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21 Jun 2017

NextEnergy Solar oversubscribed placing raises £126.5m

NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has announced the results of its placing. It says that the level of confirmed demand was significantly in excess of the original targeted fundraising of £100m and that due to the substantial oversubscription, the Board, after consulting the Investment Manager, has elected to exercise its right to increase the size of […]

21 Jun 2017

LXi REIT acquires Kent, West Sussex and Gloucestershire supported living portfolio for £3.2m

LXi REIT has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the freehold interest in a portfolio of regulated long-let supported living properties located in Kent, West Sussex and Gloucestershire. The purchase price for the Portfolio is £3.2 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.0% (net of acquisition costs to the Company). Lxi REIT […]

20 Jun 2017

Stefan Gries appointed co-manager of BlackRock Greater Europe

BlackRock Greater Europe has announced that it has been informed that Vincent Devlin, co-portfolio manager of the Company, will be stepping down as portfolio manager. Stefan Gries, a senior Director within the BlackRock’s European Active Equity team has been appointed co-portfolio manager alongside Sam Vecht, who retains principal responsibility for the Company’s emerging European portfolio. […]

20 Jun 2017

Supermarket Income REIT announces £200m IPO

Supermarket Income REIT has announced its intention to launch an initial public offering of its shares on the specialist fund segment of the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Seeking to raise up £200m Supermarket Income REIT is seeking to raise up to £200 million by way of a placing and offer for subscription. […]

19 Jun 2017

Custodian REIT acquires Wells Green Retail Park, Sheldon, for £5.1m

Custodian REIT (CREI) has announced that it has acquired the 23,007 square foot Wells Green Retail Park in Sheldon, five miles from Birmingham city centre on the busy A45 Coventry Road. The agreed purchase price of £5.1 million was funded from the Company’s existing cash resources, resulting in net gearing2 increasing to 19.6% loan to […]

19 Jun 2017

Workspace Group selling third phase of Bow Enterprise Park for £6.3m

Workspace Group (Workspace) has announced that it has exchanged contracts for the disposal of the third and final phase of the mixed-use redevelopment of Bow Enterprise Park, E3. It says that the final phase of the redevelopment, comprising 130 residential units, has been sold for £6.3m in cash and the return of a new 40,000 […]

19 Jun 2017

Hansteen completes €1.28bn disposal of German and Dutch portfolios

  Hansteen Holdings has announced that it has completed the disposal of its German and Dutch portfolios for €1.28 billion. The sale, originally announced on 20 March 2017, is entities owned by funds advised by affiliates of The Blackstone Group L.P. and M7 Real Estate. Hansteen says that the transaction has resulted in net cash […]

16 Jun 2017

Eastern European Property Fund reports a loss making year

Eastern European Property Fund (EEP) reported a net loss for the year ended 31 December 2016 of £1.2 million (2015: loss of £1.0 million), which it says represents a loss per Ordinary Share of 7.80p (2015: loss of 6.30p). it says that a loss of £0.8 million on revaluation of investment properties, and a realised […]