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19 Jul 2016

Empiric Student Property puts financing in place for five forward funded assets

Empiric Student Property has announced that it has agreed a new £32.8m loan facility with AIB Group (UK). The Facility, which is secured against a portfolio of five forward funded assets, is a development loan which will be drawn down in agreed stages. The practical completion of all five forward funded assets expected by July […]

19 Jul 2016

Hammerson sells Manor Walks Shopping Centre, Cramlington, for £78m

Hammerson has announced that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of Manor Walks Shopping Centre, Cramlington, Northumberland to Arch Commercial Enterprise Ltd for £78m. Manor Walks adjoins Westmorland Retail Park and the two schemes form the core retail offer for Cramlington town centre situated nine miles north of Newcastle. Hammerson says that, further to […]

19 Jul 2016

Drum Income Plus REIT acquires 3 Lochside Way, Edinburgh Park, for £4.5m

Drum Income Plus REIT (DRIP REIT) has announced that it has acquired 3 Lochside Way, Edinburgh Park, for £4.5m. It says that the property is a 24,000 square foot Grade A office building, prominently situated, on Central Scotland’s premier business park with Lockheed Martin, Exception and GL Industrial Services as key tenants. The company says […]

18 Jul 2016

Hansteen gains power to manage and control the Ashtenne Industrial Fund’s activities

Hansteen has announced that it has acquired 66.7% of the share capital of Ashtenne Industrial Fund (General Partner) Limited from Norwich Union (Shareholder GP) Limited for £0.12 million in cash. Hansteen say that the net assets of the General Partner, at 31 December 2015, were £0.17 m and the profits for the year ended 31 […]

18 Jul 2016

Empiric Student Property acquires its fifth property in Bath

Empiric Student Property has announced that it has acquired the freehold of a 31 bed student accommodation property, 2 Oolite Road, in Bath for £2.6m (excluding costs). The property is the fifth student accommodation property in Bath and it has been acquired from IESIS Limited, an established local developer and operator of purpose-built student accommodation […]

15 Jul 2016

NextEnergy Solar Fund announces tap issue programme

NextEnergy Solar Fund has announced a proposed tap issuance programme to issue up to 54,885,000 New Shares, which the company says is equivalent to 19.7% of NESF’s existing voting share capital, to respond to market demand. The company says that, in response to interest from existing and new investors, its first Tap Issue, which is […]

13 Jul 2016

Standard Life Investments Property Income announces the sale of three properties for £12.4m

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust has announced that it has completed the sale of three properties in separate transactions. The sale of a small industrial asset in Witham, completed on 24 June 2016 for £3.3m. Causeway Side House in Teddington was bought as part of the ‘Pearl Portfolio’ in December last year and was […]

13 Jul 2016

Hansteen refinances Netherlands light industrial property with €145m 5-year facility

Hansteen refinances Netherlands Light Industrial Property with €145m 5-year facilityHansteen has announced that it has refinanced two loans secured against its Netherlands light industrial property portfolio with a single loan totalling €145.0m. The company says that this has resulted in a reduction in the cost of borrowing on the portfolio from 3.57% to 2.49%, excluding […]

12 Jul 2016

Picton Property Income sells Boundary House, Jewry Street, London for £27.8m

Picton Property Income has announced that it has exchanged contracts to Boundary House, Jewry Street, London EC3, for £27.8m. Boundary House is located in the eastern part of the City and comprises a 45,000 square foot multi-let office building, constructed in the mid 1950’s.The purchaser is an overseas investor and Picton received £2.8m on exchange. […]