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Real Estate Planning & Development Statistics - Q1 Industry Review - Deloitte
Real Estate Planning &
Development Statistics
Q1 Industry Review
Real Estate Planning & Development Statistics - Q1 Industry Review - Deloitte
Real Estate Planning & Development Statistics | Q1 Industry Review

                                   Contents
                                   Executive Summary 		                    01

                                   Residential Market Q1 Key Stats 		      04

                                   Office Market Q1 Key Stats 		           08

                                   Funding Landscape Analysis		            09

                                   Summary 		                              11

                                   About Us		                              11

                                   Get in Touch		                          12

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             Executive Summary
The events over the previous 12 months              Supply of materials and labour is also          notable shift to housing over apartment
have been a catalyst for several disruptive         crucial for the industry. Our analysis of the   development. This is likely a result of both
trends in the real estate sector. Some of           industry shows that 66% of contractors          the demand for housing over apartments,
these trends will be short-term, whilst for         noticed a less than 10% increase in             but also the shift to lower density
others the effects will be more permanent.          materials costs, 30% found an 11-20%            development more synonymous with that
                                                    increase and 4% found a greater than            outside of Dublin.
Before Covid-19 the construction                    20% increase. 87% of contractors also
industry was on an upward trajectory                expressed that they had experienced             New commercial office development has
with substantial investment planned and             longer lead times for materials. We believe     seen a marked reduction in demand, likely
cause for optimism. While we believe                that the extent of these costs have not         driven by the well-documented concerns
demand has not been quashed, activity               been fully realised due to the partial          around the future of the office as a place of
has been delayed by the pandemic, and               opening of the sector. The increased costs      work. Despite the restrictions in place for
this delay could result in projects that            of key materials such as steel, insulation      construction, there was relatively strong
were previously marginally viable prior to          and timber have been masked by no real          planning activity nationally over the first
the pandemic, now rendered unviable. A              increase in wages. From our review of the       quarter of the year.
major concern to the industry is the loss           industry, 5% of contractors encountered
of programme on projects with 90% of                a shortage of labour before the third           Covid-19 has undoubtedly accelerated
contractors experiencing substantial loss in        lockdown and the full extent may not be         the decline of high street retail. The
programme. Forecasts from the ESRI show             realised until the industry returns to full     combination of government restrictions,
residential completions for 2021 to be              capacity. Overall we expect construction        increase in e-commerce and change in
around 15,000 units which is considerably           cost inflation to increase towards the          work patterns, has meant that many
lower than the required 34,000 units noted          end of the year and into 2022 once new          high street retail properties will need to
by the Central Bank. This reduction in units        projects come available.                        reposition or repurpose.
has hit supply hard and has increased
house prices by 7.6% nationally in Q1 2021          For residential units, the ability to deliver   In this report, Deloitte Real Estate Advisory
compared to Q1 2020 as noted in the latest          on schemes has been challenging with            comment on the current landscape of the
Daft Quarterly Report. The number of units          the number of commencements almost              Irish planning system and the residential
submitted for planning in Q1, 2021 is down          half that of the same period in 2020. This      and commercial real estate markets in
29% compared to the same period in 2020.            highlights the reliance on completions          Ireland. We also provide funding analysis
This reduction is a knock on from the delay         to fund further developments (which             on the current macro-economic conditions
in current completions and highlights that          have been reduced due to the lockdown           that are supporting a favourable capital
the industry is reliant on completions to           restrictions). Hybrid working patterns          raising environment within the Irish Real
fund other developments.                            and affordability have also impacted the        Estate sector.
                                                    make-up of new developments, with a

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         Nationwide Planning Stats - Q1 2020 v Q1 2021

         100

          90

          80

          70

          60

          50

          40

          30

          20

          10

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                     Applications Lodged                      Planning Granted                   Commencements

                                                                      Residential (20 Units +) 2021           Office (10,000 sq ft +) 2021

                                                                      Residential (20 Units +) 2020           Office (10,000 sq ft +) 2020

Slowdown in Planning Permissions                    At a debate of the Joint Committee on             a tenfold increase in the number of
The number of planning applications                 Housing, Local Government and Heritage            residential units in SHDs in Dublin quashed
submitted during the period Q1 2021 has             on the 10th of November last, Paul Hyde,          or held up due to judicial reviews (508
reduced by one relative to Q1 2020. In              Deputy Chairperson of An Bord Pleanála            affected by judicial reviews in 2019, 5,802 in
terms of units however it is down 29%.              stated approximately 40,000 residential           2020). Nationally, 1,048 units were affected
This is most likely a direct implication from       units have been permitted under Strategic         by judicial reviews in 2019 and 6,969 in
the restrictions imposed over the first             Housing Development (SHD) provisions.             2020.
quarter of 2021. This trend is amplified            Some 29,000 of these were apartments
further down the development timeline               and 11,000 are houses, with approximately         On top of the delay caused by the action,
with granted schemes down 26% and                   4,000 social houses incorporated and              the vast majority of judicial reviews resulted
commencement notices lodged down 44%.               a further 10,100 student bed-spaces               in the permission being quashed. The
We also note some broader factors                   permitted. The delivery of planning               applicant must then start the SHD process
impacting the planning system particularly          permissions through the SHD process               again, with the likelihood that objectors and
the ongoing issues with the Strategic               however has been severely curtailed in            community groups are waiting in the wings
Housing Development (SHD) system.                   recent times with an explosion in the             to launch another judicial review of any new
The recent rise in the number of Judicial           number of SHD planning approvals being            decision.
Reviews has resulting in many schemes               quashed or stalled through Judicial Review.
being substantially delayed or quashed              The only appeal mechanism to an SHD               This slowdown in residential planning
entirely in the courts.                             planning approval by An Bord Pleanála is by       permissions will inevitably have an impact
                                                    judicial review, as distinct from a planning      on housing supply at some point in the
                                                    decision made by a local authority which          next few years, compounding the impact
                                                    can be appealed to An Bord Pleanála.              from the construction shutdown caused by
                                                    Analysis by Mitchell McDermott reveals            Covid-19.

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Better Management of Government                                                                    and affordable homes, with two thirds
Assets                                              The LDA is also engaged in the                 allocated to affordable homes for both
The Land Development Agency Bill                    development of a State Land Database           rent and purchase, and a third to social
is currently progressing through the                which will be a comprehensive live and         housing. The affordable purchase
Oireachtas, and Minister Darragh O'Brien            interactive map of all State-owned lands,      homes will be provided by way of
TD has announced that the role of                   intended to allow for better management        the government’s upcoming shared
Chairperson of the Land Development                 of the State's assets and improving the        ownership scheme. The affordable rental
Agency (LDA) is currently being advertised.         integration of land use planning and           homes will be provided through cost
The LDA is tasked with efficiently utilising        infrastructure. On a positive note, the LDA    rental.
state-owned lands for the provision of              have recently secured planning permission
                                                                                                  • Planning Permission has also been
a stable, sustainable supply of land for            for two substantial schemes as discussed
                                                                                                    obtained by the Land Development
housing and is being provided with a                below:
                                                                                                    Agency to develop 266 homes, an
funding allocation of €1.25 billion from the
                                                    • Planning Permission has been obtained         enterprise centre and crèche facilities
Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) –
                                                      by the LDA in partnership with Dún            at the former St. Kevin’s Hospital site in
The LDA is currently engaged on 11 sites
                                                      Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council             Shanakiel, Cork. The tenure mix is yet to
around the country.
                                                      for a development of 597 new homes            be confirmed but will primarily consist of
                                                      at Shanganagh, Co Dublin. 100% of the         social and affordable housing.
                                                      proposed development is for social

Nationwide Planning Stats - Q1 2021

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40

30

20

10

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          Residential       Office                            Residential         Office           Residential      Office
          (20 Units +)      (10,000                           (20 Units +)        (10,000 SQ       (20 Units +)     (10,000 SQ
                            SQ FT +)                                              FT +)                             FT +)

          Applications Lodged:                                Planning Granted:                    Commencments:

                                                                                                    Dublin          Rest of Ireland

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             Residential Market
             Q1 Key Stats
Despite the restrictions in place for                                              Q1 2021                Q1 2020
construction, there was relatively strong
                                                            Applications           77 Schemes / 9,612     78 schemes /
planning activity nationally over the
                                                            Submitted              units                  13,616 units
first quarter of 2021. While the level of
planning applications submitted in Q1 2021
remained relatively consistent with Q1                      Grants of Planning     70 Schemes / 8,078     95 schemes /
2020, the level of applications granted fell                Permission             units                  11,274 units
by 26% in Q1 2021 from Q1 2020 and the
level of commencement notices lodged fell                   Commencement           32 Schemes / 1,764     57 schemes /
by 44% in Q1 2021 from Q1 2020.                             Notices Lodged         units                  5,939 units

Q1 2021 Planning
Applications Submitted

                                                                                              36%

    Of the 77 new scheme planning applications
    submitted in Q1 2021, 36% were in Dublin,
                                                                                             Q1 2021
    36% in the rest of Leinster, with the
    remaining 28% in the rest of Ireland.

                                                                                28%                            36%

                                                                                 Dublin       The rest of Leinster       The rest of Ireland

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Grants of Planning
Permission Q1 2021
                                                                                     50%

    Of the 70 schemes granted planning
                                                                                    Q1 2021
    permission in Q1 2021, 50% were in
    Dublin, 27% in the rest of Leinster, with the
    remaining 23% in the rest of Ireland.

                                                                            23%                     27%

Commencement
Notices Q1 2021

                                                                                            12%

     Of the 32 schemes that had                                            38%
     commencement notices lodged in Q1 2021,
     only 12% were in Dublin, down from 42%
     from the same period last year, the rest
                                                                                    Q1 2021
     of Leinster accounted for 50%, with the
     remaining 38% across the rest of Ireland.

                                                                                                    50%

                                                                           Dublin    The rest of Leinster   The rest of Ireland

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A substantial shift to housing over                 this period in comparison to only 206
apartments can be observed in the                   apartment units. This includes a further
commencement notices lodged in Q1                   unclassified 66 units of mixed development
2021. Commencement notices were lodged              (approx. 40/60 apartment/house mix).
for a total of 1,492 housing units during

Units Types Subject to Commencements in Q1 2021

         1600

         1400

         1200

         1000

          800

          600

          400

          200

             0

                                                            Apartments         Housing           Unclassified Mix of Units

Of the 32 schemes on which commencement notices
were lodged, in Q1 2021, only 12% were in Dublin, down
from 42% from the same period last year.

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Residential Market Outlook                          These updated working patterns and
The number of units being delivered                 affordability have also impacted the
has been significantly impacted by the              make up of new developments, with a
Covid-19 pandemic. Firstly, the number              notable shift to housing over apartment
of commencements is almost half that of             development. This is likely a result of both
the same period in 2020. At a minimum,              the demand for housing over apartments,
there will be a delay in delivery of existing       but also the shift to lower density
stock as site works have been curtailed             development more synonymous with that
and indeed have ceased entirely for a               outside of Dublin.
period of time. It is also likely that many
of the schemes which have been granted              Forward purchase investments of
permission across Q1 2021 may delay                 residential stock are beginning to return
development commencement until a level              to the market, having stagnated over the
of economic certainty returns, and the risk         past year. This is likely due to a return
of further lockdowns reduces.                       of certainty over the construction and
                                                    scheme completion timeframes. This
It is evident the strong requirement for            forward purchase by investment funds
housing has not disappeared due to the              received negative reaction in Government
current Covid-19 crisis, with significant           circles as it reduces the available capacity
pent up demand for both rental and sales            for first time buyers. It is anticipated
accommodation. However, affordability               that Government will introduce a 10%
remains an underlying issue. Coupled with           stamp duty rate on purchases of 10 or
this pent-up demand and the evident slow-           more houses within a 12 month period
down in supply, this is likely to continue for      in a bid to curb this trend. It is believed
the foreseeable future.                             that apartments are fully exempt from
                                                    this higher stamp duty as are multiple
There remains a focus on Dublin in                  purchases by Local Authorities and
respect of new applications granted,                Approved Housing Bodies.
but it is notable the significant shift in
commencements outside of Dublin. With               The establishment of the shared equity
88% of these applications outside of                scheme, where further support is provided
Dublin, the 42% drop in schemes starting            for first time buyers, will have implications
in Dublin year-on-year indicated both an            for the housing market. These implications
increase in demand in other locations               remain to be seen both from a supply
(most likely influenced by remote/ changing         and demand perspective, and will provide
working patterns) coupled with the well             a degree of uncertainty for the private
documented affordability issues in Dublin.          developer and councils as they assess their
                                                    social housing needs.

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             Office Market
             Q1 Key Stats
• The focus on office development                   Office Market Outlook                           difficulty in getting this excess space sublet
  has been predominantly in Dublin.                 There has been a marked reduction               due to a variety of market forces – volume
  Approximately 66% of schemes in the               in demand for new commercial office             of space, covenant strength, sustainable
  application process have been applied             development, likely driven by the well-         rent-free periods and landlord approval.
  for, granted, or commenced within                 documented concerns around the future of
  Dublin City and County. This represents           the office as a place of work. This reduction   This quantum of grey space coming to
  an increase in the percentage of office           in new development will have a knock-on         market will increase the vacancy rate.
  development taking place in Dublin City           effect on supply over both the short and        Also, the potential flexibility and “turnkey
  and County, which was approximately               medium term, due to the illiquidity in          fit out” that this grey space can provide to
  50% for Q1 2020.                                  delivery of stock to market.                    occupiers may present a further degree of
                                                                                                    uncertainty for developers in considering
• The appetite for office development has
                                                    There remains a focus on Dublin for office      future development.
  halved when compared to Q1 2020 with
                                                    development, driven by the inherent
  only 4 schemes commencing across
                                                    demand for this location, the economic          Whilst it is becoming evident that rents
  Ireland in Q1 2021.
                                                    benefits and quantum of population in           and yields are remaining relatively stable
• Whilst 12 schemes were granted planning           the City. However, there is now a 50%           despite soft rental deflation, this will
  permission in Q1 2021 (18 in Q1 2020),            split between Dublin and the rest of            need to be closely monitored across
  the number of applications lodged in Q1           Ireland, which is a notable and interesting     2021. There has also been a shift in the
  2021 (5 lodgements) remained at a similar         development shift to more confidence in         level of incentives needed to secure
  level as Q1 2020 (6 lodgements).                  the regional occupational office market.        quality occupiers such as “rent free”. This
                                                                                                    should provide some degree of certainty
• With the exception of an isolated
                                                    We are aware of a number of occupiers           in respect of rental projections for
  example taking over 300 days to be
                                                    considering their occupational real estate      developers.
  granted planning, the time taken for
                                                    footprint, and there will likely be a quantum
  decision to be made for office schemes
                                                    of “grey space” (sub leasing / assignment)
  which were granted planning in Q1 2021
                                                    space coming to the market. There may be
  took an average 122 days.

The appetite for office development has halved
when compared to Q1 2020 with only 4 schemes
commencing across Ireland in Q1 2021.

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             Funding Landscape
             Analysis
With interest rates at an all-time low,              • Private Rental Sector (PRS) and Social         • There has also been a steady influx
investors chasing yields, a growing                    Housing have been very active asset              of institutional capital targeting Irish
population and supportive government                   classes over the past 12 months with             residential properties that are leased
policies, current macro-economic                       many Developers securing capital by              to Local Authorities. In an environment
conditions provide for a favourable                    removing the sales risk through forward-         where investors are seeking to secure
capital raising environment within the                 commits / forward-funds to Institutional         long term stable income, the standard
Irish Real Estate sector. Notwithstanding              Investors or Approved Housing Bodies             local authority leases, with up to 25
this favourable backdrop, the Real Estate              (AHBs) and Local Authorities.                    year term and CPI linked rental income
funding market has felt the effects of                                                                  that is guaranteed by the state, is a very
                                                     • While forward-funds have been prevalent
Covid-19, however this impact has been                                                                  attractive proposition. To provide some
                                                       in the commercial property market for
varied across particular asset classes.                                                                 context in the attractiveness of these
                                                       some time, we are beginning to see more
                                                                                                        investment opportunities, these leases
                                                       of these structures in the residential
Over the past 12 months, we have seen                                                                   under such agreements are achieving
                                                       market, with one of the largest PRS
appetite amongst capital providers (both                                                                yields of c.3.5% while a 20 year Irish
                                                       transactions (c.€200m) so far this year
debt and equity) increase in asset classes                                                              government bond is trading at c.0.6%.
                                                       being a forward-fund transaction. Certain
that have withstood and/or benefited
                                                       transactions of late and in particular         • In particular the purchase of entire
from the impact of Covid-19. With equity
                                                       the purchase of entire housing estates           housing estates have made national
markets at record highs and significant
                                                       have made national headlines and                 headlines. In response to political
volatility in some commodity markets,
                                                       Government intervention is expected to           pressure the Government has proposed
Real Estate continues to provide relatively
                                                       restrict the ability of funds to buy housing     the following interventions; i) the ring
stable, contracted yields for investors,
                                                       and limit the supply to first time buyers.       fencing of up to 50% of housing schemes
either through direct ownership or through
                                                                                                        for owner occupiers, this will apply to new
lending.                                             • A key factor in the emergence of forward-
                                                                                                        planning permission going forward; and
                                                       fund agreements in the residential
                                                                                                        ii) the introduction of a 10% stamp duty
Funding appetite within the Real                       market is the increasing prevalence of
                                                                                                        surcharge on institutional funds acquiring
Estate asset classes                                   institutional investors who are seeking
                                                                                                        more than 10 housing units (houses and
                                                       a return on the capital that has been
                                                                                                        duplexes) in a development.
Residential                                            committed to acquire the property.
With a prolonged period of housing                     Under a forward-fund agreement, there          • The challenge for the Government is that
supply shortages going back many years,                is an ability for the purchaser to charge        historically changing any of the tax or
residential property prices have remained              a coupon on the monies advanced to               planning rules has resulted in unintended
resilient during Covid-19. The extensive               the developer during the construction            consequences. We raise over €2bn of
shutdown of construction sites during the              process and also have more influence             capital per annum for our clients and
pandemic is likely to continue this trend for          on the development process. Typically            in our experience any change in tax or
the coming years. Notably, house prices                forward-fund structures are only being           planning rules brings uncertainty to
rose by an average of 7.6% nationally from             offered to developers who are highly             the market, this can and will impact the
Q1 2020 to Q1 2021.                                    reputable and have a well-established            attractiveness of the Irish real estate
                                                       track record of developing high-quality          market to international capital (debt
                                                       product.                                         providers and investors).

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New modern offices with floor plans that can cater for more
collaborative spaces and larger footprints for individual employees
are seen as the most attractive to capital providers as they are
more resilient to changes in the working model.

• Institutional capital is helping increase         • Many of the international capital              • It is expected that regional hotels will see
  the level of supply but is only a small             providers we work with have taken the            a strong recovery during summer 2021
  part of the broader delivery of housing.            view that large occupiers will adopt a           due to the pent up demand for domestic
  Removing institutions from the market               hybrid approach with employees dividing          tourism, with city centre hotels starting
  would not help meet the overall                     their time between attending the office          to see a level of recovery later in the year
  requirement for housing over the short              and working from home.                           depending on the success of the vaccine
  to medium term. It would appear the                                                                  rollout and the return of international
                                                    • New modern offices with floor plans
  proposed measures being implemented                                                                  travel.
                                                      that can cater for more collaborative
  by Government recognise the risk
                                                      spaces and larger footprints for individual
  associated with the current viability of                                                           Retail
                                                      employees are seen as the most
  many apartment schemes however until                                                               Covid-19 has undoubtedly accelerated
                                                      attractive to capital providers as they are
  the finer details are agreed the market                                                            the decline of high street retail. The
                                                      more resilient to changes in the working
  waits in anticipation.                                                                             combination of government restrictions,
                                                      model.
                                                                                                     increase in ecommerce and change in work
Industrial                                          • In terms of new development, we have           patterns has meant that many high street
In line with other European countries, we             seen limited appetite to fund new              retail properties will need to reposition or
are seeing significant capital targeting              fully speculative office development.          repurpose.
logistics and industrial units. In the last 12        Covid-19 has caused a delay in the lease
                                                                                                     • For existing tenants, a trend toward
months, Ireland has become one of the                 up strategy in a number of new office
                                                                                                       turnover-linked leases has started to
top 5 EU countries in terms of purchasing             developments with many occupiers
                                                                                                       emerge. The change in the format of
goods and services online. Unsurprisingly,            pressing pause on expansion plans. As
                                                                                                       such leases increases the risk on both
this has resulted in additional storage               a result, some developers have been
                                                                                                       the landlord and lender and therefore
requirements to facilitate this increase              unable to deliver on the original lease
                                                                                                       lenders may seek to be compensated
in ecommerce. New cold storage units                  up strategy as the development reaches
                                                                                                       for the additional risk through reduced
have been required to cater for the surge             or nears practical completion. We have
                                                                                                       leverage and / or increased pricing.
in demand during extensive lockdown                   seen a number of direct lenders offering
periods and additional online grocery                 a solution by providing facilities to bridge   • While funding appetite for retail has
shopping.                                             the property through the lease up period         been very limited, there are subsets of
                                                      to stabilisation.                                retail that have continued to perform
This strong demand for industrial units has                                                            well during lockdown, these include
driven vacancy rates below 2%. With such            Hospitality                                        retail parks, neighbourhood centres and
strong demand dynamics, we have seen an             Hospitality has been one of the hardest            grocery outlets.
increase in appetite amongst equity, direct         hit sectors. Our experience to date has
                                                                                                     • Covid-19 has been a catalyst for several
lenders and banks to deploy capital into            been that both banks and direct lenders
                                                                                                       disruptive trends in the real estate sector
the asset class. This is one the few sectors        have continued to support borrowers
                                                                                                       and funding market, some of which
we are seeing appetite amongst lenders for          in this industry by offering forbearance
                                                                                                       will be short-term while for others the
fully speculative development.                      and additional support during this
                                                                                                       effects will be more permanent. The
                                                    unprecedented period.
                                                                                                       combination of the availability of capital,
Commercial
                                                    • We have seen opportunistic funds                 vaccine roll-out and significant pent up
While there are many differing opinions
                                                      entering the market and providing                demand in many sub-sectors will ensure
on the future of office, we continue to
                                                      solutions to borrowers who may not have          there is a strong level of activity involving
see capital providers targeting funding
                                                      sufficient equity to support the business        domestic and international capital
opportunities involving high-quality office
                                                      during the effects of the pandemic.              throughout 2021.
developments in prime locations. Although
there has been a delay in lease-ups during          • While there is limited appetite to advance
Covid-19, it is still seen an attractive sector       new capital to the sector, we are starting
to long term institutional investors as it            to see appetite to lend to the most
has been the deepest and most liquid real             experienced hotel operators with a
estate asset class. Despite the challenging           portfolio of hotels.
trading environment, over €1.2 billion was
invested in Irish commercial real estate in
the first 3 months of 2021.

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           Summary                                                           About Us
           Overall there remains substantial appetite                        Our Real Estate Advisory team can provide
           by investors in the Irish Real Estate market                      you with strategic support at all stages
           but the Covid-19 restrictions over the last                       throughout the property development life
           12 months have stymied development. This                          cycle. By combining property expertise and
           reduced output has increased house prices                         business advisory skills, we apply in-depth
           and reduced the available housing stock for                       insight drawn from our understanding of all
           potential home buyers. It also has a knock                        industries and sectors into one integrated
           on effect with supply as sales proceeds                           solution. Our core Real Estate advisory
           are needed to fund future developments.                           team is supported by Tax and VAT Advisory,
           There is growing evidence that supply is                          Debt & Capital Advisory and consultancy
           unlikely to bounce back to pre Covid-19                           divisions, to service every aspect of your
           levels until at least 2023 with the ESRI                          property portfolio requirements.
           forecasting 16,000 completions in 2022
           which falls short of the the 34,000 units                         Our Real Estate Finance team help clients
           required per year.                                                raise capital (equity and debt) for property
                                                                             development and investment. We assist
           Completions this year are expected to fall                        our clients in optimising commercial
           to around 15,000 units and the continued                          terms, managing key risks and maximising
           full opening of the construction sector is                        business flexibility.
           needed to ensure that skilled construction
           labour, which is mobile by nature, do not                         We raise in excess of €2bn per annum
           leave increasing prices further. The impact                       for Irish clients and have a strong global
           of Brexit which may not be fully realised                         network of equity investors, international
           until the sector is fully operational has                         banks and direct funders.
           also had an effect with many contractors
           noticing longer lead times and increased
           costs for materials such as timber steel
           and insulation.

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                          Get in Touch

                              Michael Flynn                                       John Doddy
                              Global Infrastructure, Transport & Regional         Partner and Head of the Debt & Capital
                              Government Leader at Deloitte and Global            Advisory Financial Advisory Services
                              Financial Advisory Public Sector Industry Leader    jdoddy@deloitte.ie
                              micflynn@deloitte.ie                                +353 1 417 2594
                              +353 1 417 2515

                              David Buckley                                      Daniel Lockley
                              Associate Director - Real Estate                   Director - Real Estate Finance
                              Financial Advisory Services                        Financial Advisory Services
                              dbuckley@deloitte.ie                               dlockley@deloitte.ie
                              +353 1 417 3797                                    +353 1 417 8835

                              David Reddy                                        Niall Byrne
                              Associate Director - Real Estate                   Chartered Town Planner - Real Estate
                              Financial Advisory Services                        Financial Advisory Services
                              davreddy@deloitte.ie                               nialbyrne@deloitte.ie
                              +353 1 407 4829                                    +353 1 417 2488

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