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Staycity bookings regain ground in UK and Ireland
Ireland: Dublin-based aparthotel operator Staycity Group has reported rising occupancies across its UK and Ireland estate and revealed that a number of new properties are poised to open as part of the company's ongoing expansion plans.
Dublin coliving scheme secures planning consent
Ireland: A planning application for a 378-bed coliving scheme in Dublin, which was submitted before a ban on such projects was introduced, has been approved.
Belfast serviced apartment company reaches all-time high in bookings
Northern Ireland: Central Belfast Apartments has seen a 60 per cent increase in reservations in the past month, as Covid restrictions are gradually lifted.
Dublin aparthotel denied planning consent
Ireland: Developer Esprit Investments has been denied planning permission for a 124- key aparthotel in south Dublin.
ADOOR promotes O'Connor to general manager
Ireland: Dublin serviced apartment operator ADOOR has promoted Edwina O’Connor to general manager.
Dublin aparthotel plans refused by council
Ireland: Dublin City Council has refused permission for an aparthotel development at 92 and 93 Francis Street in Dublin 8.
Lord Mayor of Dublin calls for cap on new aparthotels
Ireland: Hazel Chu, the Green Party’s Lord Mayor of Dublin, has called for a cap on the number of hotels and aparthotels being built in the city.
Planning granted for Dublin aparthotel
Ireland: An aparthotel in Dublin’s north inner city has been granted planning consent, with construction expected to start as soon as Covid restrictions allow.
Dublin coliving scheme gets green light ahead of ban
Ireland: An Bord Pleanála has granted permission for a seven-storey coliving complex with 378 beds and communal facilities.
Naas hotel to add 70 aparthotel units
Ireland: The Maudlins House Hotel in Naas, Co. Kildare, has been granted planning consent for a multi-floor extension.
edyn to open Dublin Locke property
Ireland: edyn Group will expand its lifestyle aparthotel brand Locke outside of the UK for the first time in December with the opening of Zanzibar Locke in Dublin.
Work starts on Limerick mixed-use project
Ireland: Demolition work has started on the €200 million Project Opera development in Limerick Opera Site.
Ireland to ban new coliving developments
Ireland: Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien will today issue a de facto ban on new coliving developments.
Irish state fund to take stake in Staycity as part of refinancing plan
Ireland: The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) is to take a stake in Staycity as a part of €70 million refinancing package.
Residents help defeat Dublin aparthotel plans
Ireland: Plans for an aparthotel in Dublin's Phibsborough neighbourhood have been successfully opposed by local residents who claimed such a development was unsuitable for the area.
Belfast aparthotel gets planning consent
UK: A 132-key aparthotel on Belfast's Bedford Street will bringing hundreds of jobs to the area according to the scheme's architect.
Aparthotel planned for fabled Dublin pub site
Ireland: Plans for the site of the Embankment pub on Dublin's Blessington Road include three aparthotel buildings and a 129-room hotel.
Dublin developer seeks meeting with minister to address coliving 'misinformation'
Ireland: Developer Bartra Capital is seeking a meeting with housing minister Darragh O’Brien as he undertakes a review on coliving schemes.
Rebrand and expansion push for Dream Apartments
UK: Belfast-based serviced apartment provider, Dream Apartments has unveiled a corporate rebrand and plans to expand into a further 10 European cities by 2022.
Stoneweg acquires Dublin site for coliving project
Ireland: Real estate investment advisor and asset manager Stoneweg has acquired seven vacant buildings on Cork Street, Dublin 8 in an off-market transaction.
Developer withdraws plans for Belfast aparthotel
UK: Kilmona Property has withdrawn plans for a £23 million aparthotel near Boucher Road in Belfast after it was recommended for rejection by the council.
Sinn Féin aims to ban coliving in Ireland
Ireland: Sinn Féin, the largest opposition party in the Irish parliament, has published a bill that aims to ban coliving developments across the Republic.
Belfast student units to become aparthotel for three years
UK: The top floors of an 11-storey student accommodation block in Belfast is set to open as an aparthotel.
Council launches judicial review in to Dublin apartments
Ireland: Dublin City Council has taken judicial review proceedings for a second time against An Bord Pleanála’s approval of plans for a 13-storey apartment building in Dublin’s north docklands.
Out-of-court settlement for Dublin aparthotel dispute
Ireland: A High Court dispute over a planned seven-storey aparthotel development in James’s Street, Dublin has been resolved through mediation.
Belfast aparthotel project runs in to infrastructure problems
UK: Plans for a £23 million aparthotel have been recommended for refusal by officials in Belfast City Council due to a lack of wastewater treatment infrastructure.
Property entrepreneur launches Belfast serviced apartments
UK: Local property entrepreneur Mickey Brannigan has launched 15 new one- and two-bedroom apartments at the recently completed Ulsterville complex in Belfast City Centre.
Leinster Hotel plans extended stay extension
Ireland: The Maudlins House Hotel in Leinster is looking to create a six-floor extension to its current property.
Limerick aparthotel and mixed-use project gets the go ahead
Ireland: The €180 million Project Opera scheme has been granted planning consent by An Bord Pleanala.
Avvio named one of best workplaces in Ireland.
Ireland: Global Hospitality tech business Avvio has been named on Ireland’s Great Place to Work list.
Plans lodged for Dublin supermarket aparthotel conversion
Ireland: Cumberland Developments has lodged plans to build a five-storey aparthotel on the site of a former Dunnes Stores outlet in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.
Staycity looking forward after strong 2019
Ireland: Staycity has released positive trading figures for 2019, which included key property openings and a new financing deal.
Planning granted for Dublin coliving project
Ireland: Dublin City Council has granted planning permission for a 97-bedroom co-living project in the Rathmines neighbourhood.
US co-living operator Common heading to Dublin
Ireland: Common Living, one of America’s largest co-living operators, is planning a 121-unit project in Dublin’s north inner city.
Dream Apartments boss renews charity pledge
UK: Tom Smyth, owner of Dream Apartments, has donated £12,000 to the Children’s Cancer Unit Charity at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, during 2019.
Aparthotel boom is biggest change in Dublin hotel market "in many years"
Ireland: A briefing about Dublin's hotel market has head that the upsurge in development of aparthotels is the most significant structural change in the city‘s market in many years
Dowling to head Staycity property development venture
Ireland: Aparthotel operator Staycity Group has announced that its newly launched property development venture, Realstay Developments, will be headed up by Frank Dowling.
Portrush apathotel gets planning approval
UK: Belfast hotel group Andras House has been granted planning approval to redevelop a former Northern Bank building in Portrush into an aparthotel.
Aparthotel proposed for north Dublin site
Ireland: The owners of the Omni Park shopping centre in Santry, north Dublin are planning to build an aparthotel and residential apartments on an adjoining site.
Dublin aparthotel dispute goes to Commercial Court
Ireland: A dispute over a proposed seven-storey aparthotel development in Dublin has come before the Commercial Court.
Operator sought for Belfast aparthotel
UK: Developer Oakland Holdings is seeking an operator for a 175-unit Belfast city centre aparthotel which has received full planning permission from the City Council.
Belfast businessman plans city centre aparthotel
UK: Andras House director Rajesh Rana, who owns a series of Belfast hotels, is planning to build an aparthotel on Bedford Street.
Dublin Staycity aparthotel up for sale
Ireland: The newly-completed 51-key Staycity Aparthotel on Chancery Lane, near Dublin city centre, is for sale with a guide price €12.3 million.
Strong first half to year for Staycity amid Brexit concerns
Ireland: Dublin-based operator Staycity Group’s like-for-like sales are up 2.4 per cent in the year to July 2019 on the back of an increase in occupancy and a rise in ADR.
Cork Hotel adds serviced apartments
Ireland: Hotel Isaacs in Cork’s Victorian Quarter has launched its first phase of 11 new serviced apartments.
PREM Group aims to boost brand recognition with launch of PREM Hospitality
Ireland: In a bid to gain better brand recognition with customers, guests and employees all PREM Group properties will now be promoted under the new PREM Hospitality brand.
Tetrarch sells former Dublin aparthotel to social housing organisation
Ireland: Investment group Tetrarch Capital has agreed to sell 84 apartments to Clúid, Ireland's largest approved housing body.
The real opportunity for co-living
The term co-living is a misunderstood one - although there are operators out there with an international product aimed at high income global nomads, this demographic is unlikely to be big enough to support a fast-growing industry.
Bartra to redraw plans for Dublin co-living projects
Ireland: Developer Bartra Capital Property Group will cut up to 20 beds from a proposed co-living development in Dun Laoghaire to meet guidelines proposed by An Bord Pleanala in relation to a similar project in west Dublin.
Up close and personal with: Jason Delany, Staycity Group
In the first of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. To kick us off, we spoke to Jason Delany, director of brand, product & marketing at Staycity Group.
