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13 Sep 2022
Civitas Social Housing

Civitas Social Housing updates on new lease clause

Civitas Social Housing has provided an update on the progress in the implementation of its new regulatory clause (details of which were announced in May). The clause is intended to assist housing associations to be better positioned to achieve regulatory compliance under the Regulator of Social Housing’s governance and financial viability standard. The clause has […]

13 Sep 2022
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Home REIT continues portfolio expansion with £57m acquisitions

Home REIT has continued its acquisition drive with the purchase of 158 additional properties for £57.4m. The acquisitions were funded by proceeds raised in the company’s oversubscribed £263m equity issue in May 2022 (of which the company has now deployed a total of £227m or 88% of the proceeds). The properties have added a further […]

12 Sep 2022

New social housing REIT proposes £150m float

A new supported living real estate investment trust (REIT) plans to launch targeting £150m in an initial public offering (IPO). Independent Living REIT plc today announced its intention to launch on the London Stock Exchange through the issuance of new ordinary shares in the company by way of a placing, offer for subscription and intermediaries […]

07 Sep 2022

Helical sells TikTok office for £158.5m

Helical has sold its TikTok-let Farringdon office building to Chinachem Group for £158.5m.  The group has exchanged contracts on the sale of the single asset company, Farringdon East (Jersey) Limited, which owns the long leasehold interest in Kaleidoscope, Lindsey Street, EC1 at a capital value of £1,789 per sq ft and a marginal premium to […]

06 Sep 2022

LXI REIT sells “income strip” on Thorpe Park and Alton Towers for £257m

LXi REIT has sold a 65-year “income strip” on its Thorpe Park and Alton Towers assets to an institutional investor for £257m. As part of the deal, the company has sold the freehold in the properties to the buyer, with 999-year leases granted back to the company, with LXI paying the buyer an annual aggregate […]

23 Aug 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 August 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 August 2022: Axiom European Financial Debt (AXI) has published its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2022. During the period, AXI provided NAV and share price total returns of -7.27% and -6.28% respectively. Its chairman, William Scott, says that “the Company’s returns in the first half of […]

18 Aug 2022

Supermarket Income REIT goes on £76m shopping spree

Supermarket Income REIT has acquired four supermarkets for £76.4m, reflecting a combined net initial yield of 5.1%. Acquired from different vendors, the purchases consist of two Tesco supermarkets, located in Cheltenham and Merseyside, as well as a central Glasgow site anchored by a Sainsbury’s supermarket and an M&S Foodhall. The Tesco in Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, […]

16 Aug 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 August 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing on 16 August 2022: LondonMetric Property (LMP) sold four assets, in two separate transactions, for £25.6m, reflecting a blended net initial yield (NIY) of 5.3%. In the first transaction, the company sold a portfolio of three multi-let industrial assets totalling 53 units across 235,000 sq ft, located in Halesowen and Aston, […]

05 Aug 2022

QD view – The logistics paradox

The logistics sector is in a curious place right now. Comments from Amazon (the market leader in occupier take-up of logistics space over the last few years) about slowing the pace of its warehouse expansion have freaked the market. Meanwhile interest rate rises will almost certainly see investment yields erode as the cost of capital […]

05 Aug 2022

Home REIT expands with £85m acquisitions

Home REIT has acquired 199 properties for homeless accommodation for £85.1m, as it continues to deploy the proceeds of its £263m equity raise in May. The company has now deployed a total of £170m (66%) of the proceeds with this latest tranche, which adds a further 869 beds to its portfolio bringing the portfolio total […]