The 2006 SCEPTRE Awards winners...
Published: 10 November, 2006
== Shopping Centre Ireland Developer of the Year, sponsored by CB Richard Ellis ==
Crossridge, for Dundrum
Dundrum Town Centre, developed by Joe O'Reilly's Crossridge Investments, has set new standards for shopping centres in Ireland.
Located in the affluent suburbs south of Dublin city centre, Dundrum has attracted international acclaim for its design, tenant mix and management. The initial one million sq ft phase opened in March 2005, anchored by House of Fraser and this was followed in September 2005 by the 'Fashion District', which included Ireland's first Harvey Nichols store.
Spring 2006 saw the opening of the New Mill Theatre, one of the centre's many leisure attractions. And there's more to come with work progressing on further phases. When Dundrum Town Centre is completed in September 2008, the site will form in excess of 150,000 sq m (1.6 million sq ft) of prime retail space and will be worth an estimated value of £700m setting a new benchmark in the European retail and leisure market. Joint letting agents are Hamilton Osborne King and Bannon Commercial.
== Shopping Centre Ireland Property Agent of the Year, sponsored by MacLellan ==
Hamilton Osborne King
Hamilton Osborne King was voted Ireland's top retail agent by the readers of Shopping Centre Ireland, only weeks before it was bought for ?50m by the UK-based Savills.
The company has been operating in Ireland for more than 50 years and has developed into one of Ireland's most successful property advisers.
Under chairman Aidan O'Hogan, HOK has established a particular strength in the Irish retail market and it has a dominant position in the shopping centre sector. It was joint letting agent at Dundrum and other major leasing instructions include Whitewater, Rushmere, the Ballincollig centre in Cork, Phase II of the Pavilions at Swords and the Jetland Centre in Limerick.
HOK has built up its international business significantly in recent years to take advantage of the massive investment flow from Irish investors elsewhere in Europe. During the past five years, it has acquired more than 150 properties for Irish investors with a value of more than ?5bn.
