Cookstown based Mc Aleer & Rushe Group have won the prestigious Northern Ireland Property Developer of the Year award at the Irish Property Awards organised by Property Week in association with Irish Independent and the Belfast Telegraph.

The awards ceremony was held in Dublin’s Burlington Hotel on Tuesday 22nd November in front of a capacity audience in excess of 1200 people from all over Ireland and further afield. The award was received by Seamus Mc Aleer (Chairman) and Eamonn Laverty (Managing Director) of the Mc Aleer & Rushe Group.

Following the ceremony Eamonn Laverty commented that “the award was recognition of the high quality of buildings completed by the Company in Northern Ireland and elsewhere, whilst also recognising the input from our design teams and consultants. In particular the recently completed Invest Northern Ireland Headquarters on Bedford Street, Belfast, has been a fantastic success with the building making an impressive contribution to the city centre.”

Congratulating McAleer & Rushe, Leslie Morrison, Chief Executive, Invest Northern Ireland said: “The Invest Northern Ireland Headquarters is a modern, innovative building that will enable the agency to integrate further its economic development delivery for Northern Ireland and which signifies yet another step forward in the positive regeneration of Belfast city centre. I am delighted that the Invest NI building is one of a number of projects which has contributed to McAleer & Rushe’s awards success.”

Also recognised was Mc Aleer & Rushe’s 550,000 sq.ft mixed use development at St James’ Gate, Newcastle Upon Tyne, together with other schemes currently being carried on in Nottingham, Milton Keynes and Southampton.




Photograph (L-R) Hector O’LEochagain, Awards Host; Seamus Mc Aleer, Chairman Mc Aleer & Rushe Group; Eamonn Laverty, Managing Director Mc Aleer & Rushe Group; Henry Elvin, Director Corporate Banking Ulster Bank; and Giles Barrie, Editor Property Week.