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Grafton Street
Prime retail and office opportunity on St Stephen’s Green
Plenty of potential on key shopping street for €2.5m
Dublin Christmas lights switch on as traders nervously optimistic about business
Grafton Street set for festive season as children from Little Blue Heroes Foundation launch illuminations in city
New shops for Grafton Street: Mango, Kiko Milano and Alo Yoga lead changing of the retail guard
Despite the rise of online shopping and vacant outlets remaining an issue in the capital, the pipeline of international retail investment looks strong
Want to live over the shops on Grafton Street? It could soon be possible
Plans submitted for apartments over Abrakebabra and Swarovski on Dublin’s busy shopping street
‘Virtual try-on sessions’ drive sales in China for Irish-based eco-clothing chain Icicle
Icicle group, with an outlet on Grafton Street, says ‘live commerce’ is driving an online surge in China
Urban Ireland: Architects and experts tell us how to stop the decline of Dublin and other Irish city centres
Car dominance and out-of-town investment have driven people out of centres, and a loss of ‘eyes on the street’ has made urban spaces feel less safe. Can the ‘compact city’ return a lost sense of place?
Bewley’s boss welcomes Grafton Street cafe rent ruling
Judge cuts bill for landmark cafe to €738,169 from €1.46 million
Grafton Street premises available to let for €500,000 per year
Former Ted Baker fashion store comprises 405sq m of retail accommodation
Big Phil is welcomed back into the Fine Gael fold as old foe Leo Varadkar departs the stage
Plus: Alan Shatter seeks to protect the inheritance; a campaign for a Colm Meaney statue in Killarney; and Clare Daly’s political future
Victoria Beckham Beauty is (finally) available in Ireland. Here are the best products to try
Chic, refined and definitely posh – this quietly luxurious brand is poised to shake up make-up bags across the country
Alo Yoga to open its first Irish shop on Grafton Street
Yoga clothing line is often worn by Taylor Swift, Katie Holmes, Hailey Bieber and Kendall Jenner
Dublin city bin bag ban to begin this month in move to crack down on litter
Use of refuse sacks by businesses and residents will be prohibited on 90 city streets
Appeal court rules that Johnny Ronan company owns all six Harry Clarke windows in Bewley’s
Six windows, including four known as the Four Orders and two as the Swan Yard windows, are said to be worth €1m
Quanta Capital in €20m deal for prime Grafton Street retail investments
Irish-headquartered real estate investor in separate deals for two buildings on city’s foremost shopping street and 3-4 South Frederick Street
Planning retention refused for Grafton Street souvenir shop
Dublin City Council says it would set an undesirable precedent for similar type development
Grafton Street investment offers 6.34% yield at reduced price of €2.15m
Ground floor and basement level of number 55 comes for sale fully let to Claddagh Jewellers on new, 10-year lease from July 2023
High-profile retail investment on Grafton Street seeking €3m
No 6 comes for sale fully let at ground- and upper-floor levels to well-known newsagent, Bus Stop, and to tanning salon operator
Brothers awarded €95,000 each over mistaken arrest for Grafton Street handbag theft
A High Court jury found the Italian siblings been maliciously prosecuted for an incident in May 2008
Developer Johnny Ronan’s prime property portfolio seeking €150m
Receivers Grant Thornton launch formal sale of 11 RGRE assets including Bewley’s Grafton Street premises and Connaught House
AIB offers to buy small shareholdings for €100 that were once worth €120,000
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Grafton Street: What does it cost to rent a building there? It depends which part of it you want
International brands keen to get footholds in Dublin, says real-estate expert, even as business group says planners should broaden options for city-centre thoroughfare
Grafton Street’s story: How a downbeat country lane became an upmarket home for A-listers, hotels, Turkish baths and shops
Bewley’s, the streets most famous landmark, opened in 1926 with a “double-height Egyptian Revival mosaic pylon-style shopfront”
Who owns Grafton Street? Wealthy Irish families and faceless funds control 119 of Dublin’s most valuable buildings
From large pension funds to wealthy private investors, the owners of Dublin’s most famous shopping street enjoy large rent rolls from some of the biggest names in the Irish retail sector
Foot Locker claim over Grafton Street rent during Covid lockdown rejected by appeal court
Store operator accepted rent was only partly paid during lockdown but that the landlord should share “some of the pain”
Sculpted boss Aimee Connolly: ‘I have been surrounded by girl power for as long as I know’
Aimee Connolly says investing in bricks and mortar has paid off for her beauty business and she has plans for further expansion in the UK and US in the next year
High net worth individuals and family offices see long-term value in the High Street
Private Irish investors descend on Grafton Street and Henry Street as institutional investors divest holdings
Swedish fashion retailer Arket inks deal for store at Dublin’s Grafton Place
Sustainable clothing and homewear brand set to open for business later this year
Music fans and shoppers sing along as Glen Hansard leads tribute to Shane MacGowan at the Dublin Christmas Eve Busk
Singer-songwriter said it was an ‘honour and a blessing’ to perform at the now-traditional free Busk, which has become one of Dublin Simon Community’s busiest fundraisers
Retail sector in rude health despite a cost-of-living crisis
The negative noise from lazy, uninformed commentators predicting the demise of the high street has proved to be wide of the mark
Savvy investors see opportunity as cycle of interest rate hikes comes to an end
While 2024 will still see market distress and resulting forced sellers, most of the required pain has been taken this year
Grafton Street penthouse with bird’s eye view of Trinity and bath in bedroom for €1.95m
Central duplex apartment has two big bedrooms and terraces perfect for parties
Gardaí charge man with Dublin attack in which woman was stabbed on Chatham Street
Suspect (20s) appeared before Dublin District Court on Monday morning following investigation
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