An Introduction to MR Commercial, Global Property Expert
Introducing MR Commercial: Independent Office Space Advisory for Dublin and Beyond
Finding the right office is one of the most consequential decisions a business makes, and one of the least supported. Most companies negotiate against landlords and operators who do this every day, while they themselves may sign a lease once every few years. The result is predictable: spaces that don't fit, terms that don't flex, and costs that quietly outgrow the business inside them.
Today, I'm launching MR Commercial to change that. We're an independent office space advisory firm based in Dublin and working worldwide, built around a simple idea: understand the business first, then find the space that fits it. No house inventory to push. No single operator to favour. Just impartial advice and hard negotiation on your side of the table.
Why I started MR Commercial
I'm Craig Maguire, founder of MR Commercial. I've spent more than a decade in sales, real estate, and flexible workspace solutions, including over six years with IWG plc, the world's largest provider of flexible workspace. In that time I worked with global clients, real estate managers, and procurement teams to secure office space across key international markets.
That experience taught me two things. First, the commercial property market is far more navigable than it looks, once you know how serviced, managed, and traditional leases actually compare on cost, flexibility, and risk. Second, most businesses never get genuinely impartial advice, because the people advising them usually have a space to fill.
MR Commercial exists to close that gap. We sit on the client's side, with a well-rounded view across every type of workspace and the relationships to access both on-market and off-market opportunities. The goal is straightforward: make finding and securing office space an informed, efficient, and successful process every time.
What we do
Every business is different, so we start by listening, to your people, your plans, and your priorities, before we recommend anything. From there, our work tends to fall into three situations.
Taking your first real office
Your first proper office is a milestone, and it's easy to overcommit on cost or term when you're moving fast. We compare serviced offices, managed workspaces, and traditional leases side by side, then source and secure the best fit for your budget and growth plans, in Dublin or anywhere in the world. No long-term commitments that don't actually suit where your business is heading.
Scaling without overcommitting
If you've got a lease renewal coming up, the easy path is to simply sign again. That's rarely the best financial decision. We benchmark your current terms against the full market, serviced, managed, and leased, so you can scale without locking into the wrong amount of space, the wrong cost, or the wrong term. You stay flexible; we handle the comparison and the negotiation.
Entering new markets with confidence
Opening in a new country is where good advice pays for itself many times over. We find and negotiate your office before you land, serviced, managed, or leased, so you arrive operational rather than searching. One point of contact across every market, backed by a strong network in major business hubs, means fair terms, minimal risk, and a faster route to being up and running.
What makes us different
The commercial property world is full of agents, operators, and brokers, so it's worth being clear about where MR Commercial fits.
We're independent. We don't own buildings and we're not tied to a single operator, so the advice you get is impartial. When we compare a serviced office against a traditional lease, we're comparing them on your priorities, not ours.
We see the whole market. Having worked across serviced, managed, and traditional solutions, we can weigh genuinely different options rather than steering you toward the one type of space we happen to sell. That includes off-market opportunities that never appear on a listing site.
We start with your business, not the building. The space is the output, not the starting point. We take the time to understand how your team works, where you're growing, and what flexibility you'll need in two years, then match the space to that, not the other way around.
We negotiate. Knowing the market is only half the job. Benchmarking your terms against what's actually achievable, and then negotiating to get there, is where the real value lands, often the difference of many thousands of euro over a lease.
Built for Ireland's moment
There's rarely been a better time to be setting up or scaling in Ireland. It consistently ranks among Europe's top destinations for foreign direct investment, and the reasons are concrete: a 12.5% corporation tax rate among the lowest in the EU, full access to a single market of 450 million consumers, and the distinction of being the only English-speaking, common-law country remaining in the Union. Nine of the top ten global tech companies already operate here, supported by a deep pool of highly educated, English-speaking talent and the hands-on backing of IDA Ireland.
For international companies, that opportunity comes with a practical question: where exactly do you put your team? Dublin's IFSC and Grand Canal Dock, "Silicon Docks", anchor tech and finance, while Cork, Galway, and Limerick offer real cost advantages and specialist strengths in pharma, MedTech, and financial services. Knowing which region, building, and lease structure fits your stage is exactly the kind of decision MR Commercial is built to guide.
If you're planning an Irish entry, we've also published a full Setting Up in Ireland guide covering company formation, tax, IDA support, talent, and securing the right commercial space, a useful starting point before you ever sign a lease.
Let's find your next space
Whether you're taking your first office, weighing a renewal, or planting a flag in a new market, the principle is the same: you shouldn't have to navigate the commercial property market alone, and you certainly shouldn't have to take advice from people who profit from the space they're recommending.
That's what MR Commercial is here for: clear, client-first, impartial advice that gets you into the right space, quickly and efficiently.
Tell us what you need and we'll guide you from there.
Email:craig@mrcommercial.ie
Phone: +353 1 9636199
Office: No1 @ The Capel, Dublin 7, Ireland
Schedule a call:mrcommercial.ie/contact
Welcome to MR Commercial. Let us guide your next move.