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30 Dec 2019
SDCL Energy acquires 50% stake in US energy portfolio for $110m

SDCL Energy acquires 50% stake in US energy portfolio for $110m

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT), the first UK-listed investment company of its kind to invest exclusively in the energy efficiency sector, has agreed to acquire a 50% interest in Primary Energy, a portfolio of recycled energy and cogeneration projects located in Indiana, USA, from a consortium led by Fortistar for an equity cash consideration […]

30 Dec 2019

Regional REIT secures series of lettings 3% ahead of ERV

Regional REIT has announced a series of lettings 3% ahead of the expected rental value (ERV). The six leasing deals, which are spread across the portfolio, amount to a total rental income of £589,856 a year and comprise: A 9,581 sq ft renewal at Star House in High Wycombe to Star Micronics for five years […]

23 Dec 2019

Derwent London sells 40 Chancery Lane for £121.3m

Derwent London has exchanged contracts to sell its long leasehold interest in 40 Chancery Lane for £121.3m. The 103,700 sq ft office and retail building is let to Publicis Group until July 2035, with a tenant break in July 2033, at a net income of £5.5m per annum. The sale price represents a net yield to […]

23 Dec 2019

Tritax EuroBox acquires €50m logistics property in the Netherlands

Tritax EuroBox, which invests in Continental European logistics real estate assets, has acquired a prime newly developed logistics property at Breda, in the Netherlands, for €50.3m. The deal reflects a net initial yield of 4.6%, with the potential to add value through the letting of the vacant units. The property, purpose-built in November 2019, is situated in an […]

23 Dec 2019

GCP Student raises £77m from placing

GCP Student, the UK REIT focused on student residential assets, has rasied £77m from an over-subscribed placing. It had targeted proceeds of £75m but was boosted by an application in respect of £50m of gross proceeds from APG Asset Management in its capacity as the discretionary manager of various pension funds. A total of 41,365,400 shares […]

23 Dec 2019

McKay sells City of London office for £76.5m

McKay Securities has sold a prime City of London office for £76.5m. The REIT, which is focused on the London and South East office and industrial markets, has disposed of 30 Lombard Street at a net initial yield of 4.16%. McKay, which completed the redevelopment of the 58,500 sq ft building in early 2019, pre-let […]

23 Dec 2019

Intu sells Spanish mall for €475m

Intu Properties has struck a deal to sell the Puerto Venecia shopping centre in Spain for €475.3m. The company, which owns the asset in Zaragoza in partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, will receive €237.7m from the deal as it looks to address its balance sheet with the value of its UK shopping centres continuing […]

20 Dec 2019

U+I Group submits plans for £200m scheme in south London

U+I Group, the specialist regeneration developer and investor, has submitted plans for its £200m mixed-use scheme at Faraday Works in Charlton, Greenwich.  Formerly known as Westminster Industrial Estate, this is one of two planning submissions totalling £1bn gross development value (GDV) outlined at the interim results on 20 November 2019.  U+I expects an outcome in the […]

20 Dec 2019

Globalworth makes €134m acquisition of office complex in Poland

Globalworth, the office investor in Central and Eastern Europe, has agreed a deal to acquire an office in Kraków, Poland. The asset, Podium Park, comprises three connected 11-storey buildings which will, on completion, have a total lettable area of ​​over 55,000 sq m, and it is one of the few office projects in Poland with BREEAM […]

20 Dec 2019

LondonMetric sells £145.3m of big box warehouses

LondonMetric Property has sold four distribution warehouse assets  for a combined £145.3m. Across three deals, the company has disposed two mega box warehouses and two regional distribution warehouses as it continues to reduce it ‘big box’ exposure. In Newark, it has sold a 726,000 sq ft warehouse to an international investor for £80.8m, reflecting a net […]