{"id":320019,"date":"2026-02-04T15:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/320019\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:57:09","slug":"lands-near-dcu-with-scope-for-450-student-bed-spaces-expected-to-secure-over-e12m-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/320019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lands near DCU with scope for 450 student-bed spaces expected to secure over \u20ac12m \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Developers and investors involved in the provision of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) will be interested in the opportunity presented by the arrival to the market of lands near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin-city-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin-city-university\/\">DCU<\/a>\u2019s main campus in Glasnevin, Dublin 9. Located on Hampstead Avenue, the site extends to 5.36 acres and is being offered for sale, subject to planning permission, by joint agents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cbre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cbre\/\">CBRE<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/deloitte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/deloitte\/\">Deloitte<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A feasibility study prepared by TOT Architects in advance of the sale suggests the site has potential to accommodate a PBSA scheme comprising 450 bed spaces. Although a guide price has not been set by the selling agents, offers in the region of \u20ac12.375 million are expected for the property. The figure equates to \u20ac27,500 per bed space. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The lands have dual zoning under the Dublin City Development Plan 2022\u20132028, comprising \u201cZ12 \u2013 Institutional Land (Future Development Potential)\u201d and \u201cZ15 \u2013 Community Social and Infrastructure\u201d. These designations allow for a range of developments, including educational, healthcare, residential and community-focused uses. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Peter Garrigan of CBRE said: \u201cThe scale, zoning, and connectivity of this site makes it particularly suitable for PBSA or other institutional uses and we expect strong interest from a range of developers and investors.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Dessie Kilkenny of Deloitte added: \u201cThis land sale offers opportunistic investors and developers a rare opportunity to acquire a significant land holding suitable for residential development inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/m50\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/m50\/\">M50<\/a>. Given the current residential and PBSA-supply constraints in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin\/\">Dublin<\/a>, we expect there to be good competition for the land.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Developers and investors involved in the provision of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) will be interested in the opportunity&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,62843,8531,30867,39541,18,19,17,154739],"class_list":["post-320019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-cbre","tag-dcu","tag-development-site","tag-dublin-9","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-purpose-built-student-accommodation"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116013186625367428","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}