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Beech Hill
CLONSKE AGH, DUBLIN 4

STANDALONE HQ OFFICE BUILDING
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL

OFFICE | RESIDENTIAL
FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREAT Y
Beech Hill CLONSKEAGH, DUBLIN 4 STANDALONE HQ OFFICE BUILDING - MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL - Savills
Beech Hill
CLONSKEAGH, DUBLIN 4

A unique opportunity to
acquire an existing HQ Office
building with full vacant
possession on a site with
redevelopment potential.

CONTENTS
Executive Summary                   2

Location                           4

Existing Building                  12

The Opportunity                    16

Market Commentary                  20

Contacts and Further Information   22

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Beech Hill CLONSKEAGH, DUBLIN 4 STANDALONE HQ OFFICE BUILDING - MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL - Savills
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Exceptionally well located
office building & site in an
established south Dublin
location, with obvious
development potential.

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   xisting standalone office building extending
  to approx. 4,978 sq m (GIA), together with 154 Car
  Spaces. Available with Full Vacant Possession.

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  Prime site extending to almost 2 acres.

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  Zoned Objective E – “To provide for economic
   development and employment”.

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  A feasibility study has been carried out by
  O'Mahony Pike Architects, illustrating the potential
  for three distinct development strategies.

    –	A full copy of the OMP feasibility study
       is available in the project Data Room:
       beechhilldevelopment.com

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  A uniquely flexible opportunity for developers,
  investors or owner occupiers – existing building
  capable of long term let or short-medium
  term pending redevelopment (SPP).

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  For sale by Private Treaty.

Architectural Vision:

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LOCATION

Located on Beech Hill Road
in Clonskeagh, in close
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proximity to Donnybrook,
                       N4

Ranelagh and Ballsbridge,                                                                                                                         GR AND CAN
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and approximately 4km south                                                                                          ST STEPHEN’S
                                                                                                                         GREEN        MERRION
of Dublin City Centre.                                                                                                                SQUARE

                                                                                                                             FITZWILLIAM
                                                                                                          IVEAGH                SQUARE
The site is highly accessible, with              The area is served by a wide range                      GARDENS
some of the most frequent Dublin Bus             of local amenities, with Farmer
routes running along the nearby N11,             Browns, Wilde & Green, Donnybrook
including the 46a, 145, 39a and 155.             Fair, Marco Pierre Whites and The
Both LUAS and DART stops at Milltown             Greenery all located nearby. There
and Sydney Parade are equidistant from           are multiple schools located in the
                                                                                                                                             BALLSBRIDGE
                                                                                                                                                                                                 DUBLIN BAY
the property, a short 20 minute walk.            vicinity also, including; The Teresian
The site is bounded by University College        School, St. Michael’s College,                                                                                     SANDYMOUNT
Dublin, David Lloyd Premium Fitness              Muckross Park, Gonzaga, Alexandra
Club and Beech Hill Office Campus.               College and Sandford Park.
Beech Hill Road is an idyllic location
set on the banks of the River Dodder,                                                                                                           HERBERT
a popular walking and jogging route.                                                                                                             PARK
                                                                                                                         RANELAGH
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      ES TATIO
                                                                                                                                                                                            Y   PARAD
                                                                                                                                                                                       SYDNE
                                                                                                                                             DONNYBROOK
                                                                                                                                                                          QBC

             BUS                          LUAS                            DART
    Frequent Dublin Bus routes       Nearest Station:                Nearest Station:
     running along the nearby                                                                                                                                               AIRCOACH
                                   20 minute walk to Milltown         20 minutes walk to
    N11, including the 46a, 145,
                                                                        Sydney Parade
                                                                                                                             MILLTOWN PARK
    39a and 15 and Aircoach.5
                                       City Centre:
                                   10 minutes commute time             City Centre:
                                                                   12 minutes commute time
                                                                                                       MILL
                                                                                                           TOW
                                                                                                              N LU
                                                                                                                  AS S                                                             ELM PARK
                                                                                                                       TOP
                                                                                              RIVER DODDER                                                                        GOLF COURSE
                                                                                             GREENWAY ROUTE                                                    UCD
                                                                                N81                                                                       SPORT GROUNDS

                                                                                                                                                                 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
                                                                                                                                                                      DUBLIN
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Beech Hill CLONSKEAGH, DUBLIN 4 STANDALONE HQ OFFICE BUILDING - MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL - Savills
DOCKLANDS

  CITY CENTRE
                                                              DART/RAIL

                                 BALLSBRIDGE
                                                                                                            SANDYMOUNT

                                                               RDS
                                                 MERRION
                                               CRICKET CLUB                                            SHREWSBURY
                                                                                                          ROAD
                                                                                 OLD BELVEDERE
                DONNYBROOK             BECTIVE                                    RUGBY CLUB
                  VILLAGE            RUGBY CLUB
                                                      OLD WESLEY                                                         AILESBURY
                                                      RUGBY CLUB                                                           ROAD
MUCKROSS PARK
  COLLEGE                           DONNYBROOK
                                  LAWN TENNIS CLUB
                                                                                        QBC
                                                                                                 AIRCOACH

                                       RIVER DODDER
                                         GREENWAY
                                                                                                                         N11

                CLONSKEAGH
                                                                   DAVID LLOYD
                                                                      CLUB

                                                                                                                                     UCD

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Beech Hill CLONSKEAGH, DUBLIN 4 STANDALONE HQ OFFICE BUILDING - MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL - Savills
Beech Hill, Clonskeagh is excellently   Pictured:
                                        1. Mulberry Garden
served by a variety of best in class    2. Happy Out Café
amenities. From an early morning        3. The 105 Cafe

coffee in the Happy Out Café to fine    4. Ashtons Gastro Pub

dining in the nearby Mulberry           5. Luas line
                                        6. River Dodder Greenway
Garden Restaurant.

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Beech Hill CLONSKEAGH, DUBLIN 4 STANDALONE HQ OFFICE BUILDING - MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL - Savills
In Great Company

                                   UCD Sport
                   UCD
                                   and Fitness

                                        AIB Merchant
                                           Services

                                                           Paddy Power
                                                             Betfair                                                                 UCD is ranked within the top 1% of higher
                   Smurfit Kappa
                                      NexusUCD
                                                                                                                                     education institutions world-wide

                                                 Pinergy

                                                                                                 Western Union

                                                                  Circle K Ireland
                                                                   Head Office
                                                                                     McDonalds

                                                                                                                        Home to over              Number 1 in Ireland for highest           NovaUCD
David Lloyd Club                                                                         Curtiss-Wright                33,000 students.          volume of research publications    – Centre for New Ventures
                                                                                                                                                            per year.                  and Entrepreneurs.

                                                                                                                                                    €685m
                                                                                                                 133 Hectare parkland campus            Research funding                   NexusUCD
                                                                                                                     containing a variety of           in the past 5 years.          – Industry Partnership
                                                                                                                   walks, lakes, period houses                                              Centre.
                                                                                                                     and secluded gardens.

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Beech Hill CLONSKEAGH, DUBLIN 4 STANDALONE HQ OFFICE BUILDING - MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL - Savills
EXISTING BUILDING
                                                                                                                      Current Schedule
Description                                                                                                           of Accommodation
The existing office building extends to 4,978 sq m (GIA)   The Ground Floor comprises a large double height
together with 154 surface car spaces on a site of 0.80     entrance reception leading to a central core off which          EXISTING FLOOR                                              GIA SQ M    GIA SQ FT
Ha (1.98 Ac).                                              three wings can be accessed, providing a mixture of
                                                           open plan and cellularised office accommodation.                Basement                                                         181        1,951
The building was constructed c.1990 and extensively
refurbished in 2010. The property has recently been        The building benefits from 2 no. 10 person passenger            Ground Floor                                                   1,594       17,158
occupied and is therefore finished to a modern             lifts, male and female shower facilities and a number
specification including air conditioning (in parts),       of generous canteen and kitchenette facilities.                 First Floor                                                    1,591        17,122
raised access floors, underfloor trunking and suspended
ceilings. The floor to ceiling heights vary from a         There is a small basement area accommodating plant              Second Floor                                                    1,612      17,351
generous 2.9m on the Ground Floor to 2.6m on the           under the central lift core.
upper floors.                                                                                                              Total                                                          4,978      53,582
                                                           The property is located on an impressive elevated site
                                                           and provides for extensive car parking at surface level,
                                                                                                                      A copy of the measurement survey is available in the dataroom.
                                                           totaling 154 spaces.

                                                                                                                      FIRST FLOOR PLAN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                UP

                                                                                                                      UP

                                                                                                                                                                              UP

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Beech Hill CLONSKEAGH, DUBLIN 4 STANDALONE HQ OFFICE BUILDING - MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL - Savills
Zoning

The subject property is located within the
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Local Authority
and is zoned Objective E:
‘To provide for economic development and employment’.

Permitted in Principle Uses                                    Excerpt from John Spain Associates
                                                               Planning Report
Advertisements and Advertising Structures | Carpark |
Cash and Carry/Wholesale Outlet | Craft Centre/Craft
Shop | Childcare Service | Enterprise Centre | Heavy Vehicle
                                                               Policy E8 of the County Development Plan
Park | Hospital | Household Fuel Depot | Industry-General      relates to residential use in areas zoned
| Industry-Light | Industry-Special | Motor Sales Outlet       for employment. The Policy reads
| Office Based Industry | Offices | Open Space | Petrol        as follows:
Station | Public Services | Refuse Transfer Station | Rural
Industry-Food | Science and Technology Based Industry |           “It is Council policy to achieve a satisfactory balance with
Scrap Yard | Service Garage | Tea Room/Café | Transport           regard to the residential component of development on
Depot | Travellers Accommodation | Warehousing.                   lands zoned Objective ‘E’ to ensure that such lands remain
                                                                  available to facilitate their primary objective for the lands
                                                                  which is the encouragement of enterprise and the creation
Open for Consideration Uses                                       of employment. Generally, any residential development
                                                                  proposals on ‘E’ zoned lands should ensure that the
Abattoir | Assisted Living Accommodation | Boarding               employment element on site in terms of floor space should
Kennels | Community Facility | Cultural Use | Doctor /            be no less than that on site prior to redevelopment and
Dentist etc. | Education | Funeral Home | Garden Centre/          must ensure that the employment element on site in terms
Plant Nursery | Health Centre / Healthcare Facility | Home        of overall floor space remains the primary land use.”
Based Economic Activities | Hotel / Motel | Industry-
Extractive | Leisure Facility | Nightclub | Off- Licence |     The meaning and intent of the foregoing policy is
Place of Public Worship | Public House | Refuse Landfill       clarified within the same section of the CDP (page 79 refers),
/ Tip | Residential | Retail Warehouse | Restaurant | Rural    which states:
Industry-Cottage | Shop Specialist | Shop-Neighbourhood
| Shop-District | Sports Facility | Veterinary Surgery.           “The land-use zoning objective for employment lands must
                                                                  be flexible enough to reflect this new mixed-use context,
                                                                  whilst reinforcing the primacy of the employment use.

                                                                  An element of residential use in employment zoned areas
                                                                  may be considered in appropriate locations where a
                                                                  proposed development makes a positive contribution to
                                                                  the area in terms of adding to the richness and diversity
                                                                  of uses. The appropriate location for residential use
                                                                  would generally be in close proximity to public transport
                                                                  nodes and adjacent to facilities such as shops, crèches,
                                                                  restaurants and hotels and other community infrastructure.”

                                                               Further details on the planning potential are available
                                                               in the data room.

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THE OPPORTUNITY

     Architectural
     Vision

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THE OPPORTUNITY

Architect’s Feasibility

The Beech Hill site presents an opportunity for a number of value-add strategies (subject to                    BASELINE STUDY
planning permission), which range from the re-development and expansion of the existing                         Full redevelopment of 1.98 acre site, provision of new office
office as part of a new mixed-use development, to the addition of an infill residential scheme                  accommodation and residential block with associated
to complement the existing HQ office building. O’Mahony Pike Architects have devised three                      facilities integrated into the scheme. Commercial block
feasibility scenarios for the Beech Hill site illustrating the potential for the following options              extending to five storeys, residential block extending to
                                                                                                                five storeys.
(subject to planning permission);
                                                                                                                Office: 			             6,350 sq m (GIA)
                                                                                                                Residential:			         158 units – 12,210 sq m (GIA)
                                                                                                                Residential Amenity: 		 400 sq m
                                          EXISTING OFFICE                     NEW OFFICE      NEW RESIDENTIAL
                                                                                                                Creche: 			             275 sq m
                                               (SQ M GIA)                      (SQ M GIA)             (UNITS)
                                                                                                                Car Parking Spaces: 		120 (72 Residential / 28 Office
                                                                                                                                        / 20 Surface)
     Baseline Study                                       –                           6,350               158

     Additional Height                                    –                           6,350               199

     Infill Residential                               4,978                               –               64    ADDITIONAL HEIGHT
                                                                                                                Full redevelopment of 1.98 acre site, provision of new office
A summary of the key metrics for each feasibility is provided opposite and                                      accommodation and residential block with associated
a copy of the detailed OMP feasibility study is available in the project Data Room.                             facilities integrated into the scheme. Commercial block
                                                                                                                extending to five storeys, residential block extending to
                                                                                                                seven storeys.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN (REDEVELOPMENT)                                                                               Office: 				6,350 sq m (GIA)
                                                                                                                Residential: 			        199 units – 15,890 sq m (GIA)
                                                                                                                Residential Amenity: 		 400 sq m
                                                                                                                Creche: 			             275 sq m
                                                                                                                Car Parking Spaces: 		120 (72 Residential / 28 Office
                                                                                                                                        / 20 Surface)

                                                                                                                INFILL RESIDENTIAL
                                                                                                                Retention of existing HQ Office accommodation, opportunity
                                                                                                                to develop out a six-storey residential block to the south-east
                                                                                                                corner of the existing car park.

                                                                                                                Existing Office: 		            4,978 sq m (GIA)
                                                                                                                Residential: 			               64 units – 4,825 sq m (GIA)
                                                                                                                Car Parking Spaces: 		         125 (35 residential / 90 Office)

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STRONG UNDERLYING ECONOMIC FACTORS                                                     POPULATION

                                            5%

       Ireland had the strongest       Forecast unemployment           Ireland is the only remaining            Ireland has the
     growing economy in Europe in        rate expected to fall            English speaking nation             youngest population
      2020. The OECD has forecast         below 5% by 2023                     within the EU                     within the EU
      GDP growth of 4.2% for 2021

                       DUBLIN OFFICE MARKET                                                         GROWTH

                                                                                                           >€3.0bn
        Dublin ranks as the top     Over 4.5 million sq ft of active          63% of Dublin                    Over €3.0bn worth
        European HQ locations       office requirements in Dublin          office pipeline stock             of property investment
              per capita              with viewing and reserved             is pre-committed                  transactions in 2020
                                    stock volumes now increasing
                                              post-Covid

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FURTHER INFORMATION

VAT                                        Tenure                                      BER
A VAT summary is available                 We understand that the
in the dataroom.                           property is held freehold.

Contacts
SELLING AGENT                                                                                                                     SOLICITOR

                        Savills
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                        Dublin, D02 CP04

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John Swarbrigg                             Andrew Sherry                               Shane Gallagher                            A & L Goodbody
                                                                                                                                  IFSC, North Wall Quay
Director                                   Divisional Director                         Graduate Surveyor
                                                                                                                                  Dublin 1, D01 H104
Development, Agency                        Development, Agency                         Development, Agency
& Consultancy                              & Consultancy                               & Consultancy                              algoodbody.com

T: +353 1 618 1333                         T: +353 1 618 1452                          T: +353 1 618 1393                         Paul Diggin
E: john.swarbrigg@savills.ie               E: andrew.sherry@savills.ie                 E: shane.gallagher@savills.ie
                                                                                                                                  Partner

                                                                                                                                  T: +353 1 649 2000
Andrew Cunningham                          Seán Ryan McCaffrey                         Barry Kerr                                 E: pdiggin@algoodbody.com

Director                                   Associate                                   Surveyor
Head of Offices                            Office Agency                               Office Agency
Office Agency

T: +353 1 618 1720                         T: +353 1 618 1383                          T: +353 1 618 1304
E: andrew.cunningham@savills.ie            E: sean.ryanmccaffrey@savills.ie            E: barry.kerr@savills.ie

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