Property investment group will rebrand Scape Dublin as Stephen’s Quarter and operate it through its Aparto platform

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Chief executive of Hines Ireland Brian Moran claims only top income people can afford to buy

High production costs linked to higher space and quality standards has made housing unaffordable for most income groups, says Brian Moran of Hines

Goldman Sachs looks to exit State’s largest shopping centre

Savills engaged by receivers to recover monies owed to German lender by South Korean owners of No 2 Dublin Landings

Central Bank’s former Dame Street headquarter office gets new lease of life as flexible workspace giant finally takes over

Nama and Oaktree Capital set to have investment in Dublin docklands scheme wiped out while senior lender likely to take hit

Seen & Heard: Offshore energy giant settles with fisherman; Amazon’s take on Irish data centre discussion; Hines’s latest student housing play; Virgin Media’s losses

Private investors are still circling the Irish student housing market amid a significant shortfall in beds

Union Investment secures first tenant for Irish Nationwide Building Society’s former HQ following redevelopment led by Hines

Legislation will ensure leases are confined to the academic year of 41 weeks, following move by some student landlords to switch to 51-week leases

Goldman Sachs set to take financial hit on sale of 1.2 million square feet Blanchardstown Centre

Hines plans development off Grafton Street in Dublin

Irish Universities Association ‘does not believe there is strong demand’ for longer leases

College kids and their families are to be forced to pay thousands of euro for accommodation they will not need

Developers of two student housing blocks in Dublin told local planners tenants would be offered 40-week leases

Those booking ahead at Hines-owned Aparto locations will now have to take on extended lease

Questions remain about the future shape of Central Plaza on Dame Street and the former Clerys site on O’Connell Street

Three-year legal battle over Bailey Gibson and Player Wills sites ends after residents ‘reluctantly agree’ deal