Commercial Property

Workday reiterates commitment to Dublin after dropping office plan

The software giant had planned a 550,000 square foot campus in Grangegorman

Graham Abell, Workday’s site lead for Ireland: “We’re continuing to invest and as Dublin is an innovation hub for Workday globally, our association with Ireland will continue to grow.” Picture: John Ohle

Workday has already drawn up a shortlist of potential new offices in Dublin city centre after ditching plans to develop its own European headquarters at Grangegorman.

Graham Abell, Workday’s site lead for Ireland, said the decision not to proceed with the project was because of changes in Dublin’s commercial property market.

“More office space has become available in recent months that is of a similar size to what we were after and that made us ...