Secure Income REIT reported a 6% fall in property valuations in half-year results, mainly due to a 20.3% write down in the value of its budget hotel portfolio. The company is the biggest landlord to Travelodge, which secured a controversial CVA earlier this year that wiped millions off its rent bill. Secure Income REIT’s portfolio […]
UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) has fully let its 377,070 sq ft XDOCK377 logistics unit at Magna Park in Lutterworth to Armstrong Logistics, a pan-European distribution company. Armstrong Logistics has signed a 15.5-year lease with open market rent reviews at £6.50 per sq ft, in line with estimated rental value (ERV), which will add a […]
AEW UK REIT said it expects to collect 87% of rent by the end of the current quarter. The company, which owns a diversified portfolio of 34 regional UK commercial property assets, set out the following rent collection figures for the quarter commencing 24 June 2020 (as at 7 September): Received – 85% Payment expected prior […]
Alvarium Home REIT Advisors has announced its intention to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in Home REIT, a company focused on the alleviation of homelessness in the UK. Home REIT will target inflation-protected income and capital returns, by investing in a diversified portfolio of assets across the UK which will be dedicated to providing accommodation to the […]
RDI REIT has sold its UK retail parks portfolio for £156.9m. The six assets that make up the portfolio has been sold to M7 Real Estate for a net initial yield of 7.5%. The sale price was a 3% discount to February 2020 book value. The group said the deal, which is expected to complete […]
Urban Logistics REIT (SHED) this week has announced another potential equity raise, having already invested all the proceeds of its £136m placing from March 2020. The news underlines the polarisation we are seeing in the property market, with other sectors such as retail and offices struggling in the face of uncertain futures. As many of […]
The debate around the future of the office continues to rage. It was reported today that the government is likely to set about on a campaign to get people back to the office. If the economy is going to bounce back quickly, cities like London, Manchester and Birmingham buzzing with office workers will certainly help. […]
The conundrum of what to do with the vast amount of vacant space in shopping centres has been staring landlords in the face for years. The solution has been mulled over countless times by the biggest landlords, but a deal to convert space left over by ailing department stores into logistics space has yet to […]
Grit Real Estate Income Group has released an update on rent collection figures for the period March to July 2020, for which 85.4% of rent has been received. The pan-African real estate investor said the figure includes pre-paid rent that was collected in the period – 77.4% without it. Short-term concessions amounted to 7.9% of […]
On the same morning that the farcical A-level results were announced this week, student accommodation specialist Empiric Student Property released half-year numbers that revealed bookings for the upcoming academic year was at 65%, compared to 85% at the same period last year. On first look that does seem a startling drop, but given the disruption […]