Hogan Place is also well-positioned for primary streets such as Pearse Street, Lower Mount Street and Merrion Square, yet within easy access of the docklands. Paul Scannell of agents HWBC and Paul Hanly of Knight Frank are to handle tenant inquiries for Sharp Building which will be conveniently located within 10 minutes' walk of Grafton Street. McGarrell Reilly has opted for high-energy rating standards with LEED Gold and BER A3 rating to minimise operational costs and environmental impact. ![]() In addition to a double-height entrance lobby, the ground floor will include a café-deli extending to about 200sq m with outdoor seating to “animate the townscape, easing the work-life interface”, says O’Hare.Īrrangements have been made for a “best-in-class” specification with average floor plates of 8,600sq ft along with floor-to-ceiling heights of 2.8m and four-pipe fan-coil air conditioning to facilitate a single headquarters or a multitenancy arrangement. The design by lead architect Gary O’Hare of KMD Architects will highlight its corner profile, using high-quality, well-detailed materials in a simple and timeless fashion. The four-storey, 2,415sq m (26,000sq ft) building, noted for its red-brick façade, pitched roof, bell tower and small windows, was occupied over the years mainly by the Health and Safety Authority.Īn estimated €20 million is to be spent on replacing the old building with a six-storey, fully glazed fourth-generation block that will be among the most environmentally friendly in the city. Sharp Building, named after George Sharp, the 19th-century portrait and figure painter who resided in Hogan Place, will replace a Victorian-style office facility developed a quarter of a century ago by Seán Reilly, who continues to head up the McGarrell Reilly Group.Įxisting structure at Sharp Building site on Hogan Place, Dublin 2 ![]() In the same street, a newly redeveloped office block with a broadly similar floor space of 418sq m (45,000sq ft) was recently let by Jones Investments to Stripe, the online payments company founded by brothers John and Patrick Collinson. ![]() Another Dublin city centre office block is to be demolished and replaced by a new-generation building designed to have a particular appeal as a top-of-the-market headquarters.ĭevelopers McGarrell Reilly Group are to launch a marketing campaign this week for the planned Sharp Building at Hogan Place, close to the city's technology hub, dubbed Silicon Docks.
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