Property Description

GROUND FLOOR RETAIL SHOWROOM WITH MEZZANINE FLOOR OFFICE AND LARGE BASEMENT FLOOR

This high profile retail unit was fitted out to a very high standard by the previous tenant (Benefit Cosmetics) and may suit a variety or retail, cafe or office uses Subject to Planning Permission e.g. retail showroom, beauty/ health business, barbers, cafe/ bakery, travel agents, estate agents, accountants, solicitors office etc.


LOCATION
Unit 6, The Irish Times Building holds a very high profile position on the corner of DOlier Street and Fleet Street, directly opposite Doyles public house and less than 75 meters from Trinity College Dublin and the new College Square development.

Trinity College is one of Irelands oldest and most prestigious colleges and dates from 1592 and has approximately 19,000 students and over 2 million visitors every year to the Book of Kells and its 47 acre city centre college campus.

The recently developed College Square offices have recently been rented out to Workday and comprise 44,130 sq.m. (475,000 sq.ft.) Headquarters Office Building at College Square and Tara Street bringing extra footfall to this already bustling city centre area.

The iconic Irish Times Building is less than 5 minutes walking distance from the bottom of Grafton Street, Temple Bar and OConnell Street and has steady footfall and traffic with excellent public transport facilities.

The subject property is less than 112 meters from Trinity College LUAS station, 136 meters from Westmoreland Street LUAS station and 400 meters from Tara Street Train Station. There are a host of buses serving DOlier Street and the immediate surrounding streets and along the River Liffey quays.

There are several hotels in the immediate area including the adjoining College Green Hotel, the Trinity Capital Hotel, Travelodge Plus, Stay City and a host of hotels in Temple Bar and along the River Liffey.

Road traffic has been recently diverted by DCC from Aston Quay and motorists will have to turn onto DOlier Street and travel around to Westmoreland Street and OConnell Street during the hours of 7am to 7pm.

In addition to the traffic rectrictions along the quays there are plans to create a new 350 meter pedestrian and cycle plaza from nearby College Green to the junction of dame Street and South Great Georges Street, with buses, cars and taxis banned. There are plans in foot to create place making and external seating and event space on College Green, which should benefit all the adjoining hospitality properties e.g. recent College Football events - College Green dame Street Project | Dublin City Council


DESCRIPTION
The Irish Times building was beautifully restored and developed in 2006 and has kept most of the original buildings period property features intact, including granite/ brickwork facade, double height timber shopfront and feature Georgian style windows etc.

Unit 6 has a double height ground floor with a feature internal staircase and fitted mezzanine floor and store room/ office. It is located beside the old Irish Times printing rooms and benefits from excellent floor to ceiling height providing bright and spacious retail showroom space with full height windows and timber shopfront for marketing and product display.

This high profile double height retail unit has been fitted out to a very high standard by the previous tenant (Benefit Cosmetics) to include plastered and painted walls, floor tiles, ample electric sockets, 3 chandeliers, spotlights, a mezzanine floor with office and store room, air conditioning cassettes, service counter, invalid toilet, kitchen (kitchen items removed) and store room, alarm, fire alarm system, glass block pavement windows.

There are 2 entrance doors with a second door leading onto Fleet Street plus an enclosed staircase to a large basement floor, which has good floor to ceiling height and is currently in shell and core condition and ready for tenant fit out. At the front of the property glass block pavement windows from the footpath provide good natural light to the basement floor, there is also a second means of fire escape through the adjoining office property.

Some of the adjoining tenants include the Irish Aviation Authority, Doyles Public House, Medley, House Of Colour, Echelon, Platinum Expert Hair, Workday, Irish Blood Doner Clinic, Spar, the College Green Hotel, Soho Night Club and Pearse Street Garda Station.


Commercial Rates approx. 7,500 euro p.a.
Service Charge 4,978 euro p.a.
Insurance 695 euro p.a.

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This property was last updated: 37 days ago