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26 Feb 2020
Capital & Regional appoints new chairman

Capital & Regional appoints new chairman

Capital & Regional, the shopping centre REIT, has appointed David Hunter as non-executive chairman. Hunter, who is also chairman at Custodian REIT, will take up the post at the conclusion of the group’s 2020 Annual General Meeting on 20 May 2020. He will initially join the board as a non-executive director from 9 March 2020. […]

25 Feb 2020

AEW Long Lease REIT appoints new investment adviser

AEW UK Long Lease REIT (AEWL) has appointed a new investment adviser following a strategic review. Its current investment management agreement with AEW UK Investment Management will be terminated on 9 April 2020 and will be replaced with an agreement with Mason Owen and Partners. Mason Owen will have prime responsibility for the group’s property […]

25 Feb 2020

Pollen Street Secured Lending subject of £675m takeover

Pollen Street Secured Lending (PSSL) is in talks with Waterfall Asset Management over a £675m takeover. PSSL has also announced it has axed its investment management agreement due to governance issues. The possible cash offer for PSSL, which invests in corporate loans and peer-to-peer debt, is at 900 pence per share, representing an 8.7% premium […]

25 Feb 2020

Derwent London reports 4.8% jump in NAV

Central London office developer Derwent London reported a 4.8% jump in net asset value (NAV) in impressive full year results. The group’s EPRA NAV per share was 3,958p at the end of December, up from 3,776p a year earlier. Net rental income rose 10.5% to £178m, and the London office landlord and developer produced a […]

25 Feb 2020

Hammerson to slash 2020 dividend in half

Hammerson will cut its dividend for 2020 by almost half to a “sustainable level” as retailer failings continues to impact its business. In full year results, the group said it is expecting the dividend for 2020 to be cut by 46%, from 25.9p in 2019 to 14p. At the end of December, net asset value […]

24 Feb 2020

Countrywide and LSL in merger talks

Estate agent Countrywide is in talks over a possible all-share merger with LSL Property Services, the company has confirmed. The £500m tie-up would bring together two of Britain’s biggest listed estate agents. LSL Property owns Your Move and Marsh & Parsons while Countrywide’s brands include Hamptons International and Gascoigne-Pees. News of the possible merger broke […]

21 Feb 2020

Hammerson sells retail park portfolio for £400m

Hammerson has exchanged contracts to sell a portfolio of seven retail parks for £400m, as it continues its bid to strengthen its balance sheet. The portfolio sale, which has been acquired by Orion European Real Estate Fund V, and the separate sales of two other retail parks in Swansea and Belfast totalling £55m, represents a discount […]

20 Feb 2020

Regional REIT proposes new fundraise

Regional REIT has announced it is considering an equity fundraise “to take advantage of its growing near term pipeline of accretive growth opportunities in the investment market”. The fundraise, the group said, would “further de-risk the portfolio by sector, region, and tenant type, whilst providing asset management potential”. Regional REIT’s portfolio has grown over the […]

19 Feb 2020

Supermarket Income REIT acquires £34m Sainsbury’s store

Supermarket Income REIT has acquired a Sainsbury’s store in Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire, for £34m, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.5%. The 50,000 sq ft store is let to Sainsbury’s on an unexpired lease term of 14 years with annual inflation-linked uplifts. As well as the 1980s-built supermarket, the site 13-acre site also […]

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