New Appointment at Hooke & MacDonald

Donald MacDonald & Ken MacDonald

Donald MacDonald has joined Hooke & MacDonald as Property Investment Manager. Donald is a chartered accountant and he holds a degree in Accounting and Human Resource Management from the National College of Ireland. He arrives with extensive experience in the financial and property investment sectors through previous roles at Grant Thornton Accountants and Anglo Irish Bank (Lending Ireland).

Donald’s role in Hooke & MacDonald will include the setting up and development of a strategy for private clients to invest in commercial and residential property, to further improve the company’s links with financial institutions and investment companies and to co-ordinate business development and contact with existing and new clients.

Hooke & MacDonald is one of the few remaining Irish owned property firms, having been founded over 40 years ago. It has become one of the leading estate agents in the country for both commercial & residential property – new home sales and lettings.

Hooke & MacDonald has played a key role in the development and regeneration of Dublin and other urban centres.  The company pioneered apartment living from the 1970’s as a solution to many of the country’s housing problems.

The commercial department of the company has grown steadily in recent years and has been involved in a number of significant office and retail sales & lettings and also has dealt with land transactions totalling over €1 billion in the last 3 years.

Hooke & MacDonald has played a key role in many of the largest projects undertaken in Ireland over the past four decades including Temple Bar, Smithfield, Dublin Docklands re-development, Phoenix Park Racecourse, Spencer Dock and the re-development of Sandyford.