.8m for the first half of 2019. Total income is 1% higher reflecting balance sheet growth alongside higher average UK interest rates. Despite continued economic uncertainty, lending is 5% higher year-on-year with retail customer activity levels remaining satisfactory, although new lending to businesses has been impacted by Brexit – …
BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has committed £2bn into UK and Irish SMEs. The landmark capital investment was reached following £7.5m of growth funding for Merseyside-based manufacturer Joloda International. In 2015, BGF made its first Northern Ireland investment into Derry housebuilder Braidwater. Since then, the investor has backed five companies, deploying more than £35m …
