Developer Crean sues DCU over €35m Dublin site access

Dublin City University says it will defend High Court proceedings relating to property company Marlet’s purchase of a ten-acre site off Griffith Avenue

Pat Crean’s company Marlet is seeking to have the access issue resolved with DCU in order to complete the transaction. Picture: Feargal Ward

Pat Crean’s Marlet Property Group has lodged High Court proceedings against Dublin City University following a dispute over a €35 million site it acquired from the college.

According to court filings, Atlas Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of Marlet, is seeking to have DCU address an access issue at the site of just under ten acres located off Griffith Avenue in Dublin 9.

Marlet signed a contract with DCU to purchase the site in December 2019 ...