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06 Jul 2020

Residential Secure Income secured £300m debt facility

Residential Secure Income (RESI), which invests in affordable shared ownership, retirement and local authority housing, has agreed a new £300m debt facility. The new 45-year facility has been agreed with the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), one of the UK’s largest pension schemes. It is drawable against acquisitions over the next three years and represents the first standalone investment grade financing secured in the shared ownership sector. […]

06 Jul 2020

Supermarket Income REIT buys Waitrose portfolio

Supermarket Income REIT has acquired a portfolio of Waitrose supermarkets in a sale and leaseback deal with the grocer for £74.1m. The portfolio comprises six freehold supermarkets with an average gross internal area of 32,000 sq ft. The stores are let to Waitrose on new 20-year leases with a tenant-only break option in year 15 and […]

02 Jul 2020

Regional REIT completes series of rent renewals

Regional REIT has completed a series of lease renewals at marked uplifts in rent. The company, that owns a diverse portfolio of properties in the UK regions, has completed eight deals across office, retail and warehouse assets amounting to more than £500,000 in annual rents and at a combined uplift of 20.2% to estimated rental values […]

01 Jul 2020

Initial retail rent collection figures for June revealed

Two big retail landlords, Hammerson and British Land, have revealed rent collection levels of just 16% and 36% for the quarter June to September 2020. Rent collection for the quarter, which is paid in advance, fell due on 25 June and the two group’s today revealed just how bad the figures are for the retail […]

01 Jul 2020

ASLI reaffirms dividend after better than expected rent collection

Aberdeen Standard European Logistics Income (ASLI) has reaffirmed its dividend policy in a company update. The group said it intends to pay its quarterly dividend for the second quarter in line with its policy after higher than expected rent collection figures. It collected 85% of rental income that was due in Q2, ahead of its […]

26 Jun 2020

RIP Intu. More to follow?

Intu Properties, the biggest shopping centre owner in the UK, plunged into administration today after last ditch rescue talks with creditors collapsed. The writing had been on the wall for months, if not years, for Intu but the covid-19 pandemic finally pushed it over the edge. But what does Intu’s collapse mean for the wider […]

26 Jun 2020

Empiric Student Property appoints chief executive

Empiric Student Property, the owner and operator of student accommodation across the UK, has appointed a new chief executive. It has hired Ten Entertainment Group’s current chief executive Duncan Garrood to the role. As well as Ten Entertainment Group, which is the UK’s second largest operator of family entertainment centres, Garrood has also held the […]

26 Jun 2020

Intu set to collapse into administration

Shopping centre owner Intu is set to call in administrators after last gasp rescue talks with creditors collapsed. In a statement to the London Stock Exchange this morning the group said there had been “insufficient alignment and agreement” on standstill agreements with creditors. The group added: “The board is therefore considering the position of Intu […]