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The Gresham Hotel CBRE

The sale of the Gresham is expected to help make 2016 a bumper year for hotel deals

Hotel sales may top 2015, during which a record 63 properties worth over €700 million changed hands.

THE SALE OF valuable properties such as the Gresham is expected to make 2016 a near record year for hotel sales, it has been claimed.

According to property group CBRE, in the first half of the year 29 properties worth a combined total of €136 million changed hands.

The deals concluded during the six month period were almost on a par with 2006 in terms of volume. During that year, the last before the property crash began to kick in, 32 hotels were sold.

CBRE said that it expects the value of deals to soar in the second half of 2016, adding that it may even eclipse 2015, when 63 hotels totalling €710 million were bought and sold.

Lisa Keogh at CBRE Hotels Ireland said that following an “exceptionally busy” year in 2015, transactional activity has remained strong in the first half of 2016.

Strong performance

“With as much as €500 million of hotel sales currently in negotiations, we are now expecting annual transaction volumes in this sector to meet, if not exceed, last years record performance,” she said.

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CBRE’s report on the property market said that the volume of hotel sales during the first half of the year was “considerably higher” than had been anticipated.

It added that this was particularly apparent “when you consider that it excludes some of the larger transactions that have dominated the headlines in the last few months including the four star Gresham Hotel in Dublin city centre, the Doubletree in Dublin 4 and the Lyrath Estate in Kilkenny, all of which are now at advanced bidder stage but have yet to conclude”.

Some of the deals mentioned, such as the sale of Gresham hotel, are expected to conclude in the coming months. It has been reported that the Gresham has attracted final bids worth as much as €85 million.

File Photo The Gresham Hotel goes on the market for 80 million euros.Exterior of the Gresham Hotel on Dublin's O'Connell StreetSource: RollingNews.ie

More sales

CBRE added that, with many of the expected prices for hotel assets in the first half of the year having been "comfortably" exceeded, "we expect to see more hotel properties being launched for sale around the country over the course of the coming months to satisfy buyer appetite".

The property group noted that there has been "frustration" at the shortage of hotel accommodation in Dublin city centre.

It said that there is potential for hotels with a combined capacity of up to 9,000 rooms to be built in Dublin "if all of the schemes in the planning process are delivered".

"Against this backdrop, we expect to see a number of sites that have the benefit of planning permission for hotel projects to be offered for sale over the coming months," it said, referencing several companies such as Irish hotel group Dalata, which recently paid €8.1 million for a site in Dublin 8 that has planning permission for a new 137 bed hotel.

Written by Paul O'Donoghue and posted on Fora.ie

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    Jul 5th 2016, 2:00 PM

    whats the point of the Gresham? its surrounded by fastfood joints and skangers. horrible location for a hotel that wants to be upmarket

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    Jul 5th 2016, 2:07 PM

    It’s a beautiful building which the new owners intend to expand and renovate. The surrounding area needs a serious re-think. A police presence would also be nice.

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    Jul 5th 2016, 2:10 PM

    They give you a free plater of peanuts with your pints.

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    Jul 5th 2016, 2:40 PM

    There’s a brand new Premier Inn being built right beside it so there’s money to be made in the area that’s for sure..

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    Jul 5th 2016, 2:44 PM

    *Holiday Inn

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    Jul 5th 2016, 11:16 PM

    Dave it’s not the hotel’s fault it’s located there you moron

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    Jul 5th 2016, 2:04 PM

    The new ramp should fairly bump up their price.

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    Jul 5th 2016, 3:30 PM

    The glorious days of the Gresham are over.The buyers were badly advised, the location is dangerous and guests will have to be advised not to venture out of the hotel.
    I would not consider going near OConnell Street after 6pm.

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    Jul 5th 2016, 5:08 PM

    6pm? Really?

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    Jul 5th 2016, 7:45 PM

    O’Connell Street will probably return to her former glory as a destination within the next 10 years, plans look promising for the area.

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