More homes are needed in Dublin docklands, warns Reilly report

The thriving commercial development in Dublin must be balanced by increasing residential density, agent Owen Reilly tells Tina-Marie O’Neill

Dublin’s docklands: the focus on commercial has tightened residential supply

The docklands is a thriving area of Dublin city. Much of the land within this Strategic Development Zone is now owned by Nama, which has been busy building Grade A office space to meet strong corporate demand over the last few years.

While building cranes increasingly punctuate the skyline here, the focus of late has been on commercial, rather than residential. That’s good news for existing apartment owners in the docklands — owner-occupiers, ...