News

06 Jun 2023

NewRiver REIT’s resilient retail focus paying off

NewRiver REIT’s new strategy focused on ‘resilient retail’, mainly retail park assets with essential goods and services retail tenants, is starting to pay off with the company reporting strong operational performance in annual results to 31 March 2023. The group posted a 26% increase in underlying funds from operations (UFFO) to £25.8m, with UFFO per […]

06 Jun 2023

Warehouse REIT results reflect impact of market yield expansion

Warehouse REIT has reported a 29.5% drop in EPRA NTA to 122.6p per share in annual results to the end of March 2023, reflecting the outward movement in yields in line with the rise in interest rates. The group’s portfolio valuation fell 18.5% to £828.8m (2022: £1,012.0m) on a like-for-like basis following a 131 basis […]

05 Jun 2023

Phoenix Spree Deutschland proposes amendment to manager fees

Berlin residential landlord Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL) has proposed a change to the fee structure for its property advisor, capping its annual fee at €5m. The company’s core rental business remains strong, but it had to suspend its dividend earlier this year as this was paid out of proceeds from condominium sales (which have been […]

05 Jun 2023

Impact Healthcare REIT transfers leases of struggling tenant to new company set up by partner in investment manager

Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR) has transferred the leases of care homes let to Silverline Group, which has not paid its rent due for the first two quarters of this year, to an affiliate of an existing tenant of the company. IHR has transferred the leases of Silverline, which let seven homes and accounted for 3.4% […]

26 May 2023

QD view – REIT mergers could combat vicious discount circle

Another week in property, another M&A announcement. This time it is LondonMetric pouncing on smaller peer CT Property Trust (CTPT) with an all share offer that values the company at around £200m. In recent weeks we have seen Industrials REIT taken private by Blackstone, Civitas Social Housing also recommending a bid for the company and […]

26 May 2023

UK Commercial Property REIT sells Wembley logistics scheme at 3.5% yield

UK Commercial Property REIT has sold its 186,455 sq ft Wembley180 logistics asset in London for £74m, which reflects a net initial yield of 3.49% and is broadly in line with the 31 March 2023 valuation. The buyer was Covent Garden IP Limited, a registered charitable company that supports The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day […]

24 May 2023

LondonMetric to buy CT Property Trust

LondonMetric and CT Property Trust (CTPT) have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share offer that will see LondonMetric acquire the entire share capital of CTPT. Under the terms of the acquisition, CTPT shareholders will receive 0.455 new LondonMetric shares per share. On the basis of the closing price of LondonMetric of 188.0 […]

23 May 2023

Home REIT appoints AEW as new manager

Home REIT has appointed AEW as its new manager as the company looks to turn around its fortunes after a series of damaging revelations involving malpractice and allegations of fraudulent activity. The board has entered into an agreement with AEW UK Investment Management LLP under which, effective immediately, AEW will act as the company’s property […]

16 May 2023

Workspace sells £82m industrial portfolio

Workspace Group has sold five non-core properties in the South East of England for a total of £82m. These disposals were from the portfolio of assets acquired as part of the McKay acquisition completed in May 2022. The properties sold comprise light industrial and logistics properties in Bracknell, Crawley, Poyle, Theale and Weybridge. The site […]

15 May 2023

Tritax Big Box REIT ventures into urban logistics

Tritax Big Box REIT has acquired a urban logistics park in Birmingham for £58.5m, at a 4.5% net initial yield and a reversionary yield of 6.7%. The group has bought Junction 6 Industrial Park, one of the UK’s leading urban logistics estates of scale totalling 384,000 sq ft across 12 assets. It is located less than […]