Pictured are Tom Murphy (operations director), Sandra Stapleton (financial director) and Pat Winters (managing director) of Winters Property Management

ANYONE FOR CAF�?

A commercial premises with potential combined residential use in Beaumont, Dublin 9, close to Beaumont Hospital, has come on the market through Grays of Rathmines. The 1800sq ft, two-storey property at No 74 Shantalla Road, with its big rooms and sunny aspect to the rear, would make an ideal caf�, according to agent Norman Gray, while upstairs could be transformed for residential use subject to permission. Adjoining businesses include The Boston Bakery, butchers, hairdressers, convenience stores and florist. It is currently under offer at Euro900,000. For more information contact Grays of Rathmines, 01-497 3408.

HOME BUILDING OPPORTUNITY IN BLACKROCK Harrington & Co is handling the sale of a 0.428 acres site in Woodlands Park and Priory Avenue in Blackrock, Co Dublin. The site, which has planning permission for three substantial five-bed detached houses of up to 302sq m, designed by O'Mahony Pike Architects, is to be sold by public tender on 22 March with a guiding price of Euro5.5m. Harrington & Co expect strong interest given the rarity of modern detached houses in Blackrock.

Individual four- and five-bed house sites sold in recent months at Mount Merrion Avenue, Blackrock and St Thomas Road, Mount Merrion for between Euro1.5m and Euro2m. More information from 01-660 1082

OFFICE HUB INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY Offers of more than Euro1.65m are being sought for a corner-site building in a prime Dublin commercial location, for sale by public tender on 12 April through Ganly Walters. The building at Nos 16, 17 and 18 Harcourt Road, at the top of Harcourt Street, is at the centre of a major office hub in the city. Extending to 2,313sq m, the three-storey building is divided into three retail units on the ground floor - the American Bagel Co, Connect Centre, Expresso Depot - with two offices above occupied by two firms of solicitors, Eugene Daly and Paula Duffy. Rental income from the building is currently Euro75,200 but agents estimate the openmarket value to be Euro90,000. For further information contact 01-662 3255.

CO MEATH LANDMARK PUB FOR SALE Caffrey's, an awardwinning, landmark residential licensed premises and restaurant on 0.94 acres in Batterstown, Co Meath is to be sold by public auction on 4 April with an AMV of Euro2.5m through Morrissey's. The property, which dates back to 1640, is located just off the N3, adjacent to Fairyhouse racecourse. Recently refurbished and extended, accommodation spans 1,754sq m (8,800sq ft) and includes a lounge, public bar, extensive restaurant area, first-floor private function room and private two-bed apartment. It also includes extensive on-site car parking facilities and a series of outhouse stores which would be ideal for redevelopment subject to planning permission. For more details contact Morrissey's on 01-676 5781.