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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
British Land has posted a robust set of annual results during one of the most turbulent periods, with EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) falling 4.4% to 562p in the year to 31 March 2024. The value of its portfolio was down 2.6% to £8,684m, and down just 0.2% in the second half of the year, […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 May 2024: Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR) posted a 1.7% increase in NAV per share to 117.31p in the quarter to 31 March 2024. The value of its portfolio of care homes was up 1.5% to £660.8m, with contracted annual passing rent up 4% to £50.1m. Rent cover among its tenants […]
Assura Group, the healthcare property investor, has entered a £250m joint venture with Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) to invest in NHS infrastructure. The JV (which is split 80:20 in favour of USS – the principal pension scheme for universities and higher education institutions in the UK) will be seeded with an initial portfolio of seven […]
