Capital & Counties, the Covent Garden landlord, has reported an uptick in leasing momentum after a difficult two years during the pandemic. In full year results to the end of December 2021, the group said strong leasing progress in the second half of the year resulted in a like-for-like increase in the value of its […]
Tritax EuroBox has acquired a pre-let logistics development in Roosendaal, the Netherlands, for €144.26m. The asset is pre-let to a “top four global discount supermarket retail group” and was purchased from Logistics Capital Partners (LCP), one of the company’s main development and asset management partners. The purchase price reflects a net initial yield of 3.5%. […]
Empiric Student Property has acquired a new 92-bed purpose-built studio asset in Bristol city centre for £19.0m, reflecting a net initial yield of 4.75%. The property, which was completed in September 2021, has 100% of the beds let for the current academic year. Empiric has two other operational assets in Bristol (159 beds), with a […]
Circle Property has said it plans to sell more assets and return capital to shareholders after selling its largest asset today, as it battles a persistently wide discount to net asset value (NAV). The group has sold Kents Hill Park to LXI REIT for £34.5m. The group said that following completion of the disposal, which […]
LXi REIT has made nine acquisitions for £87m as it continues to deploy the proceeds from its recent £250m equity capital raise. The acquisitions, which have been transacted predominantly on an off-market basis with seven different vendors/developers, reflect a 5.1% net initial yield. The assets: Co-op Group convenience stores The company has acquired three convenience […]
In a lettings update, central London office owner and developer Great Portland Estates has announced it has broken its leasing record for the financial year to March 2022 – with almost two months to go. The group said that it had signed 460,900 sq ft of new lettings since the start of the financial year […]
Here it is, the first potential investment trust launch of 2022. And it is certainly an interesting one. Gravis Capital Management made an intention to float announcement this week for GCP Co-Living REIT, looking to raise £300m. The new trust will acquire three assets that are transferring out of the Co-living Group. This is the […]
British Land has exchanged contracts to acquire three warehouses in Wembley for £157m, as it continues to build its urban logistics exposure. The three warehouses comprise over 245,000 sq ft on a 12.5 acre site and are fully let to Amazon, Euro Car Parts and the North London Waste Authority generating an annual income of […]
Home REIT has now fully deployed the £350m it raised in September 2021, with £55.1m of new acquisitions. The company has announced the acquisition of 240 additional properties, providing 880 beds for homeless people, bringing the portfolio total to 7,953. The properties were acquired at a weighted average net initial yield of 5.9% and are […]
LXi REIT is looking to raise £125m in a proposed issue of new ordinary shares through a subsequent placing, open offer, offer for subscription and intermediaries offer under its share issuance programme. The group will target the issue of 88,261,608 new shares at an issue price of 142 pence, representing a premium of 2.9% to […]
