Redevelopment Land:Companies looking for a substantial ready-to-go industrial plant within easy commuting distance of west Dublin will have the option of considering the former NEC semiconductor facility in the Co Meath village of Ballivor which goes for sale today through joint agents Lisney and Navan auctioneers Smith Harrington. It is expected to make between €6 million and €7 million.
The plant extends to 12,589sq m (135,507sq ft) and, standing on a site of 7.6 hectares (18.8 acres), offers further development potential. The property is being sold by a Dublin-based liquidator after the company operating the plant went into voluntary liquidation. The Japanese electronics giant NEC closed the plant towards the end of 2006 with the loss of 350 jobs and transferred its work to Singapore, Malaysia and China where labour costs are a fraction of those in Ireland.
Ballivor is a small but vibrant village with a skilled workforce. The village is about 45kms west of Dublin city and 15kms north of the M4 at Kinnegad. The Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, was born close to Ballivor, where his parents still live.
The original semiconductor manufacturing plant dates back to 1975 and, as the operation developed, further extensions were built in the 1980s and 1990s. A second entrance from the Kinnegad Road would make it easier to redevelop part of the site and possibly provide a through road over the sizeable site.
Cathal Daughton and John Harrington of the joint selling agents say that interested parties are likely to include owner-occupiers and developers as the property can easily be split into separate entities. The availability of a dedicated 20 KV power supply line to the plant may be of interest to high technology companies or heavy industrial-type operators.
