Market growing but maturing

2014 could be the strongest year of commercial property investment ever recorded in Ireland, writes Donal Buckley.

Up to €3 billion worth of commercial property deals could be done this year, making for the strongest year of commercial property investment ever recorded here.

That’s the view which Duncan Lyster, investment director with Lisney, outlined at the firm’s property investment and loan sales seminar in Dublin last week.

He said that the values of some commercial properties increased by as much as 20 per cent in the first three months of ...