Unit 16, Smithfield Plaza, Smithfield, Dublin 7

Property Overview:
Letting Unit Price: €215.22 per sq. m (€19.99 per sq. ft) per year
Property Description:
This is an excellent opportunity to rent a self contained ground floor lock up shop
premises, which faces directly on to the south west side of Smithfield Plaza and is also
within 150 meters walking distance from the Smithfield LUAS station.

This ground floor retail premises also has potential planning permission for restaurant
use as well as dual retail frontage. The main shop front entrance faces directly on to
west side of the Smithfield Plaza plus there is a second retail entrance facing on to
Haymarket Lane.

There is also potential to link this unit to the adjoining retail premises (Unit 16) and
double the size by taking down a brick partition wall to provide a much larger retail
premises of 276 sq.m. in size.

This unit has good retail frontage on to Smithfield Plaza and benefits from excellent
floor to ceiling height and 2 shop front windows, which provide bright and spacious
retail space. The shop fronts comprise of a granite slab front with aluminium shop
front facade and windows. There is also potential for air extraction above the shop
front windows. This may suit a food operator that is looking to install a "pure air"
extraction system.

This retail unit may also suit an office user or a professional service i.e. solicitors
practice, accountants, semi state body, charity etc.

This retail premises may suit a variety of retail uses including a retail showroom,
convenience store, ethnic food store or even a restaurant, subject to
planning permission. Given the amount of apartments and hotels in the immediate
area it may also suit suit a local community retailer fashion retailer, hairdressers,
beauticians, florist, pharmacy, book shop, art gallery, hard ware store etc.

The unit will be handed over in shell and core condition. There are some drop down
pipes provided but the tenant will have to connect the services and provide air
extraction.

Adjoining retail tenants to Unit 17 include Tesco Express, Paddy Power and Thirdspace.
These shops provide a strong retail draw to Unit 17 that may create potential spin off
purchases. The adjoining Third Space community restaurant unit should draw the local
community to this area and may also benefit from an ethnic food store or
a specialist food provider i.e. butcher, fishmonger, bakery, green grocer etc.
There is a huge apartment community in the immediate Smithfield area and many of
these are of foreign nationality i.e. Polish, Russian, Chinese etc.

Other retailers in the immediate area include Fresh Food Market, Bel Cibo Pizzaria &
Deli, Number 6 public house, Escape Health Club, Charter Medical Group as well as a
smaller Medical Centre etc.

Bel Cibo and Number 6 are 2 local eateries that face on to a large market square with
external seating for customers and the public. The restaurants on this public open
square are south facing and benefit from good sunlight. The square provides a natural
draw to the public for a meeting place or breakout area.

In addition to these adjoining retailers the location also benefits from the historic
Jameson Distillery and viewing tower, the Light House Cinema, the Complex Theatre as
well as 2 large hotels, thousands of nearby apartments and a host of legal bodies and
Law Courts.

The Four Courts, Blackhall Place Law College, Circuit Family Court, Richmond Law
Courts, Special Criminal District Courts as well as the Law Society of Ireland and the
Director of Public Prosecutions office are all within 5 minutes walking distance from the
Haymarket.

There are also thousands of local office occupiers that are working in the immediate
Smithfield area. Most of these are legal firms or other companies technical or cultural
companies such as the Light House Cinema, Brown Bag Films etc. This might be an
ideal location for a computer software or gaming company.


The Maldron Hotel has 92 bed rooms as well as other hotel facilities and the Generator
Hostel has 550 guest rooms and will be opening in July. The reopening of the
Generator Hotel will also link with the reopening of the Smithfield viewing tower which
is a huge draw for tourists to the area.

There are also extensive refurbishment works being carried out on the Smithfield Plaza
to include landscaping, cobbling and electricity supply points for market stall holders
and the now famous Smithfield on Ice and Christmas market.

The Market Plaza is being redeveloped so that it can accommodate stall holders with
electricity and lighting in a large open market environment. Smithfield Square is the
largest purpose-built open civic space in Europe. It is designed to give the area a new
lease of life by bringing people back into this area of the city. The Smithfield Square
has hosted large open air concerts or large public events in the past.

It is also home to the historic Smithfield Horse market and fair which runs once a
month on the Smithfield Plaza. This is a unique horse market that is the only one of it's
kind in Dublin city centre.

The Plaza also accommodates a pay and display car park and Dublinbikes.ie bicycle
rack for up to 50 bicycles.

There is also a 3 storey car park which backs on to the Haymarket and can
accommodate hundreds of retailers or visitors to the area.

2011 Statistics for the immediate Smithfield area



· According to the 2006 Census:

o 13,566 residents (grown 165% in 10 years)

o 5,500 households – 84% apartments

o 70% between 15 and 45 years old

o 60% in full time employment

o 66% have no household car

· According to the Geodirectory and Kompass database:

o Daytime population of 19,400

o 15,000 come to work daily

o 4,400 at home/studies

· A footfall survey carried out at the north end of the market (at Smithfield Square) found that:

o 10,369 people crossed the square or entered the Motor Tax office between 8am and 8pm (wed March 23rd 2011 see attached survey for detail)

o Mornings, lunchtime and evenings busiest times

§ 1200 b/w 8 and 10am

§ 3585 b/w 12 and 3pm

§ 3627 b/w 5 and 8pm

· The latest RPA-Veolia survey records 5700 people using the Smithfield LUAS stop daily (Thursday, November 2010)



Further information is available upon request

Other than the excellent car parking and public bicycle facilities the retail unit is less
than 1 minutes walking distance from the Smithfield LUAS Station which provides an
electric tram system to the city centre, Irish Financial Services Centre, Point Village, O2
concert hall, Connolly train station, Heuston train station as well as the west suburbs as
far as Tallaght. The LUAS will also extend as far as Citywest in 2012.

By appointment only