24 – 25 George’s Street Lower, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin A96HY26 Co. Dublin

HIGH PROFILE 2 STOREY CORNER BUILDING LOCATED OPPOSITE DUN LAOGHAIRE LIBRARY

CURRENT 2 STOREY BUILDING SIZE APPROX. 230.4 SQ.M. (2,480 SQ.FT.)

FULL PLANNING PERMISSION FOR A 2 STOREY ROOFTOP EXTENSION WITH PANORAMIC SEAVIEWS
OF DUN LAOGHAIRE HARBOUR AND DUBLIN BAY

GROUND FLOOR, HIGH PROFILE CORNER OFFICE / RETAIL SHOWROOM WITH LARGE DISPLAY WINDOWS APPROX. 102 SQ.M. (1,098 SQ.FT.) NIFA
+
3 APARTMENTS IN THE UPPER FLOORS (includes 2 new rooftop floors)

Apartment 1 (3 bedroom) First Floor 112.5 sq.m. (1,211 sq.ft.) NIFA
Apartment 2 (1 bedroom) Second Floor 56.8 sq.m. (611 sq.ft.) NIFA
Apartment 3 (2 bedroom) Second & Third Floor 97.6 sq.m. (1,050 sq.ft.) NIFA

TOTAL SIZE OF THE NEW 4 STOREY BUILDING APPROX. 410 SQ.M. (4,413 SQ.FT.) GIFA

UNIQUE BUILDING DESIGN WITH EXTENSIVE ROOFTOP PLANNING PERMISSION OVER 2 FLOORS – OBTAINED BY STUDIO DUFFY ARCHITECTURE + INTERIORS

LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE OLD DUN LAOGHAIRE LIBRARY (FOR FLOORS & HOME), BLOOMFIELD SHOPPING CENTRE & PUBLIC CAR PARK, IMC CINEMAS, ST. MICHAEL€TM HOSPITAL, TESCO, PENNEYS, DUN LAOGHAIRE SHOPPING CENTRE, THE FORTY FOOT / PAVILLION COMPLEX ETC.

EXCELLENT AMENITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT €” WITH BUS STOPS ON GEORGE€TM ST., WITHIN A SHORT WALKING DISTANCE OF DUN LAOGHAIRE DART & TRAIN STATION (8 MINS)

This is an excellent opportunity to acquire a high profile corner building with full planning permission in place for a modern 2 storey extension with apartments that will have panoramic views over Dun Laoghaire Harbour.

DESCRIPTION
24 & 25 George€TM Street Lower is a 2 storey landmark property on the corner of Library Road in the heart of Dun Laoghaires main street. The property has an impressive redbrick faé§ade and 4 large display windows on the ground floor corner with a central entrance and main shopfront on Georges Street Lower with ample space for signage and branding overhead. The ground floor property traded as Downey Estate Agents before and benefitted greatly from this high profile location with large display windows and overhead signage on either corner of the building. This large ground floor commercial unit may suit a variety of office, showroom and retail uses subject to planning permission.

This period property has excellent natural light with large display windows on the ground floor and several sash windows at first floor level at street level with opaque glass windows overlooking the adjoining flat roof building bringing excellent natural light into the upper floors. The building has been extended over time and there is a modern redbrick extension at the rear of the property on Library Road facing onto the shared lane.

Duffy Studio have managed to obtain an excellent planning permission and create a landmark building that keeps the ground floor showroom and creates a rear stair core and modern feature entrance to the 3 new apartments overhead. The apartments have been cleverly designed to make the most of the natural light and space that create living rooms and kitchen spaces with full floor to ceiling height windows that benefit from the exceptional sea views over Dun Laoghaire harbour. In particular, the new third floor has a glass wall of windows and glass windbreakers around the balcony that do not interrupt the sea views, it also benefits from having a large L shaped Terrace area and deck that stretches along the length of the Library Road facade.

The first and second floor apartments have been cleverly designed with their bathrooms in the centre of the building, backing on to the adjoining flat roof property with 2 opaque glass windows on each floor that provide good natural light. The rooftop extension and construction should achieve an excellent energy rating and the clever duplex design over the second and third floor maximises the use of this space with 2 en-suite bedrooms over each floor.

This new development brings an older commercial building with first floor storage back into extensive residential use with and much improved energy rating and ESG rating.

Studio Duffy Architects Booklet, Floor plans, BER and CGI images are available upon request

LOCATION
24 & 25 Georges Street Lower holds a high profile position on the corner of Library Road on the south west side of George€TM street directly opposite the old Carnegie Library building that dates from 1912 and the adjoining refurbished €For Floors & Homes showrooms. The subject property is located to the north of Dun Laoghaire, less than 200 meters from the junction of York Road and close to the affluent suburb of Monkstown.

Dun Laoghaire is a large coastal town and port located approx. 12 kilometres to the southeast of Dublin City Centre and has a population of 233,860 (CSO 2022). It was originally a large trading town and ferry port but it mainly serves large cruise ships since the ferry service moved to Dublin Docklands.

24 & 25 Upper George€TM Street is located a few buildings to the north of the Bloomfield Shopping Centre and the IMC Cinema and Public Car Park. The Bloomfield Shopping Centre is anchored by a large Tesco supermarket and tenant mix that includes Starbucks, Boots, Dealz, Diffney, Jack Jones, Peter Marks and Quillsen Estate Agents to name a few. Some of these tenants (Quillsen) are part of a larger mixed use development that extends on to George€TM Street with residential use upstairs, located directly opposite St. Michael€TM Hospital Dun Laoghaire.

In addition to the Bloomfield Shopping Centre there are a host of shops (approx. nearly 200) located either side of Georges Street which extends to over 1 kilometer in distance up to the People€TM Park. These include Bloomfield, the Dun Laoghaire Shopping Centre and Dunnes Stores. Some of these older shops and buildings are vacant and Dun Laoghaire County Council are pro-actively looking to improve the street scape with placemaking and encourage refurbishment and living over the shops with tax incentives and grants. Studio Duffy were able to obtain an excellent mixed use planning permission and 2 storey extension for their landmark end of terrace building on the corner of Library road which will benefit from €living over the shops grants.

Some of the local occupiers include OLoughlins public house next door, For Floors & Home, the Bespoke Sofa Co. and Lighthouse apartments overhead, NCBI, Pinoy Sari Sari, Soup DL, Buck Mulligans public House to name a few. There is a very large mix of different retail uses, as well as several hospitality uses e.g. cafés, restaurants and public houses along George€TM Street.
There are 2 large hotels that are located off George€TM Street with sea views, the Royal Marine Hotel and Sansana Health Spa and the Haddington Hotel and beer garden area overlooking Dun Laoghaire Pier.

Other amenities in the area include Morans Park overlooking Dun Laoghaire Pier, the Lexicon Library and Cultural Centre, the Haddington Hotel and garden café, the Peoples Park with the Peoples Park Cafe and weekly markets, the refurbished Dun Laoghaire Baths and Happy Out Cafe, the West Pier and Promenade as well as 4 established yacht and boating clubs that are all within a short walking distance from the subject property.

24 & 25 George€TM Street Lower is only 8 minutes walking distance from Dun Laoghaire DART Station and the area is also serviced by several bus routes including the 7, 7a, 7n, 45a, 45b, 46a and 75 as well as the air coach.

There are several scenic shoreline walks and cycle lanes along the coast road to the city centre as well as 3-4 large public parks, the Purty Kitchen, the 40 Foot and sports and leisure facilities in the area including Westwood, Sansana Spa and Health club in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire Tennis Club to name a few.

VAT
We understand that VAT is not applicable to this property sale

Building Insurance
1,815.53 euro p.a.

Commercial Rates
7,124.08 euro p.a. 2024

Title
Freehold