Investor pays €8.5m at Ballycoolin

Deal will give the new owner a return of 7.6 per cent on investment

HQ and warehouse investment at Orion Business Campus in Ballycoolin, Dublin 17.
HQ and warehouse investment at Orion Business Campus in Ballycoolin, Dublin 17.

An overseas investor has paid the asking price of €8.5 million for a modern corporate headquarters and warehouse investment at the Orion Business Campus in Northwest Business Park at Ballycoolin, Dublin 17.

The deal will give the new owner a return of 7.6 per cent, according to joint agents William Harvey and Lisney.

The high quality business premises is rented by an Irish registered company WR International with a guarantee from the Pennsylvania-based VWR International, a leading provider of laboratory products, services and solutions with worldwide sales in excess of $4.1 billion. The 7,103sq m (76,454 sq ft) building was developed specially for the tenant who will be paying a rent of €675,000 per annum under a 25-year lease from 2006 with five yearly upwards-only rent reviews and a tenant break option in 2027.

Jack Fagan

Jack Fagan

Jack Fagan is the former commercial-property editor of The Irish Times