LondonMetric Property has acquired an urban logistics warehouse in London for £43.8m in a sale-and-leaseback deal. The 115,000 sq ft warehouse in Waltham Cross is let to Reynolds, a national foodservice business, on a new 23-year lease with the benefit of CPI+1 linked rent reviews of between 2% and 4%. The property generates a […]
Tritax EuroBox’s dividend has been hiked 13.6%, as it continues to grow its portfolio of logistics assets in continental Europe. The group reported strong half-year results to 31 March 2021 in which dividends declared in the period rose to 2.50 euro cents from 2.20 cents. This was off the back of a jump in earnings – […]
Warehouse REIT has completed the acquisition of Cambridge South Industrial Estate for £20.15m, reflecting a net initial yield of 4.15%. The scheme, which comprises 68,000 sq ft across 13 newly built multi-let industrial units and an adjacent development site, is located on the wider Dales Manor Business Park, just seven miles south of Cambridge city centre, six […]
After months of delays, the debut listing on the world’s first real estate stock exchange took place on Friday (May 14) – but probably not to the fanfare it was hoping for. Mailbox REIT, owner of the Mailbox office complex in Birmingham, was floated on the International Property Securities Exchange (IPSX) after raising £25.85m – […]
The debut listing on the world’s first real estate stock exchange has taken place today. Mailbox REIT, which owns the Mailbox office block in Birmingham, began trading on the International Property Securities Exchange (IPSX) this morning. The company, set up by M7 Real Estate, issued 84,850,000 shares, which have been admitted to trading on the […]
Private rented sector specialist Grainger has reported strong half-year results in which earnings grew 11%. The group, which has a portfolio of 9,109 rental homes in the UK, said rents were up 1.7% in the six months to March 2021, while enquiry levels were up 86% since January. Net rental income was £34.7m, down on the […]
GCP Student Living has posted a 4.5% increase in EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) for the first quarter of 2021. The increase, to 179.07p per share, was mainly down to a 3.5% uplift in the value of its portfolio (mainly focused on London) to £1.06bn. This was due to an uptick in activity in the investment […]
Civitas Social Housing has increased its dividend target for full year 2022 by 2.8% after posting another increase in net asset value (NAV). The group said in a trading update that it is targeting a dividend of 5.55 pence per share for the financial year ending 31 March 202, which represents an increase of 2.8% to the 2021 […]
As predicted, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has taken off in the listed property sector in 2021. Friday’s announcement that St Modwen Properties (SMP) had received an unsolicited approach from US private equity giant Blackstone regarding a possible cash offer of £1.2bn for the company feels a bit different to recent M&A news. This week […]
St Modwen Properties has received a proposal from US private equity giant Blackstone regarding a £1.2bn offer for the company. The board of St Modwen said it was minded to unanimously recommend the offer, which is at a huge premium to its share price and net asset value. The possible cash offer of 542 pence is a […]
