Law Firm's New Barrow St. Offices are a Treasure
Irish Independent, Wednesday 28th Jan 2004.

Law firm Mason Hayes and Curran is moving to a Treasury Holdings office development at Barrow St in Dublin 4.

This is the first pre-letting office agreement in the Barrow St area and the first significant office transaction of the 2004 campaign.

The rent agreed equates to around €495 per m². But an unspecified incentive element is believed to have been built into the covenant to secure the deal, reflecting the current oversupply on the Dublin office scene. Developed by Treasury Holdings, the new MHC is due for completion in 2006. The nine-storey building will have a net floor area of approximately 5,575 sq m with a distinctive glazed façade and an atrium through the centre.

Architects Anthony Reddy Associates designed the building.

Welcoming Mason Hayes & Curran to Barrow St, John Bruder, director of property for Treasury Holdings, commented, "We are naturally very pleased to have Mason Hayes & Curran as neighbours. We have always believed that top-quality design and finish is the key to office development."

The immediate vicinity of the site has become a focus for development activity since the new Grand Canal Dock Dart station opened a few years ago. Immediately adjoining the station is the existing Grand Canal Plaza scheme with three buildings currently occupied by Pfizer, BT Esat and Accenture.

A new hotel on Shelbourne Road (formerly Kitty O'Shea's), is nearing completion.

Peter Coyne, chief executive of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, said: "I am delighted that another firm of the calibre of Mason Hayes & Curran has chosen to move into the Docklands and I'm sure this move will be to their advantage."

Speaking at the announcement, Declan Moylan, managing partner, Mason Hayes & Curran said, "Barrow St is the natural link between the established office areas at Baggot St and Burlington Road and the new Docklands developments around Grand Canal Harbour, south of the Liffey."

"In time, with the completion of the new Liffey Bridge, this will link up with the IFSC and Spencer Dock, north of the river."

Mason Hayes & Curran is one of our foremost Irish legal practices with a broad business, governmental and institutional client base.