
Read the leading stories from the world of business.Įnter email address This field is required Sign Up With high quality office space so limited in the more expensive areas of the capital such as Dublin 2 and Dublin 4, any large property is becoming much more valuable. The investment agency is already believed to be pitching it to its client companies. The company's decision not to move leaves one of the top office blocks in Dublin vacant, but it will also provide the IDA with a showpiece property to pitch to companies that may want to set up or expand in Dublin. This is the first time the Watermarque has been fully let since it was completed in the last decade.ĪirBnB's move does not affect the other tenants, which include gambling firm Betfair and financial services firm Lawrence Life. A spokesman for the company said it had no plans beyond that at present.

Instead, AirBnB have taken a third floor in the Watermarque Building beside Shelbourne Park while it assesses its options. The company took two floors in the property but has quickly outgrown that space.ĪirBnB executives have been seeking new space for some time and are understood to have viewed the former Facebook European offices at Hanover Quay.ĭespite media reports that a deal had been done, the company decided not to move to that location. The US firm, which acts as a broker for people who want to rent out their room or other accommodation to holidaymakers, set up in the Watermarque Building in Dublin 4 earlier this year.

AirBnB is taking more space in its current location rather than moving into Facebook's old headquarters at Hanover Quay.
