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Thursday 30 September 2010

AGRICULTURAL LAND SELLS FOR €16,000 PER ACRE AT STRAFFAN, CO. KILDARE

AGRICULTURAL LAND SELLS FOR €16,000 PER ACRE
AT STRAFFAN, CO. KILDARE



Coonan Real Estate Alliance of Maynooth and Celbridge have sold 38 acres of land located at Barberstown, Straffan, Co. Kildare at Auction today for € 610,000 which represents € 16,000 per acre.

Will Coonan, Auctioneer, looked for bids and bidding opened at €400,000 and moved quickly to the €610,000 when it was put on the market and subsequently sold. There were five active bidders most of whom were farmers.

The land is in one large rectangular field on the Celbridge/ Barberstown road c. 4 miles Celbridge, 5 miles Maynooth and 1.5 miles from Straffan,. Dublin City is just 13 miles away. The land is of prime quality and is presently in tillage.

The price achieved is a healthy one particularly in the present economic climate and is a good indication of the value of agricultural land in the North Kildare area.

Wednesday 29 September 2010

Hynes REA selling former PTSB offices in Athlone

The unusual octagon-shaped former Permanent TSB offices at 22 Mardyke Street, Athlone, is being offered for sale with an €850,000 price guide. The 310 sqm three-storey over-basement premises became surplus to requirements following the bank's consolidation into the John Broderick Street premises.The Mardyke Street property offers about 170 sqm of retail and financial services space at ground floor as well as access to first and second floor office suites, so it could suit a retailer with an option to generate investment income.Healy Hynes, of agents Hynes Real Estate Alliance, says the building is located in the heart of Athlone's commercial area, near the Athlone Town Centre and Sheraton Hotel, and there are more than 2,000 parking spaces available within a five-minute walk.

Monday 13 September 2010

A good time to buy Irish Commercial property?

There is no shortage of buyers of Irish commercial investment property, despite arguments that no market exist