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10 Jun 2024

M&A activity boosts TR Property

TR Property posted a 15.2% increase in net asset value (NAV) to 351.1p in the year to 31 March 2024, helped by a number of its portfolio companies being the subject of merger and acquisitions (M&A). Key highlights included: TRY reported a NAV total return of 15.2% and share price total return of 22.9%. These […]

05 Jun 2024

Workspace NAV dragged down by office values

Workspace Group, the London flexible office provider, reported a sharp fall in EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) in annual result to 31 March 2024, as valuations in the office sector continue to tumble. The group’s EPRA NTA was down 13.7% to £8.00 over the year, mainly due to a like-for-like portfolio valuation decline of 8.1% […]

04 Jun 2024

Brookfield mulls bid for Tritax EuroBox

Canadian private equity giant Brookfield Asset Management is mulling an offer for Tritax EuroBox. The company said that it was in the early stages of making an offer for the FTSE 250 company. Tritax EuroBox has a market cap of around £484m, but its shares currently trade at a discount of around 33% to net […]

04 Jun 2024

Mergers boost LondonMetric’s performance

LondonMetric Property has published its first annual results since the acquisition of LXi REIT, resulting in a 20.3% boost in earnings. Net contracted rent increased over the year from £145m to £340m as a result of the merger, with EPRA earnings growing to £121.6m – up 5.4% on a per share basis. EPRA cost ratio […]

24 May 2024

QD view – Signals turn green for real estate

Real estate is a cyclical market where timing is everything, and signals are starting to flash that the sector is primed to stage a recovery. Market data, company activity and macroeconomic events appear to be aligning to suggest that now is the time to invest in real estate. After months in the doldrums as values […]

23 May 2024

Helical’s blueprint for growth after painful year

A compelling outlook for real estate has resulted in Helical’s board concluding its strategic review into the company with a three-year blueprint for growth. Led by chairman Richard Cotton, a comprehensive business review found that the company’s “exciting pipeline of committed developments, which due to the quality of the schemes and anticipated supply shortages, are well […]

23 May 2024

Great Portland Estates launches £350m rights issues

London office developer Great Portland Estates (GPE) has launched a fully underwritten 3 for 5 Rights Issue to raise £350m (£336m net of expenses) through the issue of 152 million new shares at a price of 230 pence. The issue price represents a 44.5% discount to the closing price of 414.6 pence on 22 May […]

23 May 2024

NewRiver REIT weighing up bid for Capital & Regional

NewRiver REIT is weighing up a bid for shopping centre landlord Capital & Regional. In a stock market release this morning, Capital & Regional revealed that it was aware that its majority shareholder Growthpoint Properties (which holds 68.13% of the company’s issued share capital) had received a preliminary expression of interest from NewRiver REIT in […]

23 May 2024

Picton Property reports earnings growth and dividend uplift

Picton Property has reported solid earnings growth in full year results that support a 5.7% uplift in its annual dividend. The company posted a 2% increase in EPRA earnings to 4p per share in the year to 31 March 2024, which covered its annual dividend of 3.5p – which has now been increased to 3.7p. […]