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Ballymadun Enterprise Park Ashbourne

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Ballymadun Enterprise Park Ashbourne

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The Site

C.115 acres / 46.5 hec tares of land zoned f or“G eneral Employmen t” in a high quality ph ysical en vironment. Less then 15 minutes from Dublin Airpor t. Beside the N2/M2 motor wa y.

Adjacent to Ashbourne/, with a population of almost 25,000. Access to e xc ellent telecoms: 10 minutes from T-50 broadband b re cable -d uc ting in place along M2 to bring T-50 direc tly to Ballymadun.

25 minutes from Dublin City C entr e. Less than 10 minutes to M50 motor wa y.

Sk illed and highly educated local work fo rce, with man y being third and fo ur th lev el graduates.

Local sk illed w orkf orce of 10,000 within 12 minutes of the sit e. Di re ct a ccess to research hubs, including NUIMa ynooth, Dublin City Univ ersity (DCU), Trinity College Dublin ( TC D) and IT . Heritage , amenities and leisure pursuits on its doorstep , including golf and horse riding . In sole ownership . Large availability of accommodation (to rent and purchase) nearb y.

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Ballymadun Enterprise Park Ashbourne

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Excellent Transport Links

Less then 15 minutes from Dublin Airpo rt ights to se veral American and Canadian cities with full p re-clearan ce facilities for US cus toms in the Depa rtu re a rea.

Less then 25 Minutes from Dublin Ci ty - [Theat res, Geo rgian A rchi tectu re, Ho tels].

Adja cent to the M2 moto rway which conne cts to the whole count ry via the M50.

Excelle nt conne ctions by bus - most rou tes s topping at near by Marriott Roundabout (N2) .

Dublin Port is less than 30 minutes from the si te, via the M50 and Port Tunnel .

Dublin P ort Tunnel is less than 15 minutes from the si te.

Bus Routes

Numbe rConne cts Ballymadun E nterprise Park to: Frequen cy

10 3 Dublin Ci ty & ( Some se rvi ces s top at Rat oath & UC D) Every 20 min s.

109 A DC U, Dublin Airpo rt, Rat oath, , N avan Morning & e vening peak times 10 7 Dublin Ci ty, Kents town, Dunshaughlin, Kings cou rt Every hour

17 7 Dublin Ci ty, Airpo rt, Slan e, Collon, A rde e, Castlebl ayne y, Every 30 mins Monaghan, Clones

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Ballymadun Enterprise Park Ashbourne

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Access to the Site

The re a re th ree a cc ess points to the si te, as foll ows: Acc ess f rom the N2 eld a cc ess at its no rth –eas tern point. Within the Dra ft Fingal De velopment Plan, the re is a Local Obje cti ve retaining this and other a cc es s, as foll ows: ‘Provide for a cc ess f rom the N2 and L5018 subje ct to a ny ne cessa ry road imp rovement s’ ( Local Obje cti ve 125). - In the p reparation of the land owne r’s Dra ft Mas ter plan, p rovision is made to p rovide for the constru ction of a jun ction up grade by w ay of a roundabout.

“The N2 is the least congested route to Dublin Cit y” (Sou rce: N ational Roads Authority)

Acc ess via the L5018 - The Fingal Dra ft De velopment Pla n has a Local Obje cti ve 125: ‘Provide for a cc ess f rom the N2 and the L5018 subje ct to a ny ne cessa ry road imp rovement s’.

Acc ess via the M2/N2 Rath Roundabout - This roundabout has di rect a cc ess to the M2 and se rvi ces the Marriott Ho tel. - The Rath Roundabout ( Marriott Ho tel roundabout) is a s topping point for all bus rou tes se rving Ashbourn e.

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Ballymadun Enterprise Park Ashbourne Thi rd Level Institutions within a 30-minu te Dri ve time of Ballymadun En terprise Park

Institutio nType Distan ce ( Miles )Commu te Time ( Minu tes by Car)

DCU Uni versi ty Uni versi ty 12 20

Trini ty Colleg e Uni versi ty 14 27

NUI M aynoot h Uni versi ty 24 34

Blancha rds town I TInstitu te of Technolog y 12 21

Wor king Popul ation within Towns Loc ated within a 30-minu te Commu te

Total Wor king Town Distan ce f rom Commu te Time All Skilled All Uns killed Popul ation Ballymadun (Minu tes) (including En terprise park grad uat es) (miles) 6,23 4 Ashbourne 124,301 1,933

2,58 6 Dunshaughli n7 12 1,721 865

4,54 0Ratoath 353,242 1,298

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Talented Loc al W or k Forc e

Ashbourne is one of the key towns in Me ath, which has experien ced unp receden ted le vels of popul ation growth, de velopmen t, new housing and inf rastru ctu re imp rovement over the past decad e.

Ashbourne is the fas test growing area over the 10- year period of 1996 to 2006 in terms of popul ation inc reas e, having experien ced a total growth rat e of over 48% which equ at es to an average annual growth rat e of app roxim at ely 4% resulting in new school s, road s, transpo rt and inf rastru ctu ral i nvestment by g overnmen t.

The area is positioned to be the power house in terms of providing the empl oyment base for the Great er Dublin Area for the next 10 year s, gi ven th at 64% of the area’s popul ation a re under 40 years of ag e.

ed, dynamic and young popul ation. The town’s popul ation of 15,000 ma kes it the se cond la rgest town in the coun ty. Furthermo re, the re is a popul ation base of app roxim at ely 15,000 be tween the towns of Rat oath and Dunshaughlin, within the immedi at e cat chment of the si te (less than a 9 mile commu te).

The re is a di verse range of skill sets in Ashbourne and its hin terlan d, including a high propo rtion of thi rd and fou rth le vel g radu at es.

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Telecommunications, Utilities & Services Broadband: - Dubli n’s T-50 B roadband s ystem is a modern di gital s ystem with di rect conne ctions to the in ternational b roadband ne twork s. - The T-50 multi -du ct cabling tr avels along the M50 and du cting is p resent along the N2 th rough which the T-50 can easily conne ct to Ballymadun E nterprise Park. - This b roadband will p rovide in coming companies with very high capaci ty communications links via all the main p roviders (carriers).

Ele ctrici ty: - The re is ele ctrici ty on the si te – a 20 kv line at the si te entran ce.

Mains Wat er: - The re a re two sou rces of public wa ter mains at both si te entran ces (on the N2 and L5018).

- Ballymadun En terprise Park is beside the Ashbourne wa ter s torage tower.

Foul Sewage: - The re is an existing foul se wer at the N2 roundabout, in to which the Park would conne ct. - The si te is less than 2.5 km f rom the Ashbourne Was te Water Treatment Plant.

Su rfa ce Wat er D rainage: - Su rfa ce Wat er d rainage will be managed on si te. - The River Hurley forms the no rth- west bounda ry of the si te. The southern pa rt of the si te drains south to the B roadmead ow River via a local di tch ne twor k. - E co-friendly “Sustainable Urban Drainage System” app roach taken to mas terplanning this si te in corpora tes a linear wa ter featu re lin king two pond s. 10 My Brochure:Ballymadun 10/09/2010 11:06 Page 12

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High Quality Environment

The Irish Government are fully commit ted in a collaboration be tween busines s, uni versities and government, to suppo rting inn ovation, building Irelan d’s sma rt econo my and res toring Irelan d’s cost competiti venes s.

In his speech at the launch of “Inn ovation Irelan d”- the Repo rt of the Inn ovation Task Force, the Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, p resen ted the vision for positioning as a Global inn ovation hub including suppo rting and en coura ging multinationals to loca te he re.

Locall y, both Fingal and Me ath Coun ty Councils are very proa cti ve in their app roach to facilit ating major empl oyers and in meeting their se rvi ces and other requi rement s.

A mas terplan has been prepa red for the si te, which is based on the foll owing con cepts:

Campus- type setting High quali ty aesthetic e nvi ronment and public realms High- tech R & D facilities Lin kages to thi rd le vel: DC U, Blancha rds town I T, TCD and NUIM Collabora te e nvi ronment whe re people can wor k, pl ay and study High pe rforman ce buildings (heat, light, ventilation) Clean ene rgy sou rces (sola r, win d, ge o-thermal) Di versi ty and adaptabili ty of buildings and ou tdoor spa ces

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Fiscal & Financial

Fiscal & Financial Incenti ves

Corpo ration Tax of 12.5% is a very powerful exp ression of Ireland ’s pro-en terprise etho s. The government has commit ted to retaining this low tax rat e in the 2010 budget for the foreseeable futu re. 3- year corpo rat e and capital tax exemption for sta rt-up companies in 2010. 25% tax c redit for qualifying resea rch and de velopment expenditu re, which m ay be set against a compa ny’s Corpo ration Tax liabili ty, with the credit being carried se t. The re is an exemption from stamp du ty on the sal e, trans fer or other disposition of in telle ctual prope rty, which includes any pat en t, trademar k, copyrigh t, regis tered design, design righ t, invention, domain nam e, supplementa ry protection cat e, plant breeder s’ right s, trade nam e, trade dres s, bran d, brand nam e, se rvi ce mark or publishing titl e. In line with the commitment included in the Governmen t’s Economic Re covery Plan, “Building Ireland ’s Sma rt Econo my”, the re is relief in the form of capital all owan ces against trading in come for companies incurring capital expenditu re on the provision of in telle ctual prope rty (intangible assets) for the purposes of a trad e. The scheme applies to a broad range of intangible assets (e.g. pat ent s, copyrigh t, trademark s, know-h ow). It is aimed a t suppo rting the de velopment of the knowledge econo my by en cou raging companies to loc at e the management and exploit ation of their in telle ctual prope rty in Ireland with the po tential to creat e high -quali ty empl oyment in the p roces s.

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J.P. & M. Doyle Ltd., for themselves and for the vendors of this property whose agents they are, give notice that: (1) the particulars are set out as a general outline for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute part of an offer or contract. (2) all description, dimensions, references to condition and necessary permission of use and occupation, and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but any intending purchasers or tenants should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them. (3) no person in the employment of J.P. & M. Doyle Ltd. has any authority to make or give any representations or warranty whatever in relation to the property.

SOLE SELLING AGENTS

105 Terenure Road East, Dublin 6. Tel: (01) 490-3201 / 490-3243 Email: [email protected] Web: www.jpmdoyle.ie