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30 Sep 2020

ASLI posts 4.2% NAV total return in half-year results

Aberdeen Standard European Logistics Income (ASLI) has reported solid half-year results with a net asset value (NAV) total return of 4.2%. The company, which owns a portfolio of 14 logistics assets across Europe, posted an unaudited NAV per share of €1.13 (103.0p), compared with the NAV per share of €1.11 (94.21p) at the end of 2019. […]

28 Sep 2020

Ediston Property Investment Company begins construction of retail park

Ediston Property Investment Company (EPIC) has announced it has started construction of a retail park, in a vote of confidence for the retail sub-sector. The 48,000 sq ft retail park and petrol filling station in Haddington, East Lothian (near Edinburgh), is 97% pre-let to Aldi, Home Bargains, The Food Warehouse, Costa Coffee and Euro Garages. Construction […]

25 Sep 2020

Bleak winter ahead for real estate

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 […]

25 Sep 2020

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 […]