British Land has announced that it has let the first floor of Marble Arch House (pictured) to Cirrus Logic, a provider of analogue and digital signal processing equipment. This follows deals announced earlier this year to let the fourth and second floors to BXR Partners LLP (private investment) and GTECH (global gaming technology). Existing tenants include […]
Real Estate Investors has announced the acquisition of three properties located in the West Midlands for £22.23m. The acquisitions provide a net initial yield of 8.22% with a weighted average unexpired lease term (‘WAULT’) of 8.49 years. The properties produce a total annual rental income of £1,932,995 and the company says that there are a […]
Custodian REIT has announced that it has acquired the ground floor and part of the first floor of a leisure development in Abbey Sands, Torquay (pictured). The investment comprises four food and drink outlets on the seafront, close to the marina and town centre, let to Le Bistro Pierre Limited, Las Iguanas Limited, Loungers Limited […]
John Laing Environmental Assets has announced the acquisition of a 4.2 MWp solar energy generation portfolio for £18.8m. The portfolio comprises 796 systems of residential rooftop, commercial rooftop and commercial ground mounted solar PV installations, distributed across England, Wales and Scotland. The portfolio benefits from the UK feed-in tariff for 25 years from the date […]
Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust, managed by Alan Borrows and Simon Callow (pictured), has announced that it has put in place a two year short term rolling debt facility of £7m. The new facility replaces the two year short term rolling debt facility which expired on 31 October 2015. The margin on the new facility is […]
Assura has announced the acquisition of Abbey Healthcare Group Limited and Abbey Healthcare Property Investments Limited from its former shareholders Peter Archer and Gina Archer. As part of the consideration, payable under the terms of the acquisition, Assura has agreed to issue to the Sellers 2,229,072 ordinary shares to the sellers. Based on the closing […]
Electra Private Equity has published the text of a letter it is sending to its shareholders in response to Sherborne’s latest requisition. Rather than cut and paste it, we have attached a pdf of the response here: 151021 Electra Private Equity Plc – RNS ELTA : Electra responds to Sherborne requisition
Hammerson has announced the successful launch of a £350m bond that matures in 2025. The bond has an annual coupon of 3.5% and the company says it was priced at 1.73% over the reference gilt rate. However, the company then entered into a transaction to swap the sterling bond nominal amount and coupon payments into […]
NextEnergy Solar Fund has announced the acquisition of three operational assets with a combined investment value of £22.1m. These are the 11.5MWp North Farm solar power plant in Dorset for £14.5m, the 5.0MWp Birch solar power plant in Essex for £5.3m and the 1.8MWp Thurlestone Leicester rooftop solar power plant portfolio in Leicestershire for £2.3m. […]
Alpha Pyrenees has announced a new extension of its loan facilities with Barclays Bank PLC to 15 April 2016. The maturity date for its borrowings (€257.8m) was 15 October 2015. The company says that current interest rates will continue to apply to the facilities during the new extension period. Arrangement fees (charged at 2% per […]
