The brakes have been well and truly pumped on any positive sentiment that may have been building in the real estate sector. After the successful ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme and the government urging people to get back to the office, there was some light at the end of the deep, dark tunnel. That […]
Shaftesbury, the REIT that owns a 16-acre property portfolio in the heart of London’s West End, has collected just 41% of rent in the six months to 30 September 2020. The group, which owns properties in Carnaby Street, Soho, Chinatown and Covent Garden, also said vacancy across its portfolio had jumped from 4.8% at the […]
UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) has reported a 6.6% fall in net asset value for the six months to the end of June 2020. The company’s NAV has been hit by a drop in the value of its property portfolio during the COVID-19 pandemic, which fell 11.6% to £1.22bn in the period. NAV per share […]
Town Centre Securities (TOWN) has posted a 17.4% fall in net asset value (NAV) in full year results to the end of June 2020. The company, which owns property in Leeds, Manchester and London, saw its NAV fall from 354p to 292p per share, primarily as a result of a revaluation of its portfolio, which […]
Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust has reported half-year results that show an 11.5% fall in net asset value (NAV). The company’s NAV per share fell to 79.6p on 30 June 2020 (Dec 2019: 89.9p) due to an 9.9% drop in the value of its property portfolio to £447.3m. NAV total return in the six months […]
Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX) has sold three assets for £77m. The group said the three assets had reached their full value following the completion of asset management initiatives that delivered rental growth and a lease extension. The assets comprise Baker Business Park in Ripon, Langley Mill, in Nottingham and Warth Park in Raunds. All […]
Stenprop has acquired two multi-let industrial (MLI) properties for £11.1m, reflecting a blended net initial yield of 6.5%. The two estates, in Glasgow and Stoke-on-Trent, comprise 18 units and brings Stenprop’s MLI portfolio to over 5m sq ft and 61% of its overall portfolio. The Excelsior Industrial Estate on the south west side of Glasgow […]
Real Estate Investors (RLE), the Midlands-focused REIT, has reported a 4.6% drop in net asset value (NAV) in half-year results. The company’s EPRA NAV fell from 67.4p per share at the end of 2019 to 64.3p at 30 June 2020. The fall was mainly driven by a 3% drop in its portfolio valuation, from £228.9m […]
Town Centre Securities, the regional property investor and car park operator, has sold four retail properties in Scotland and London for £35.2m. It has sold two Waitrose stores in Milngavie and Glasgow; an Aldi/Home Bargains store in Milngavie; and a high street retail store in Chiswick, London. The details of the sales are as follows: […]
Real estate landlords must be thinking ‘when are we going to catch a break?’ Or more to the point ‘when is the government going to give us a break?’ This week, in all his wisdom, communities secretary Robert Jenrick announced an extension to the ban on evicting commercial tenants until the end of the year. […]