Custodian REIT has acquired a 27,480 sq ft car dealership, located within York’s ‘motor alley’ two miles from York city centre and adjacent to the A1237 ring road. Nearby occupiers include Vauxhall, Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Volkswagen. The property is let to Pendragon Property Holdings Limited (trading as Evans Halshaw Peugeot and Citroen) on […]
Toro’s dividend target has been increased to at least EUR 0.08 per ordinary share per annum, compared to the initial target of EUR 0.05 (annualised) stated in the prospectus published in connection with the company’s May 2015 IPO. This follows the dividend increase to EUR 0.015 per ordinary share for Q1 2017 announced on 24 […]
Harbourvest Private Equity says that, in the year to 31 January 2017, its USD NAV per share grew by 10.3%. Unlike the previous year when NAV performance exceeded the total return of the MSCI All Country World Index by 12%, on this occasion growth of 10.3% was somewhat less than the return on that index which […]
Drum Income Plus Real Estate Investment Trust has acquired Kew Retail Park in Southport for GBP8.65 million. The 53,858 square foot investment is currently occupied by Poundstretcher, Carpetright, Wickes, Carphone Warehouse, Dreams and Sofology. The purchase price reflects an acquisition yield of 8.78% and bolsters DRIP REIT’s presence in the North West, where it already has […]
Tritax Big Box REIT has announced the results of its Placing, Open Offer and Offer for Subscription of Ordinary Shares. Investor demand for the issue has significantly exceeded the targeted size of GBP200 million. The Board, after careful consideration with the Manager and in consultation with its Joint Financial Advisers, has exercised its right to increase the […]
In what seems like record time (less than six weeks) , 3i Infrastructure has today published its results for the year ended 31 March 2017. The chairman says that the company has had a strong year, completing six new investments totaling GBP479 million, executing a successful capital raise and delivering their target dividend of 7.55 pence per share for […]
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Traditionally, the listed UK property sector was all about offices, warehouses and shops but, increasingly, residential property is coming into the mix. A couple of weeks ago I looked at two real estate investment trusts (Reits) focused on investments in care homes: Target Healthcare (THRL) and touched on the newly launched Impact Healthcare (IHR). We […]
Caledonia Mining has lowered its gold production guidance for 2017 from 60koz to 52-57koz. The company cites lack of capacity underground to transport material while capital development to achieve the long-term goal of 80koz of gold production is underway. Management has concluded that, in the long term interests of the business, the 2017 production tonnage […]
SQN Asset Finance Income (SQN) has released an announcement that says one of its borrowers failed to make an interest payment scheduled for 31 March. Although SQN didn’t name the borrower, it is obvious from the context and information published elsewhere that it is Suniva, a Georgia and Michigan-based manufacturer of photovoltaic solar cells and […]
