The recent Dublin City Taskforce report, published at the end of October, recommended how multiple state and semi-state agencies can collaborate to effect a strategic overhaul of Dublin’s city centre. The role of private developers, investment funds, and institutions is equally important, and perhaps even more so, but for these to be enabled, state actors must evolve and facilitate quicker decision-making.

Those with shorter debt maturities face significant refinancing risks, while those with longer profiles are better positioned to ride out the storm. European real estate...

Hammerson, the London-listed retail property company and owner of Dundrum Town Centre, has had a very good week. To put this in context, good news...

The classic definition of core real estate means a high-quality asset in a good location with solid tenants. Yields are low but stable and income is far from risky – indeed core assets were valued for their resilience during economic downturns.