Tag: Belfast



Highest Level of Investment in A Decade for 2015 UK Office Market

Highest Level of Investment in Decade for 2015 UK Office Market
Posted on 2 March, 2016 by Chris Grigorovsky under Business News, Economy, Industry News

UK office investment in 2015 reached its highest level since 2007, with a total of £26 billion, according to Lambert Smith Hampton's latest UK Office Market Pulse. The market which experienced the strongest activity was regional office markets in the... Read More

“Big Ideas” invited for Belfast King’s Hall site

Posted on 21 March, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

One of Northern Ireland’s largest exhibition venues could be converted to office space, a hotel or even cinema complex, according to proposals issued to potential investors. Although the 1930s built Grade II listed King’s Hall building would... Read More

Decision on Belfast building de-listings expected soon

Posted on 28 February, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

Seventeen Belfast properties are about to have their listed status revoked under a Department of Environment (DoE) review — including one of the city’s oldest pubs. Kelly’s Cellars in Bank Square is being considered for delisting along with a... Read More

Lottery Cash secures Launch of Titanic Shipyard Hotel

Posted on 23 February, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

A Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant of almost £5m has underpinned the development of a luxury Belfast hotel — on the site where the plans for the Titanic were produced. The Harland & Wolff headquarters building and drawing offices on Belfast’s... Read More

Belfast Commercial Property Market outperforms London, Paris and Copenhagen

Posted on 7 February, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Industry News

The end of the recession marked the conclusion of several years of uncertainty in the commercial property market, with areas which previously struggled to attract investors enjoying a welcome return to prosperity. This was particularly true of Belfast as a... Read More

Christmas Market shares in Season of Goodwill

Posted on 24 December, 2014 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

Right now, Christmas markets will be packing up for another year and stallholders will be counting the takings of the festive period. However, many will not simply be totalling up the proceedings of their tenancies but thinking back upon the charitable deeds... Read More

Pub Chain beats Rivals with £1.2m bid for Belfast Church

Posted on 16 October, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets, Uncategorised

A bidding frenzy has pushed the sale price of a former Northern Ireland Methodist church to £1.2m — three times its guide price. The Grade II listed church on Belfast’s University Street was previously owned by the Ballygowan-based Soll... Read More

Belfast Office Properties becomes Ireland’s latest Write-Down Victim

Posted on 11 July, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

A company owned by one of Northern Ireland’s highest profile property developers has posted a £143m loss. Belfast Offices Properties blames its disastrous 2013 returns on a write-down in the value of its assets. Paddy McKillenco-owns the company... Read More

Landmark Belfast Office Tower on the Market

Posted on 3 July, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

The fate of Ireland’s tallest commercial building is once again in doubt after the 22-storey Belfast office block was put on the market with a guide price of £5m. Owned by the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), Windsor House is situated in the... Read More

Minister rejects Heritage Concerns over Belfast City Quays

Posted on 24 June, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Fears that a £250m development in the heart of Belfast’s historic docks would damage nearby landmark buildings have been dismissed by Northern Ireland’s environment minister. Granting outline planning permission for the City Quays 1 development... Read More