ONE of the country’s largest financial advisory firms, Deloitte, has committed to a new, long-term lease on its upgraded Cork city centre offices.

AN iconic building in Foxrock, Co Dublin, which hit the headlines in July over a rent dispute has been bought, in an off-market deal, for over €1.5m as, separately, a UK investor Development Securities also swept up two other Dublin buys, for a combined €16m.

A building at Bray Civic Centre, let to the OPW in Wicklow, has been bought by equity group, Ireland World Investments (IWI), for €10m.

A Dublin ‘drive-thru’ investment just off the M50 and let to fast-food operators, McDonalds and KFC, with a rent roll of €290,000, has been bought for a private investment portfolio for close to €4.5m, showing a 6.7 % return.

A €4m, Cork City office investment by a Hong Kong-based buyer, is one of the first significant overseas swoops outside the Dublin office market.