Qre

What Qre does

QRE Real Estate Advisers (legal entity: QRE Real Estate Services Ltd) is a Dublin-based, privately held commercial real estate advisory firm founded in 2015 and led by Managing Director Conor Whelan. It serves three principal client segments across the Irish commercial property market: commercial property investors (acquisition analysis and investor representation), corporate occupiers (office leasing strategy and tenant representation), and property owners/sellers (asset sales and marketing strategy), with an additional professional advisory line covering rent review, arbitration, expert witness, and rating work. The firm operates six integrated service lines — Asset Sales, Agency and Leasing, Tenant Rep, Investor Rep, Advisory, and Valuation — delivered primarily through direct client engagement by a team that includes MRICS MSCSI-qualified Chartered Surveyors and specialist divisional directors.

Underlying "technology" consists of mainstream valuation software and DCF modelling used to produce Red Book Valuation outputs for owners, investors, and lenders, rather than any proprietary platform or AI system. The firm's differentiating assets are practitioner expertise (e.g., 25+ years of MD experience, qualified Chartered Surveyors), an institutional research library (147+ published articles and recurring Dublin Office Market Reviews, Investment Market snapshots, and Sub-€20m Investment Market analyses), and direct distribution via its own website (76+ property listings, filterable across all 32 Irish counties) and joint-agency relationships with firms such as Savills. QRE holds PSRA Licence No. 003587 and is SCSI/RICS affiliated.

The business model is professional services fee-based: bespoke pricing per mandate, with deal-specific fees tied to transaction value (visible transactions range from ~€3.35m apartments to a €50m Grade A office), supplemented by retainer-style valuation and advisory engagements on multi-year cycles. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales supported by an active content-marketing engine (quarterly market reports, news/PR coverage in Irish Times and Irish Independent) that functions as top-of-funnel lead generation into the firm's direct advisory relationships.

Name

Qre

Legal name

QRE Real Estate Services Ltd

Website

https://qre.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

QRE is a Dublin-based commercial real estate advisory firm offering asset sales, leasing, tenant and investor representation, valuation, and advisory services to investors, corporate occupiers, property owners, and government clients across the Irish market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Commercial Real Estate Advisory: QRE Real Estate Advisers generates revenue through providing professional advisory services including asset sales, agency and leasing, tenant representation, investor representation, advisory, and valuation services to clients across the Irish commercial property market.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

QRE is an Irish commercial property advisory firm that delivers asset sales, agency and leasing, tenant representation, investor representation, advisory, and Red Book valuation services to corporate occupiers, investors, and property owners. Services are provided through direct client engagement supported by an online property listings platform and a published market research library covering the Dublin and Irish commercial property markets.

Product overview

QRE operates as a commercial property advisory firm offering a unified platform of six integrated service lines: Asset Sales, Agency and Leasing, Tenant Rep, Investor Rep, Advisory, and Valuation. The core offering centers on facilitating commercial property transactions in Ireland through a combination of market intelligence, strategic advisory, and valuation services. The platform enables clients to access sales/marketing execution, leasing representation, investment analysis, and professional advisory services through a single advisory relationship.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Asset Sales Sales and marketing advice and strategy for commercial property disposals, utilizing various methods of sale including online technology to optimize results for clients.
• Agency and Leasing Tailored marketing and strategy advice for clients from building concept and design stage through to tenant delivery and lease execution.
• Tenant Representation Independent strategic advisory services for domestic and international corporate occupiers seeking to lease commercial property in Ireland.
• Investor Representation Comprehensive investment analysis and data-backed strategic advice for purchasers acquiring commercial real estate investment properties in Ireland.
• Advisory Full suite of advisory and professional services including rent review, landlord and tenant matters, arbitration, independent expert opinions, and rating services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Dublin 2025 recorded positive overall performance with total annual office take-up reaching approximately 1 million+ sq.ft.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SavillscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJoint agents with QRE for sale of two Sandyford office buildings (Corrig Court and Silverstone House) on behalf of McGarrell Reilly Group offered at €23.8m.
• TetrarchcoreOthersQRE appointed to dispose of The River Portfolio comprising eight assets with 31 tenants across Greater Dublin Area, sold for €21.5m.
• DLR Properties (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQRE working with DLR Properties to dispose of 13-acre Cherrywood Town Centre (TC3) site through property exchange for grade A office investment property.
• M.F. PropertiescoreOthersQRE appointed as sole advisers to MF Properties for Scotch House development - a 42,000 sq.ft. Grade A office building valued at €50 million.
• KBC Bank IrelandcoreOthersQRE managed the disposal of KBC's nationwide retail hub portfolio including 17 retail hubs and 2 mobile hubs as KBC wound down Irish operations.
• AramarkminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProvided invaluable support throughout the KBC Bank Ireland portfolio disposal process.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cushman & Wakefield: Global CRE services firm with Irish presence covering investment, leasing, valuation, and advisory — mirroring QRE's full-service platform at larger scale.
• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle): Global CRE services platform with established Irish investment and office agency teams. Competes with QRE for occupier, investor, and capital-markets mandates across Dublin commercial property.
• Colliers: Global CRE services and investment firm with growing Irish investment and advisory presence. Comparable on investor representation and valuation mandates that QRE services.
• CBRE: Largest global commercial real estate services firm with significant Dublin operations across investment, agency, and valuations. Directly comparable to QRE on investor rep, agency, and valuation mandates in the Irish market.
• Knight Frank: Global CRE advisory with active Irish operations in investment, office agency, and valuations. Directly comparable on Dublin investment and leasing mandates that QRE also pursues.
• Savills: Global CRE advisory firm with a major Irish presence, offering investment agency, valuation, and advisory services comparable to QRE's full service line. Already a joint-agency partner to QRE on sizeable Dublin mandates (e.g., €23.8m Sandyford portfolio).

Direct peers

• Lisney: Long-established Irish commercial property advisory offering investment, agency, valuation, and landlord-and-tenant services — a like-for-like domestic boutique comparable to QRE in the Dublin market.
• Bannon: Irish commercial property specialists providing investment, agency, and advisory across office, retail, industrial, and development land — closest domestic direct competitor to QRE by service mix and Dublin focus.

Regional players

• Gerald Eve: UK-based CRE advisory with offices outside London; peer comparable in valuation, investment, and advisory services. Regional rather than Irish-specific, but materially comparable in service model and client types.
• Lambert Smith Hampton: UK-headquartered CRE advisory with cross-border activity in Ireland, offering comparable investment, agency, and valuation services. While primarily UK-based, it competes for similar investor and occupier mandates in Dublin.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/qre

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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