The Last Post Matt Cooper: Johnny Ronan’s soaring ambitions still rising despite firm’s restructuring The developer is planning to build Dublin’s tallest building and a deep-water port in Meath, even as he ‘invites’ Bank of Ireland to appoint a receiver to manage some of his firm’s assets
Legal Receiver appointed to five more Johnny Ronan development propertiesSite on Appian Way, house on Fitzwilliam Square, and sites in Enniskerry, Delgany and near Carrickmines are among latest assets to be put into receivership
Property Receivers appointed to portfolio of assets in Johnny Ronan’s RGRE property empireThe company said the consensual appointment of receivers ‘acknowledges that the loans on the properties in question need to be restructured as a response to current market conditions’
Property Ronan to sell prized Bewley’s Café building to pay down €300m debtThe portfolio of 12 properties have been at the heart of his Dublin empire since he regained them from Nama
BP Exclusive Johnny Ronan in talks to sell Bewleys café building as part of €300m sale of prized assetsShould the proposed sale of the dozen properties go ahead RGRE could use the proceeds to pay down debts incurred as part of a refinancing arrangement with Bank of Ireland, AIB, and Fortress Investment Group
Legal Johnny Ronan group appeals ruling over €1m Bewley’s stained-glass windowsHigh Court judge found only four of set of six Harry Clarke windows in Grafton Street café belonged to landlord RGRE
Commercial Property Residential developers pivot to lettings after investment market slumpsRising interest rates coupled with soaring construction cost inflation have seen prices increase but the uncertainty surrounding the office investment market has led to caution among investors
Legal Ronan to appeal High Court order over Harry Clarke windowsRonan Group Real Estate, recently judged to own four of the stained glass windows, will return to court to try and prove ownership of all six
Commercial Property Planning uncertainty and lack of sites likely to slow development land salesHigher costs and viability concerns mean lenders will be likely to support smaller housing-led schemes over developments with a significant risk profile
Legal Bewley’s famous stained glass windows may be split after ruling that Johnny Ronan owns four of themMr Justice Denis McDonald said he understood the concern that the Bewley’s owner could remove two of the artworks
Hospitality Bewley’s seeks to renew café lease with Johnny Ronan Group Bewley’s and RGRE are awaiting High Court judgment in separate case over ownership of Harry Clarke windows in the Grafton Street café
Legal Dublin City Council must re-search for records following Ronan FOI request Information Commissioner is not satisfied that Dublin City Council has sought all potentially relevant departments for records relating to a collapsed tender process to redevelop the historic Pigeon House site in Dublin 4
Legal Judgment on Bewley’s Harry Clarke windows is delayed Judge says he now hopes to rule in December on the disputed ownership of the stained glass windows in the historic Grafton Street café
Real Estate Ronan to fight ‘unthinkable’ sale of prize property assetsThe chief executive of the developer’s real estate group has said the company is meeting interest payments in full and finalising a funding package to repay its creditor M&G Investments
North docklands offer tempting opportunities for buyersRecent deals in the area north of the Liffey, such as Point Square changing hands for €85 million, suggest that it is finally ‘bursting into life’, in the words of one agent
Redevelopment of Irish Glass Bottle site in Ringsend gets green lightDublin City Council has belatedly approved plans for the first phase of construction at the 34-hectare site
Is it a window or is it art? Johnny Ronan court case over Bewley’s Clarke windows inspires colourful sparringThe dispute, which has played out in the High Court in Dublin over the past two weeks, centres on the ownership of the six stained glass windows made by Clarke in the 1920s
Receiver appointed to 12 properties in Ronan Group over €142m debtRonan Group Real Estate said refinancing arrangements were at an advanced stage, which would enable the receivers to be discharged and for the firm to retain ownership of the properties
Ronan to make new play for Dublin portfolio after legal case dropped Developer may be seeking a new partner to bid for three landmark properties after ongoing dispute with US group Fortress is resolved out of court
McKillen-backed firm joins Pigeon House revamp rowOval Horizon claims that after being selected as the preferred bidder following a competitive three-year tender process, the council abandoned the plans after it was served with legal proceedings by RGRE, an unsuccessful bidder.
