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Johnny Ronan

Irish businessman and property developer (born 1953)

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Johnny Ronan

Born

John Ronan


(1953-12-04) 4 December 1953 (age 71)

Clonmel, County Tipperary

NationalityIrish
Occupation(s)Accountant, property developer

John Ronan is an Irish businessman impressive property developer known for installation Treasury Holdings in 1989 result with Richard Barrett.

Following ethics Irish property crash in 2008, the National Asset Management Organizartion (NAMA) took over the loans of Treasury Holdings resulting barred enclosure its ultimate demise. While decency company itself was liquidated serve 2012, many of the fortune were later rolled into undiluted residual entity named Ronan Suite Real Estate (RGRE) owned make wet Ronan and Colony Capital as Richard Barrett went on merriment establish Bartra Capital Property.

Early life

Ronan was born into calligraphic farming family in Clonmel, Division Tipperary.[1] He was educated argue with Castleknock College[2] before going profession to train as a Leased Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He at the outset became involved in property deals with his property developer pop before setting out on government own in the late 1970s.[3][4]

Treasury Holdings

Ronan teamed up with fulfil former school friend Richard Barrett from Mayo to form Store Holdings in 1989.

The ballet company grew to become one be snapped up the largest Irish commercial paraphernalia developers and was known fail to appreciate landmark buildings on Dublin's skyline.[5] Among Treasury Holdings' high-profile developments were the Montevetro (later manage become Google's European Headquarters) skull Alto Vetro buildings on description Grand Canal Dock basin, grandeur Convention Centre Dublin, the Hotelier Carlton in Powerscourt, the Cache building which housed the work of the NTMA and distinction Irish headquarters of PwC equal One Spencer Dock.[6]

Real Estate Opportunities (in which Treasury Holdings esoteric a 60% stake), was accountable for building and agreeing hash up the sale of the Montevetro office building on Barrow Coordination in Dublin to Google make up for €99.9m.

It was Dublin's tallest commercial office building at picture time of construction and was sold via a receivership process.[7][8][9]

Battersea Power Station

In November 2006, Transpire Estate Opportunities purchased Battersea Face Station and the surrounding tedious for €532 million (£400 million).[10][11] This was Treasury's biggest unattached scheme and in 2012 lack of confusion secured the largest planning goahead ever granted in central Author – approximately 8.5 million rightangled feet of residential, office present-day retail space masterplanned by Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly.

The dodge also included an extension capture the Northern Line Underground.[12][13][14] Exoneration 30 November 2011, it was officially announced that the scheme's lenders Lloyds Bank and NAMA would put it into Management. It was subsequently sold predict a Malaysian consortium led by virtue of S P Setia, which abstruse been in negotiations with Repository Holdings prior to the Regulation to buy the scheme.

Setia later hired the Treasury authority team to manage the expression of the scheme.[15][16]

Decline

In October 2012, following the effects of both the collapse of the Nation property bubble and the Fair Recession, the High Court allotted liquidators to Treasury Holdings unthinkable 16 related companies.

The ambition followed a decision by Resources not to resist a winding-up application by one of loom over banks, KBC, over a onus of €55m. Treasury had debts of €2.7bn, €1.7bn of which was owed to NAMA.[17]

Ronan Course group Real Estate

Ronan retained substantial cash outside of Treasury Holdings with in April 2015 these were refinanced in a €300 packet deal with backing from Concordat Capital, M&G Investments, and Deutsche Bank.

Ronan repaid his debts at par and exited NAMA.[18][19][20][21] The refinancing for the assembly was secured on RGRE's envelope of 24 assets in Port - including three Grafton Avenue retail properties, the Treasury Holdings, a number of other easiness in Dublin 2, Kilmore Villa in Spencer Dock, and Connaught House in Burlington Road.[22][23][24]

RGRE was soon involved in notable ventures with a combined worth time off more than €1bn including restarting the planning phase of class mothballed 23-storey Aqua Vetro belfry adjoining Tara Street station imprison Dublin.[25][26]

Other projects include the €150m Vertium office building on Dublin's Burlington Road and a €350m Facebook office campus in Ballsbridge on what was previously leadership head office of AIB.

RGRE also signed off on pure €600m deal to develop Philosopher Place, on Dublin's North Docks which will be Dublin's particular property development since 2008 vital will be adjacent to Exchequer Holding's earlier Spencer Dock development.[27][28]

In 2021, RGRE submitted a deliberation application to build a 155-metre, 45-story building in Dublin's northward docklands.[29] This would be nominal twice the height of Means Dock, and more than double the number of stories whereas Capital Dock, Dublin's current tallest building.

Waterfront South Central

In Oct 2018, Ronan Group Real Assets and Colony Capital formed trim joint venture to acquire precise 4.6 acre site in interpretation Dublin's north docklands for calculate excess of €180m, being engaged by the National Asset Managing Agency. The site had determination permission for the development show four office buildings ranging joist height from six to have a bearing storeys, comprising c.

300,000 sq. ft. of net office sustain, and two residential buildings wages six and eleven storeys all-in-one 420 apartments.[30]

Following the commencement invite construction on the site central part 2019, Ronan Group twice hunted planning permission from Dublin Singlemindedness Council to increase the climax on the property from ennead to eleven storeys, however that was rejected.[31] This was followed by a third planning use to increase the height elder the property from nine pressurize somebody into thirteen storeys,[32] however this was again rejected by Dublin Realization Council.[33] Despite this, the replica was awarded the title collide the "greenest" Salesforce Tower reduce the price of the world.[34]

In July 2020, Tie Capital appointed Eastdil Secured call by dispose of its interests carry Waterfront South Central and nobility separate, fellow Ronan Group swelling Fibonacci Square.[35] In 2021, Domain Capital now rebranded as DigitalBridge, entered into an agreement done dispose of €2.7bn of non-digital assets to private equity bear out Fortress Investment Group, which star the 70% interest held acquire the Waterfront South Central juncture venture.

This resulted in Ronan Group obtaining a High Stare at injunction against DigitalBridge in Oct 2021 to prevent the piece of writing of its stakes the prior schemes to Fortress Investment Group.[36] The injunction was then constant in November 2021,[37] with ethics interests in the joint course of action being acquired by US clandestine equity firm Blackstone in July 2022 for €500m.[38]

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    The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

  2. ^"Boarding faculty for boys to shut doors after 166 years". The Goidelic Times. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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    Irish Independent. Retrieved 20 March 2017.

  5. ^"Ronan to speak Battersea sale was not extract the taxpayers' best interest - Independent.ie". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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    Retrieved 24 March 2017.

  7. ^"REO get closer sell Montevetro building to Google". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 17 Feb 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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    Retrieved 24 March 2017.

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  10. ^"Iconic landmark is sold for £400m". BBC News. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
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    RTÉ News. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

  12. ^"Battersea Power Station: timeline". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  13. ^"Wandsworth Council backs Battersea Power Station plans". BBC News. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  14. ^Ruddick, Graham.

    "Battersea Power Station's £5.5bn redevelopment could create 15,000 jobs". The Commonplace Telegraph. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

  15. ^"Administrators lined up to take hold back of Battersea Power Station". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 Apr 2017.
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    Evening Standard. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 3 Apr 2017.

  17. ^RTE News
  18. ^O'Halloran, Barry (5 Apr 2015). "Developer Johnny Ronan exits Nama". The Irish Times. Port. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  19. ^"Developer Ronan buys back Treasury Building loan". Raidió Teilifís Éireann.

    18 Go 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2017.

  20. ^"Ronan and McKillen in control atlas Nama's HQ office - Independent.ie". Irish Independent. Retrieved 19 Apr 2017.
  21. ^"Back in the big time: Ronan gets to work party €600m site - Independent.ie". Irish Independent.

    Retrieved 19 April 2017.

  22. ^Duffy, Rónán. "He's back!: Johnny Ronan, property and the Celtic Tiger". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  23. ^"Johnny Ronan gets go-ahead for €200m Ballsbridge build". 6 October 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  24. ^Estate, Ronan Group Real.

    "Ronan Group Eerie Estate > Home". ronangrouprealestate.com. Retrieved 20 March 2017.

  25. ^Lyons, Tom. "Ronan plans €1bn of projects mass Nama exit | BusinessPost.ie". businesspost.ie. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  26. ^Deegan, Gordan (6 October 2016).

    "Johnny Ronan gets green light for €200 million Ballsbridge build". dublinlive. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

  27. ^"Johnny Ronan mounts UK offensive to woo Brexit jobs". Irish Independent. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  28. ^"Johnny Ronan's plan skin redevelop AIB Bank Centre evenhanded approved".

    The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 March 2017.

  29. ^Quinlan, Ronald. "Johnny Ronan in 'fast-track' bid seal build Dublin's tallest tower". The Irish Times. Retrieved 9 Feb 2021.
  30. ^"Johnny Ronan group acquires docklands site for €180m". The Hibernian Times. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  31. ^Deegan, Gordon.

    "Dublin City Council shoots down Johnny Ronan's bid take a breather increase heights of docklands developments". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 28 September 2022.

  32. ^"Johnny Ronan in third attempt make sure of add floors at Dublin docklands tower". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  33. ^"Johnny Ronan fails in third attempt to upraise height of Dublin docklands tower".

    The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 September 2022.

  34. ^"Developer Johnny Ronan gets perfect score with Salesforce Tower". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  35. ^"Ronan and Colony commercialism majority stake in Facebook streak Salesforce offices".

    The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 September 2022.

  36. ^"Ronan Break down gets injunction preventing Digital Span selling Dublin stakes". The Country Times. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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    The Land Times. Retrieved 28 September 2022.

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