Press Up's Matt Ryan On Going From 2 To 42 Sites — And Beyond
January 28, 2019

Press Up's Matt Ryan On Going From 2 To 42 Sites — And Beyond

Between Press Up Entertainment — 42 hospitality and food and beverage sites and counting — and developer Oakmount — more than 25 commercial and residential projects in the portfolio — business partners Matt Ryan and Paddy McKillen Jnr have been building a strong presence in the capital over the last nine years.

Press Up's initial public offering might have been deferred, but there are no signs of a slowdown any time soon, with eight further hotel and F&B sites due to open this year, a number of other projects in the pipeline in Dublin, the Dean hotel brand being rolled out to Cork and Galway, and opportunities to take that brand to Europe under the microscope.

To find out more about the two companies and the plans going forward, Bisnow sat down with co-founder Matt Ryan. He loves difficult sites that no one else will touch.

Press Up Entertainment was incorporated toward the end of 2009 but its roots go back to the early 1990s when Paddy McKillen Snr bought Captain Americas in Grafton Street followed by a Wagamama franchise on South King Street. While this…

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