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Seán Dunne (born 1954) is an Irish businessman and property developer. He is sometimes referred to as "Baron of Ballsbridge" because of his ambitious development project in the Ballymun towers redevelopment project He lives in the US after leaving Dublin after the property collapse of 2007 to 2011. He was born in County Carlow, Ireland. In a rare interview, given to the U.S. paper ''The International Herald Tribune'' in January 2009, Seán Dunne commented "if the banking crisis continues I could be considered insolvent."〔 〕〔 〕 〔 〕 As of November 2010, Seán Dunne faces difficulties regarding a multi-million dollar property in an exclusive estate in Greenwich, Connecticut; US officials have ordered work on the property to cease as the owners have exceeded the scope of their planning permission. Sean Dunne publicly denies any claim to the property in question.〔 〕〔 〕 In July 2011, the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) appointed receivers to some properties controlled by Dunne. One of the properties included in the receivership is Hume House in Ballsbridge, which he bought in 2006 for €130 million. As of March 2012, Dunne faces the prospect of bankruptcy after he agreed to court orders directing him to repay more than €185 million to the National Asset Management Agency. In 2013, Dunne filed for Chapter seven bankruptcy in the state of Connecticut in the United States where he has been resident since the failure of his development in Ballsbridge. Dunne lodged the action on Friday, 29 March 2013; he estimated his assets at between EUR 777 786 and EUR 7.77 million EUR, whilst his liabilites exceed EUR 390 million. His creditors could thus receive as little as two percent of what he owes them. Dunne commented, "I can always say to anyone that we did our best and came up short but now we move on". ==Early career== In 1990, Dunne was involved with the development of lands at St Helens in Booterstown, Dublin through Berland Homes company, of which he was managing director. St Helens was the former headquarters for the Christian Brothers in Ireland. The main house is now a Radisson hotel. Prices for the homes at the time were priced at between £90,000 for a two-bedroom bungalow and £250,000 for a five bedroom home with conservatory. After higher stamp duty rates were introduced in September 1990, Berland was forced to reduce the price of houses by up to 10% in order to increase sales. In 1994, Dunne along with fellow Berland directors, David Shubotham, James Burke and Frank Belton sought to build 200 apartments in the grounds of St Helens. Rebecca Jeffares of St Helen's House Preservation Group had previously prevented an office development at the site in 1992. Planning permission for the 200 apartment development was ultimately refused by An Bord Pleanala. In March 1995, Dunne had a dispute with the fellow directors of Berland. Claims of oppression were made in a petition by Dunne, then of Torquay Road, Foxrock, and two investment companies, Sainda Limited and Ronaldsay Limited against Berland, Mulroy Securities, Whitebeam Limited, Paul Coulson and David Shubotham. Later in 1995, Dunne put houses for sale for up to £369,000 at his 18-acre site off Ballybride Road, Rathmichael. The development was for 18 homes. By March 1996, six of the homes built by Dunne had been sold. Other sites were sold to other builders. By 1997 Dunne was involved with another 400-unit development in the grounds of St Raphael's hospital in Lucan, Dublin. In May 1997 Dunne bought Woodtown Manor and 150 acres in Rathfarnham, Dublin from Guinness heir Garech Browne for around £1.4m. Later the same year, Dunne put Grattan House, Grand Canal Street, Dublin up for sale. The asking price was £6.5 million, with the property leased at the time by the Office of Public Works for £547,500 per year. Dunne had bought the property in December 1996 for £5m. In late 1997, Dunne was involved with the Anna Livia Consortium, which hoped to win the competition to build a national conference centre at Grand Canal Dock. The Convention Centre Dublin was ultimately developed by Treasury Holdings at Spencer Dock. The same year, Dunne through Mountbrook Homes and Sean Mulryan through Ballymore properties, bought a 100-acre site south of Greystones, County Wicklow. In 2002 they received planning permission for 1,340 homes, pushing the value of the land to an estimated £140m. They also owned a neighbouring 100-acre site which was earmarked for commercial development. By 1999 Dunne had expanded into the UK. His building firm, Mountbrook Homes, bought the freehold of a 30,615sq ft office building at Walton-on-Thames, Surrey for £9.3 million. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seán Dunne (businessman)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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