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15 Jan 2021

QD view – Don’t discount the property generalists

A host of rent collection figures for the first quarter of 2021 have been announced by property companies and, once again, it is the logistics-focused companies leading the way. It is not that surprising given the well-documented rise in online retailing and the positive impact on demand for logistics space, but it does underline the strength of […]

15 Jan 2021

SEGRO collected 98% of rent in 2020

Industrial and logistics giant SEGRO has revealed it has collected 98% of all rent billed for 2020, reflecting the strength of the sector. Broken down into UK and European portfolios, SEGRO has collected 97% of the £245m billed on its UK assets and 98% of the £172m billed in Europe. The group said it had […]

14 Jan 2021

London office landlords update on rent collection

Central London office landlords Great Portland Estates and Helical have reported rent collection figures for the first quarter of 2021. Great Portland Estates The company has received 69% of rent due, which it said increases to 77% when the £2.1m of rent deposits it anticipates to utilise are included. As expected, its main issue has […]

14 Jan 2021

CLS collects 90% of rent

CLS Holdings, which owns offices in the UK, France and Germany, has received 90% of rent for the first quarter of 2021. This compares with a rent collection in the same period last year (before the impact of COVID-19 was felt) of 91%. The group said the collection rate increases to 93% when taking into account tenants […]

14 Jan 2021

LondonMetric collects 98% of rent

LondonMetric Property has collected 98% of rent for the first quarter of 2021. The group, which has a large logistics portfolio as well as a long-income portfolio, said that of the £22.8m billed for the quarter and monthly for January, 98% has been received with a further 1% expected imminently. A sectoral split shows rent collection […]

14 Jan 2021

Tritax Big Box reports portfolio valuation uplift of 8%

Tritax Big Box REIT has reported a like-for-like increase in the value of its portfolio of around 8% in the six months to the end of December 2020. The group said the second half of 2020 saw a significant increase in the value of prime, larger scale, UK logistics real estate assets let to high calibre occupiers […]

12 Jan 2021

Schroder European REIT collects 89% of rent and reports valuation rise

Schroder European REIT has announced it collected 89% of rent for the final quarter of 2020. This was ahead of the previous two quarters collection rate, which stands at 87%. The company also announced its quarterly portfolio valuation, which increased by 1.4% on the September 2020 valuation to €276.1m. The valuation increase was driven by […]

12 Jan 2021

Derwent London collects 83% of rent

Derwent London, the central London office developer and owner, has collected 83% of rent for the first quarter of 2021. The group said it has received 87% of the £40.9m office rent for the quarter, which is higher than the previous two quarters at an equivalent time. It has received just 26% of the £3m it […]

12 Jan 2021

Land Securities receives 50% of rent

Land Securities has received just 50% of normal rental levels for the first quarter of 2021. The company, which predominantly owns a large retail portfolio and London offices, had collected £66m of the £112m due five days after billing tenants on 25 December 2020. It collected 81.25% of the £64m rent due from its office […]