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04 Jun 2025

Blackstone firms up £470m Warehouse REIT offer

Warehouse REIT and Blackstone have agreed the terms of a recommended cash acquisition of Warehouse by the US private equity giant. Under the deal, shareholders would get 110.6p per share, including the 1.6p dividend paid in April. Blackstone had previously submitted a cash proposal of 115p per share in March, but following due diligence raised […]

03 Jun 2025

NewRiver REIT posts 25% bump in income following M&A

NewRiver REIT has reported a 25% bump in income in annual results following the acquisition of Capital & Regional’s portfolio. The retail landlord said underlying funds from operations (UFFO) were £30.5m (8.1p per share) compared to £24.4m in 2024. The acquisition of Capital & Regional in December 2024 (for £151m) saw UFFO in the second […]

22 May 2025

Picton delivers income and valuation growth

Picton Property delivered strong income and valuation growth in annual results, with NAV up 4.2% to 100p per share and EPRA earnings up 5% to 4.2p. The company’s portfolio increased in value by 3.8% on a like-for-like basis to £723m, while contracted rent was up 3.0% over the year to 31 March 2025. Income growth […]

22 May 2025

Developments to drive income growth at British Land

British Land expects its development pipeline to be the catalyst for growth over the next few years as a pinch in real estate supply takes effect. In annual results released today, the company said its central London office campus portfolio, which includes Broadgate in the City, was at an inflection point with valuations in the […]

21 May 2025

Hammerson ups Brent Cross stake with £186m deal

Hammerson has increased its ownership of north London shopping centre Brent Cross, with a £186m acquisition of abrdn UK Shopping Centre Trust (SCUT) stake. It has bought 95% of the units in SCUT, which holds the 59% of Brent Cross not already held by Hammerson, at a 16% discount to book value as at 31 […]

21 May 2025

Prime London offices over the worst of it

Two London offices developers announced annual results today that reflect a changing in fortunes for the much-maligned sector. Great Portland Estates (GPE) posted a 3.6% uplift in the value of its portfolio to £2.9bn, with the offices portion up 4.3%. This contributed to a 4.4% increase in EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) to 494p over […]

20 May 2025

M&A activity turbocharges LondonMetric

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has boosted rents, earnings and dividend growth at LondonMetric, as it delivers an impressive set of annual results. Net rental income increased 123% to £390.6m in the 12 months to 31 March 2025, with EPRA earnings up 120% to £268.0m (up 20.7% on a per share basis to 13.1p), following […]

16 May 2025

PHP tables £1.68bn offer for Assura

Primary Health Properties (PHP) has made a counter bid for Assura that values the company at £1.68bn. The shares and cash offer would see Assura shareholders receive 0.3769 new PHP shares and 12.5 pence in cash. This includes the already paid quarterly dividend of 0.84p (paid on 9 April 2025) and the quarterly dividend of […]

16 May 2025

Land Securities upbeat as values return to growth

Land Securities delivered positive annual results with EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) increasing 1.7% over the 12 months to 31 March 2025, as real estate values returned to growth. The valuation of its portfolio was up 1.1% and is now worth £10.9bn. This reflected a return on equity of 6.4% and contributed to an EPRA […]