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25 Sep 2020
Shaftesbury optimistic for London recovery

Shaftesbury reveals full scale of COVID impact

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 […]

24 Sep 2020

UK Commercial Property REIT posts 6.6% fall in NAV

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 […]

22 Sep 2020

Town Centre Securities sees NAV fall 17.4% in year

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 […]

22 Sep 2020

Standard Life Investments Property Income reports COVID-hit half-year results

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 […]

22 Sep 2020

Tritax Big Box sells three assets for £77m

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 […]

22 Sep 2020

Stenprop acquires two industrial estates for £11.1m

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 […]

21 Sep 2020

Real Estate Investors posts 4.6% fall in NAV

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 […]

21 Sep 2020

Town Centre Securities makes £35.2m sale of retail assets

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: […]

18 Sep 2020

Eviction ban extension leaves landlords holding the bag for longer

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. […]