O'Reilly's Chartered Land is backed by Anglo Irish Bank and Bank of Ireland. He owns stakes in the Pavilions Shopping Centre in Swords, the Ilac Centre on O'Connell Street and is planning a €1bn retail-led development on O'Connell Street dubbed Dublin Central. O'Reilly is also involved in Dundrum Town Centre, the finance for which was arranged by Anglo Irish Bank, through Castlethorn Construction. Through Lenridge Properties, Castlethorn recently secured planning permission for a €600m extension of the centre in Dundrum. Lenridge is also backed by Anglo.
Kelly is one of the country's largest developers and recently told the High Court he was considering a bankruptcy arrangement. Kelly's planned $1bn development in Sarasota is likely to be one of the first assets transferred by Anglo if it becomes covered by NAMA. Other assets include the former Winter Olympic village outside Turin and numerous hotels and offices both in Ireland and abroad.
Carroll mainly banks with Bank of Scotland (Ireland) which will be outside NAMA, but he also has a banking relationship with AIB and Anglo. His assets include more than 400 acres in Cherrywood, the half completed office block in Dublin's docklands intended for Anglo, the State Street headquarters building in the south docks and a half-completed shopping centre in Limerick. Carroll is understood to have secured a banking facility letter for more than €100m from AIB and BoS(I) in recent weeks.
McNamara has banked with most of the Irish financial institutions, as well as others like BoS(I). His assets include a stake in the most expensive site in Ireland, the €412m South Wharf site in Poolbeg in Dublin 4, the acquisition of which was funded by Anglo. He also owns significant amounts of land in south Dublin and in Pelletstown. Other assets include shops on Grafton Street, numerous Bank of Ireland branches, a number of office blocks and a stake in the Elm Park residential and commercial development on Merrion Road in Dublin 4.
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