Draw of the docklands

CHQ has never quite fulfilled its promise of being a landmark building in Dublin's Docklands, writes Roisin Burke.

Neville Isdell outside the CHQ Building, Dublin. Picture: Feargal Ward

Initially, former Coca-Cola boss Neville Isdell looked at investing in Ireland entirely without emotion. But things took a different turn when he saw CHQ.

What Isdell had actually been looking for was good commercial real estate that was well let with good yields. ''An easy investment. I would have done very well, thank you very much, sold it and walked away, he said.

But once he saw the gorgeous 17th century CHQ building ...