Another recognition for the Bottleworks!
Henry J.Lyons won Joint Architecture Award for Bottleworks at  the 2022 Property Excellence Awards gala dinner on 24th November, topping off a great year of recognition for our wonderful building!

Glandore Choose Bottleworks for its 10^th Irish Flexible Workspace Location

Bottleworks – a 28,000 sq/ft Enterprise and Innovation Building developed by Jones Investments – has been chosen as the 10^th location for Glandore’s latest flexible workspace offering in Dublin.

Glandore, a provider of high-end flexible workspaces including private offices, coworking and meeting rooms in Dublin, Cork and Belfast, has agreed a 20 year lease at a rent of €1.4m p.a. for Bottleworks.

Bottleworks, on the site of a former glass factory, is located on Barrow Street in Dublin 4 and boasts a superbly designed open-plan workspace developed to the highest standards with a vision for the future of work central to its inspiration. Bottleworks, designed by Henry J Lyons, has recently won the RIAI award for ‘Best Workplace and Fit-Out’, was also placed third in the RIAI Public Choice Award and won a Construction Excellence Award. John Sisk & Son were the contractor for the project and Bottleworks achieved a NZEB performance specification.

The vibrant space in the heart of Dublin’s ‘Silicon Docks’ offers a collaborative working space – ideal for Glandore and its clients – designed to accommodate a range of flexible working options. Extending to over 26,000 sq/ft over 5 floors, Bottleworks features a variety of fully serviced workspaces, meeting rooms and leisure space and is also equipped with a café and attractive external courtyards.

Glandore was founded in 2001 by Michael Kelly, who now runs the business with his three daughters and Directors, Fiona, Clare and Rebecca who bring over 40 years of industry experience with them. Since 2001, the Kelly family has seen the operation grow from one employee to nearly 80 employees, and from offering 75 desks to now offering over 4,000 desks and private offices in Dublin, Belfast and Cork.

Jones Investments were advised by Savills while Browne Corrigan advised Glandore. Bottleworks was developed by Jones Investments, which has established an enviable track record for providing high end office accommodation to some of the biggest names in the technology sector. With more than 25 years’ combined experience, the team at Jones Investments has been responsible for the development of Facebook’s original headquarters at Hanover Quay, the redevelopment of the Dockmill Building on Barrow Street which it subsequently sold to Google and more recently the reimagining of The One Building for international payments company Stripe.

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We are delighted to tell you that Bottleworks has come third in the RIAI Public Choice Awards this year.

Thanks for all your votes!

Third Place in #RIAIPublicChoice is Bottleworks, Barrow Street, Dublin by @henryjlyons a derelict factory is replaced with a screened concrete frame, punctuated by five courtyards to draw light deep into the heart of the building @Charlotte_Sher_ @morningireland @AislingMcCoy pic.twitter.com/sW4fRhA24n

— RIAI (@RIAIOnline) June 23, 2022

You can read more about todays result on RTÉ News.

Listen to what RIAI President, Charlotte Sheridan had to say about Bottleworks on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland:

For further images and a virtual tour of Bottleworks, go to its dedicated website

www.bottleworks.ie

At the RIAI Awards 2022 event in the Museum of Literature Ireland, Bottleworks received the Workplace & Fit-Out Award for Henry J. Lyons.     The awards, given annually, acknowledge achievements in architecture and celebrate the quality of work carried out by RIAI members and the contribution registered architects make to the built environment.

https://www.riai.ie/whats-on/news/irish-architecture-applauded-as-riai-announce-winners-at-home-and-abroad-of-2022-riai-architecture-awards

We are over the moon to  tell you that Bottleworks has received further recognition by winning the small office category at the Building & Architects of the Year Awards, held in the Mansion House on 16th June 2022.   Huge congratulations to Henry J. Lyons and to all our Jones investments team.

Bottleworks is where people come to innovate in a creative open plan workspace, located at 15 Barrow Street, Dublin 4.

The building comprises of three floors over a double basement. It includes 25,763 sq.ft. of office space, cafe, reception area and high-quality finished lift lobbies.

As opposed to simply being used to meet structural requirements and hidden from view, concrete forms the core of Bottleworks. The finished building has delivered a bright and spacious work environment.

A dark green bespoke concrete reception desk and circular columns feature throughout. It also includes concrete sinks in bathrooms and stunning board marked concrete forming the stair core, lift core and basement level walls. The circular columns that can be seen prominently in the building were cast in fair faced cardboard pillar formers.

Bottleworks proudly achieved the NZEB (Nearly Zero Energy Building) performance specification for energy and carbon dioxide emissions.

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In June 2021, the Bottleworks State-of-the-art enterprise and innovation building was completed, and launched to a very enthusiastic industry audience.    On Barrow Street in Dublin 4 in the heart of Silicon Docks, Bottleworks comprises 26,000 sq ft of superbly designed open plan work space over 5 floors. Bottleworks will offer a variety of work spaces together with ground floor café and attractive external courtyards.   See an array of images on the Gallery page!

Bottleworks will offer a vibrant collaborative working space designed to accommodate a range of working options and facilitate multi occupancy tenants. Designed by leading architects Henry J Lyons to be both flexible and sustainable, achieving NZEB (near zero energy) and Building Energy Rating of A3. Bottleworks will be the perfect environment for companies to create and develop new ideas and grow their business. Occupiers will also benefit from excellent end-of-trip facilities for their staff including separate bicycle entrance with dedicated bicycle lift, secure bicycle parking, showers and changing facilities

Occupiers will enjoy ease of access to all public transport in the city including bus, Luas, DART and Dublin bikes. The property also benefits from a host of well-established amenities with numerous cafes and eateries on the doorstep, event centres such as The Bord Gais Theatre and The 3 Arena within walking distance as are a number of local hotels including The Marker, The Spencer & The Clayton. A new public Plaza, directly outside the front door, connects Barrow Street to the Grand Canal Dock and Grand Canal Square and will offer a really vibrant social centre for the entire area.

Major occupiers such as Google, Accenture, Mason Hayes & Curran, William Fry, Cairn, KBC, Twitter, Stripe and Perrigo have chosen this location. In addition, the Grand Canal Innovation District, being led by Trinity College Dublin, will be just a few minutes’ walk away.

If you have any queries in relation to this property, please do not hesitate to contact either Roland O’Connell or Sean Ryan McCaffrey  in Savills on 01 6181315 or 01 618 1383 respectively.

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A big moment at the Bottleworks in the past week, when the crane came down!   Progressing very nicely!

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Bottleworks, a former glass factory on Barrow Street, will be available to occupy at the end of this year following its redevelopment to a collaborative working space.

Located on Barrow Street in Dublin 2, Bottleworks boasts superbly designed open plan work space developed to the highest standards with a vision for the future of work central to its inspiration. The vibrant space in the heart of Silicon Docks will offer a collaborative working space designed to accommodate a range of working options and facilitate multi occupancy tenants or offer small to medium sized companies the opportunity to occupy a self-contained building. Extending to 28,000 sq feet over 5 floors,  Bottleworks will offer a variety of fully serviced working spaces and meeting rooms and will also be equipped with a café and attractive external courtyards.

The development is being undertaken by Jones Investments which has established an enviable track record for providing high end office accommodation to some of the biggest names in the technology sector. With more than 25 years’ combined experience, the team at Jones Investments has been responsible for the development of Facebook’s original headquarters at Hanover Quay, the redevelopment of the Dockmill Building on Barrow Street subsequently sold to Google and more recently the reimagining of The One Building for international payments company Stripe.

This experience has helped to inform the redevelopment of the spectacular Bottleworks building.. As with previous developments completed by Jones Investments, Bottleworks will be finished to the highest quality with its striking design set to complement its surroundings and the premises of its neighbouring technology giants. The architectural Henry J Lyons design takes its cue from the site’s history, creating an elevated industrial aesthetic building. The graphic simplicity of the black and white form is given depth and texture through a range of tactile materials, while the richly planted courtyards provide green focal points internally.

From a location perspective, the positioning of Bottleworks is ideal. The building is located on the same street as Grand Canal train station, within walking distance of numerous bus routes, a number of Dublinbike stations and a 15 minute walk to both Luas tram lines. Dublin Airport is only a 20 minute drive from the building and it is also closely located to the M50 orbital route through the Port Tunnel. The property also benefits from a host of well-established amenities with numerous cafes and eateries on the doorstep, event centres such as The Bord Gais Theatre and The 3 Arena within walking distance as are a number of local hotels including The Marker, The Spencer & The Clayton.

The immediate area is also home to a multitude of well-known companies such as: Google, Accenture; Mason Hayes & Curran; William Fry; NTMA; Cairn; KBC; Twitter; Google; and Perrigo. In addition, the proposed Grand Canal Innovation District, being led by Trinity College Dublin, will be just a few minutes’ walk away.

Visit our website at www.bottleworks.ie

Savills are marketing the scheme and further details can be had from Kellie O’Brien or Roland O’Connell.

Savills, 33 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, D02 CP04.

Jones Investments has secured just over €3.6 million from the sale of Hainault House at Belgard Square South, Dublin 24, to a private European investor.

The completion of the deal comes just three weeks after the developer brought the property to the market through joint agents Savills and QRE.

Jones Investments purchased the property in October 2016 and undertook refurbishment and upgrade works to transform it from a standard 1990s building into a modern office space.

Hainault House briefly comprises 1,891sq m (20,350sq ft) of office space arranged over three floors with 59 surface car-parking spaces.

The building is fully let to the Citizens Information Board, Optical Express and Early Childhood Ireland, and is generating contracted rental income of €281,000 per annum. The investment provides for a weighted average unexpired lease term (wault) to expiry of more than 10 years and a wault to break of about seven years.

The subject property is positioned between the Plaza Hotel and the Square Town Centre on Belgard Square South and benefits from its proximity to Dublin city centre just 10km away.

Jones Investments Ltd. is delighted to announce the promotion of two key colleagues to the company’s leadership team. Brian Foley will now assume the role of Commercial Director and Roly Chamberlayne becomes Associate Director of Projects.

Under the leadership of Chris Jones and Mark Sloan, Jones Investments Ltd. has been involved in the development of some of Dublin’s most important buildings and is recognised for its track record of delivering high end office accommodation to leading technology companies here in Ireland.

With more than 25 years’ combined experience, the team has been responsible for the development of Facebook’s original headquarters at Hanover Quay, the redevelopment of the Dockmill Building on Barrow Street subsequently sold to Google and more recently the reimagining of The One Building on Grand Canal Street for international payments company Stripe.

Both Brian and Roly are currently involved in Jones Investments’ latest project which will see The Bottleworks at Barrow Street, Dublin 4 developed into an exciting enterprise and innovation building to be completed in 2020.

Left to right: Roly Chamberlayne, Associate Director, Projects; Chris Jones, Managing Director; Mark Sloan, Finance Director and Brian Foley, Commercial Director

Jones Investments are delighted to have recently completed the purchase of two new residential sites in key locations in Dublin.    We have acquired a 1 acre site on Sandymount Avenue, Dublin 4 and also a  site in Churchtown, Dublin 14.    Currently we are undertaking design proposals for both sites.

Jones Investments are pleased to announce  two new lettings :

Strong Roots have recently taken a long term lease on the entire property, the Tramyard , Terminus Mills , Clonskeagh, Dublin 6

At Hainault House, Belgard  Road , Dublin 24, Optical Express Ireland have taken the entire first floor on a long lease, while Citizens Information board have extended their space to the entire ground floor and have also signed a new extended lease of their existing space , showing considerable confidence in the location .

Jones Investments’s latest project, The Bottleworks, at  Barrow Street, Dublin 4 is now well underway. Take a look at our Gallery for our most recent aerial and on-site shots!  This hi-tech Enterprise and Innovation building has been designed by Henry J. Lyons Architects. Following the demolition of the old warehouse, Sisk have been appointed as builders and construction  is progressing well.  The completed industrial-style building will be part of the cluster that already exists in the Silicon Docks and Barrow Street for technology companies. It will offer on-trend communal facilities for about 250 people, with shared work areas, meeting rooms and break-out spaces. Flexibility will be a key component in the finished facility, due for completion in 2020.

Contact Roland O’Connell at Savills for Letting Information.

Savills, 33 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, D02 CP04.

Jones cements plan for €10m hi-tech building near Google’s HQ .

Jones Investments, the property development group headed by Chris Jones, will spend €10m building a hi-tech enterprise building on Barrow Street in Dublin, close to the European headquarters of Google. Jones is expected to start work on the centre in June, with building work likely to take about 18 months. The project will involve the demolition of a warehouse at 15 Barrow Street, and replacing it with the “enterprise and innovation hub” aimed at technology, media and telecoms tenants. The industrial-style building will have space for about 250 workers, with shared work areas, meeting rooms and break-out spaces. While it will be similar to flexible office space offered by companies including WeWork and Iconic Offices, it is understood Jones will consider letting the entire building to a single tenant, which would then run it as an enterprise centre. Estate agent Savills has been retained by Jones to find a tenant. Jones bought the low-rise Barrow Street warehouse after it was put on the market for €2m in 2016. The developer initially sought permission for a 3,800 sq m building with five floors over a double basement. After some local objections and consultation with Dublin city council, it reduced the building by one floor and modified some other aspects of the building. Final planning permission was granted by the council in December and the decision was not appealed to An Bord Pleanala. The revised building will be 3,250 sq m in gross floor area. Commercial estate agents have forecast rents for prime office space will reach €700 per sq m this year. The enterprise centre, designed by architects Henry J Lyons, will be opposite the Bolands Quay apartment and office development being built by Nama. Chris Jones is a co-founder of Ellier Developments, which had a range of commercial and residential projects in Ireland and the UK, including apartments and offices at Hanover Quay in Dublin. He set up Jones Investments in 2012. Jones sold the Dock Mill building, also on Barrow Street, to Google for €13m in 2014. He had acquired the building from Nama in 2012 for €1.3m and spent €1.4m on upgrading it before selling it on to the search giant. Jones also developed the One Building on nearby Grand Canal Street, which is occupied by Stripe, the online payments company founded by Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison.

The Tramyard in Dublin 6 – Stylish office accommodation likely to attract attention Once an old tramyard housing trams from the old Clonskeagh tram line; this property has been immaculately refurbished by owners Jones Investments Ltd. The recently renovated property offers a specification to rival new city centre office accommodation and includes generous floor to ceiling heights, glazed apex bringing in lots of natural light, VRF air conditioning, shower facilities, bicycle parking and a furnished reception. Jones Investments have once again delivered superbly by bringing this property from an old run down warehouse to a very trendy office offering in Dublin 6. Located in Terminus Mills on the Clonskeagh Road, other occupiers in the development include Platinum Pilates, Kavanagh Tuite Architects, The independent Theatre Workshop and L&P. Sole letting agents Agar are expecting good interest across all sectors. Lisney believe the accommodation would suit a wide range of tenants, in particular graphic designers, architects and the IT sector may suit this stylish office space. Spread over 2 floors, the property extends to 5,100 sq ft.and includes 6 car spaces.

Jones Investments have announced the launch of Hainault House on the Belgard Square South in Dublin 24. The company purchased the property in October 2016 for €1.8 million and have undertaken a significant course of refurbishment and upgrade works to the property, transforming it from a relatively mundane 1990’s building to a ‘current’ ultra-modern office property. The entire building extends to approximately 1,554 sq. m. (16,700 sq. ft.). Agents QRE have been appointed to lease the first floor of the property, which extends to 518 sq. m. (5,576 sq. ft.), which also comes with the additional benefit of 20 surface car parking spaces. Aishling O’Hanlon of QRE confirmed that the property has been extensively refurbished and modernised throughout and contains some typical Jones Investments signature elements, similar to the hugely successful Dock Mill Quay and One Building developments in Dublin City Centre. O’Hanlon confirmed that upgrade works were carried out both externally and internally and include an ultra-modern triple height reception area, new modern WC facilities and new shower facilities. The office floorplate is L shaped with central core, generous floor to ceiling height and is ready for immediate tenant fit out. Specification includes raised access floors, suspended ceilings, recessed light fittings and carpet tiles. Hainault House was developed on one of the best sites in the locality and is positioned between The Plaza Hotel and The Square Town Centre on Belgard Square South. The property has convenient access to eateries such as The Bagel Factory, Chopped, Costa Coffee, El Gringo Burrito, Mao, O’Brien’s, Starbucks and many more which are all available within The Square Town Centre, which is within a 2 minutes’ walk. To further complement the location, The Town Centre provides everything from food stores to fashion, banking and medical facilities. It is also within a 5 minutes’ drive of the award winning Tallaght Leisure Centre which provides a fully equipped gym, excellent pool facilities, fitness studios, indoor sports hall and all weather pitches. The area is very well served by public transport being within 5 minutes’ walk of the Red Luas Line  and also serviced by many Dublin Bus routes.  Dublin Airport is within a 25 minute drive via the M50.  The first floor is available to Lease at €18.00 per sq. ft. (€194 per sq m) and €650 per car parking space. For further details or to arrange an inspection please call Aishling O’Hanlon, Aishling.ohanlon@qre.ie or Conor Whelan / Conor.whelan@qre.ie / 01 – +353 (0)1 637 5555

Hot off the Press – The One Building has been awarded the KPMG Irish Independent Design Project of the Year 2016.      The announcement was made at a gala dinner at the Convention Centre tonight.  Congratulations to all the team!    See award presentation in our video section.

Jones Investments Ltd.’s  The One Building has been shortlisted for the 2016 Irish Independent Property Industry Excellence Awards 2016 in two categories – Property Conservation Award and Design Project of the Year.   The Awards ceremony takes place on the 19th November at the Convention Centre Dublin.

A recent acquisition for Jones Investments is Hainault House , a modern stand-alone 3 storey office building consisting of 1,522 sq.m( 16,382 Sq.ft.) of net lettable areas , along with 61 car spaces.   Located next to the Square Town Centre and also the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght, the office building offers excellent transport links to Town and the M50 including the nearby LUAS red line, which is less than a 5 minute walk.   The property benefits from good floorplates , well located cores, triple height atrium, double glazed aluminium external windows, raised access flooring, suspended ceiling incorporating  category II lighting, 8 person passage lift, and a C2 building energy rating.   Government tenants occupy two floors and the plan is to refurbish the  vacant floor and upgrade the common areas, in order to achieve full occupancy.

The One Building has been nominated for the Irish Construction Industry Awards 2016, taking place on 2nd June 2016 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel!

Congrats to NBK Architects on getting a Special Mention Award at the AAI ceremony 2016  for their work on the One Building.  Pictured is NBK’s Mark Whelan in expressive mood after their recognition!

It is with great pleasure that I would like to announce the appointment of Brian Foley as an Associate Director of Jones Investments Ltd. Brian has worked with me now for close to twenty years and in that time has made an invaluable contribution to the Projects we have delivered . His dedication and attention to detail are second to none and I would like to thank him for all his care and attention over the years. Brian will continue to look after his existing responsibilities but will also become more involved in the Sourcing of land and new opportunities . I know you will join with me in wishing Brian continued success in his new role . Chris Jones

Stripe moves Irish offices to The One Building in Silicon Docks

by John Kennedy

The Collison brothers’ fast-growing $5bn e-commerce giant Stripe has signed a lease on a new premises at the The One Building on Grand Canal Street in Dublin’s famous Silicon Docks. Stripe, started by Irish brothers John and Patrick Collison, was recently valued at $5bn after raising close to $100m from investors including card giant Visa. Stripe president and co-founder John Collison told Siliconrepublic.com recently that the company fosters ambitions to be a 1,000-person company in the next few years. A spokesperson for the company said Stripe plans to gradually grow its operations in Dublin.

‘As a company with Irish founders, The One Building not only cements our Irish roots but provides enough space to gradually expand our team’ ^{– DON O’LEARY, STRIPE}

The 45,000 sq ft The One Building was designed by Irish architect Sam Stephenson and was recently redeveloped by Jones Investments Ltd, the company that redeveloped Dock Mill on Barrow Street, which was sold to Google last year. It is understood that Stripe plans to use only part of the building, initially.

Room for expansion

As well as being in the Silicon Docks district of Dublin (where Facebook, Google and Airbnb are situated) the building is close to transport links from the DART and Luas lines. The company has been bolstering its senior management team with seasoned executives that include former Google X division executive Claire Johnson, who is the company’s new head of operations, and Thrive Capital’s Will Gaybrick as CFO. The company also this year appointed former Twitter executive Don O’Leary to spearhead the company’s European expansion from Dublin. The team up until this point has been based in The Digital Hub and numbers around 15 people. “As a company with Irish founders, The One Building not only cements our Irish roots but provides enough space to gradually expand our team,” said Don O’Leary, Stripe’s country lead for Ireland. “As we look to provide faster, more local support to our European users, being centrally located with room for growth was a top priority for us.” In a recent pricing update on the Stripe blog it was revealed that Stripe is now available in 14 countries across Europe.

Stripe’s story

Stripe was founded five years ago when Patrick was 22 and John was 19. Stripe is a technology platform that developers use to build internet businesses. Hundreds of thousands of businesses – ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies – rely on Stripe’s software tools to securely accept payments, expand globally, and create new revenue streams. The Collison brothers had previously sold their first start-up, Auctomatic, for US$5m (€3.2m) to a Canadian company called Live Current Media when they were still teenagers. Stripe is now one of the fastest-growing tech companies in the Silicon Valley scene and the company has received investment from Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Sequoia Capital, Visa and American Express to name a few. Today the San Francisco-headquartered company processes billions of dollars a year for customers including Kickstarter and Salesforce.

The standards of excellence achieved by Jones Investments’ restoration of Dockmill, situated in the heart of Dublin’s Silicon Docks, was recognised when the project was nominated for a Conservation Award in the Irish Independent Property Excellence Awards 2015. The journey from abandoned building to home to a global leader delivered a future to this historic building and contributes to the unique character of this thriving commercial location.

The New York Times described Dublin’s Grand Canal Dock as being a “kind of home away from home for the big Silicon Valley companies”. In November 2014 Jones Investments’ landmark Dockmill building, located in the heart of Dublin’s Silicon Docks in the Grand Canal Dock, was purchased by Google. This unique 10,734 sq.ft. environment, built to the highest standards and specifications, demonstrates Jones Investments’ commitment to quality design and build. Dockmill is beside Google’s European HQ on Barrow Street.

Jones Investments agrees to sponsor leading National Hunt Jockey Robbie Colgan for the 2015 season. Robbie can be seen here riding Jarob to victory in Navan in September. All the team at Jones Investments wish Robbie continued success for the 2015 season.