1.1 million sq m of new offices are planned in the next five years SIMON DAWSON/BLOOMBERG/GETTYAs many as 100,000 extra employees could be accommodated in Dublin in the next five years if all planned office developments go ahead, real estate experts have predicted. Research shows that 136 office buildings, totalling more than 1.1 million sq m, are planned up to 2021. Andrew Cunningham, director of office sales at Savills Ireland, said that while it was unlikely that all of the proposed developments would go ahead, the capital should be able to accommodate increased demand from UK companies in the wake of Brexit if even half were completed. “If any UK-based companies decide to move operations to Dublin on foot of Brexit — and we believe they will — it will not happen immediately. A gradual migration, spread out over a number of…

Source: The Times November 10, 2016 00:06 UTC