Commercial Property for sale in Balgriffin, Dublin 13

LOCATION St. Doolagh’s Park is situated on the east side of the Malahide Road in a predominantly low density residential area opposite the landmark St. Doolagh’s Church.  The location is within easy reach of the north city suburbs and Malahide, Kinsealy and Portmarnock.  These suburbs have grown substantially in population in the last ten years and is predominately a popular residential area for both new developments and large one off detached houses. St. Doolagh’s Park is approximately 1.3km north of the Malahide Road/N32 intersection leading to the M50 and the M1 motorways and approximately 4.5km south of Malahide village. The property is within easy reach of Dublin Airport, the Port Tunnel and the M1/M50. DESCRIPTION The property comprises the superbly refurbished, three storey St. Doolagh’s Park House together with a walled garden adjoining on which a development of a 52-bed nursing home has been substantially completed to wall plate level.  The entire occupies a site area of approximately 2.63HA (6.5 acres). St. Doolagh’s Park House extends to a gross internal area of approximately 1,059 sqm (11,400 sqft) and has been extensively refurbished and is in excellent condition. It is currently in use as office space and retains many of its period features. It is accessed directly off the Malahide Road by a winding avenue and enjoys extensive views in an easterly direction towards Dublin Bay and Ireland’s Eye. The garden level is divided into individual offices all with plastered and painted walls and ceilings with carpet covered concrete floors. The ground floor level is accessed from the main entrance and leads through to several large reception rooms providing excellent training, office or exhibition space. The first floor offers a boardroom and further individual offices. The upper floors are accessed via the original sweeping staircase and there is also a lift servicing all floors. A separate staircase links ground floor to garden level. To the rear is an extensive garden and there is car parking to the front. Within the original walled garden, adjoining the house, a 52-bed nursing home development has been commenced.  Planning permission was granted (F07A/0598) 30 October 2007.  The development is over two levels with basement car parking and nursing home at ground floor level. There is also a rehabilitation centre, known as St. Doolagh’s Park Care & Rehabilitation Centre, adjoining the subject property with a right of way over the driveway.  There are further lands to the south, shown outlined in yellow on the attached aerial photograph and the ordnance survey map. These lands are currently in the planning process and are excluded from the sale at present. Further information on the status of these lands is available on request. Please note that the property is capable of being divided up and sold in lots to comprise the house, the nursing home and the land.  TOWN PLANNING The property is situated in an area zoned GB “to protect and provide for a green belt to demarcate the urban and rural area and provide for agricultural and amenity in a manner that protects the physical and visual amenity of the area”. The development plan states the designation and maintenance of green belt areas is integral to the long-term sustainability of land use arrangements to be pursued in the county. The current planning grant is for a nursing home development to the side and rear of the existing St. Doolagh’s Park House protected structure and provide 52 bedrooms in this new building within the walled garden restoring a link to St. Doolagh’s House at lower ground floor level.  The protected structure is to be used as administrative support unit.