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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: Further details have been submitted to Laois County Council regarding a proposed five-storey aparthotel development in Portlaoise.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Flexible living operator Urban Rest has appointed Richard Jones as the company’s UK and Ireland general manager.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: Cornacloy Property Holdings has received planning consent from An Bord Pleanála for an apartment building in Galway city centre to be converted to an aparthotel, going against its own Inspector’s recommendation.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: European operator Staycity Group has acquired a 0.06-hectare site in Stratford, east London to develop a 240-unit aparthotel.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: Synergy Global Housing has announced the opening of its new Dublin property, Synergy St Stephen’s Green
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Staycity Group has opened its seventh property in Dublin, and has announced a five-year £30m loan facility from OakNorth Bank.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: London-based Song Capital Partners has acquired a a 340-unit Staycity aparthotel in Dublin city centre for €100 million.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIRELAND: Dublin City Council has given the go ahead for an 11-storey hotel development on Dublin’s Abbey Street Upper.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Ireland-based PREM Group has teamed up with Zaplox to create digital keys and contactless check in across its 25 European properties.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIRELAND: American real estate investor, Kennedy Wilson, has applied for planning permission for the development of an aparthotel in Dublin’s North Docks.
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