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05 May 2023
Leon

abrdn European Logistics Income sells Spanish warehouse

abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI) has completed the sale of a 32,645 sqm warehouse, in Leon, Northern Spain, to SCPI Iroko Zen, for €18.5m. The disposal price reflects a 3% premium to the 31 December 2022 valuation. ASLI acquired the asset in 2018 for €15.3m with the sale reflecting a crystalised 20% gross profit. Located […]

05 May 2023
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Palace Capital sells industrial portfolio ahead of valuation

Palace Capital has exchanged contracts for the sale of six industrial properties for £34.0m, as it continues to sell down its assets. The sale of the portfolio, to Clearbell Property Partners IV LLP (Clearbell), a fund managed by Clearbell Capital LLP, reflects a net initial yield (NIY) of 6.2% and is another indication of valuation […]

05 May 2023

QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 May 2023

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 May 2023: Ediston Property Investment Company (EPIC) has posted a slight increase in the value of its property portfolio in the quarter to 31 March 2023 of 0.6% to £204.3m. NAV per share was down slightly by 0.6% to 80.44 pence (31 December 2022: 80.93 pence). NAV total return (including […]

04 May 2023

Great Portland Estates buys two central London offices

Great Portland Estates has acquired two central London offices for redevelopment for a total of £53m. It has bought 141 Wardour Street, in Soho, for £39m (£1,156 per sq ft). The 33,717 sq ft building is currently vacant, has been stripped out and benefits from planning consent for a comprehensive refurbishment. The building is located […]

28 Apr 2023

QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 April 2023

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 April 2023: Industrials REIT (MLI), which has agreed a £500m sale of the company, released a trading update for the first quarter of 2023 showing a 4.8% like-for-like growth in passing rents and 10.6% growth in estimated rental values (ERV) over the 12 month period. During the quarter it concluded […]

26 Apr 2023

CT Property Trust provides further evidence of price stability

In a NAV update for the first quarter of the year, CT Property Trust posted a 1.3% uplift to 96.6p per share – further evidence of a stability of real estate prices following a rapid decline in the second half of 2022. Last week MSCI data showed that month-on-month property values in the UK were […]

24 Apr 2023

abrdn Property Income Trust has positive outlook after difficult 2022

abrdn Property Income Trust expects commercial real estate returns to turn positive this year, after a difficult 2022. The company today reported a -12.8% NAV total return for the year to 31 December 2022, having been impacted by a rapid revaluation of assets due to higher interest rates and increased cost of its own debt. […]

21 Apr 2023

abrdn European Logistics Income sees NAV fall 8.1%

abrdn European Logistics Income saw its EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) reduce 8.1% to €1.25 per share in the year to 31 December 2022, due to the market-wide outward yield movements as a result of rising interest rates. The group’s portfolio value fell 4% on a like-for-like basis, but increased 14% to €759m (31 December […]

20 Apr 2023

Real estate values turn positive for first time in eight months

Total returns for UK real estate were positive in March, data from MSCI showed, the first positive return since June last year. The month-on-month total return in March was 0.67% (a 0.46% income return from rental income and a 0.21% capital return). Average values rose during the month after eight straight months of declines. “The rebound […]

20 Apr 2023

Picton Property to convert offices to residential

Picton Property (PCTN) is exploring converting some of its office assets into “higher value alternative uses”, as market conditions in the office sector continue to be tricky. The company has used permitted development rights to secure residential use at its part vacant Angel Gate office in London, EC1. Consent has also been secured across seven […]