Shaftesbury collected just 36% of rent due in the first month of 2021 as the lockdown meant the majority of its portfolio was shuttered. The group, which owns a 16-acre portfolio in the heart of London’s West End – including Carnaby Street, Covent Garden and Chinatown, said it had received £3.5m of the £9.8m billed […]
Aberdeen Standard European Logistics Income (ASLI) has reported a 6.6% increase in net asset value (NAV) for the quarter to the end of December 2020. The growth in NAV, to 120.1€c per share (107.9p) from 112.7€c (102.9p) in September 2020, was mainly due to a 6.0% increase in the value of its property portfolio. [QD […]
The proposed €200m (£173m) equity raise by Tritax EuroBox should be enthusiastically received by investors. The group recognises that now is the time to be growing in the burgeoning European logistics sector, with structural tailwinds well and truly in its favour. Like in the UK, online retailing was already rising in Europe before the pandemic, but […]
Tritax EuroBox, the European logistics investor, has proposed an equity raise of £173m (€200m) as it looks to expand its portfolio in the burgeoning property sector. The group will use the proceeds, together with existing cash (from the €65.5m sale of a Polish asset last week) and new debt, to acquire a near term pipeline […]
Supermarket Income REIT has acquired a further stake in a 26-strong Sainsbury’s portfolio. The group, in a joint venture partnership with BA Pension fund, bought a 25.5% stake in the Sainsbury’s portfolio last year from British Land, and has today acquired a further 25.5% stake from Aviva Investors for £115m. Following this second acquisition, the […]
Supermarket Income REIT has acquired its first Northern Ireland asset with the purchase of a Sainsbury’s supermarket in Bangor for £24.8m. The price for the 10-acre site, which also includes a Homebase unit, reflects a net initial yield of 6.6%. Developed in 2011, the site comprises a 44,000 sq ft net sales area supermarket with 650 […]
Grit Real Estate, which invests in pan-african real estate assets (ex South Africa) has reported a 6.3% increase in EPRA net reinstatement value (NRV – one of the new EPRA reporting metrics for property companies replacing EPRA net asset value (NAV)) – over the six months to the end of December 2020. This increase (from […]
After witnessing the anguish of property companies slashing dividends left, right and centre, at the start of the pandemic last year, it is encouraging to see news of dividend hikes now filtering through. Not all companies have experienced tenant distress during the crisis, and it is good to see that investors are being rewarded with a […]
Care home investor Target Healthcare REIT has announced its intention to raise £50m through a placing to fund new acquisitions. The issue price of 111p per share represents a discount of 4.8% to last night’s closing price of 116.6p and a 2.6% premium to its last reported EPRA net asset value (NAV) of 108.2p (at […]
St Modwen Properties has continued its focus on the thriving logistics property sector, which now accounts for 49% of its portfolio. In full year results to the end of November 2020, the company said this had grown from 39% a year previously and would accelerate growth. The group also has a strong focus on the […]