Student accommodation specialist Unite Group has sold two properties in Coventry to a Singaporean investor for £96m. The two assets, Callice Court and Millennium View, comprise a total of 1,127 beds and have been sold to Mapletree Investments. The transaction price is in line with book value and Unite said it would recycle the capital […]
John Lewis is seeking to withhold 20% of the service charge it pays shopping centre landlords, in a move that will put more pressure on several listed property companies. The BBC has reported that the department store chain has told landlords in some locations that it will withhold 20% of the service charge it is […]
CLS Holdings has exchanged contracts to buy two London offices for £66.65m. The offices – 6 Lloyds Avenue, in the City of London, and the Clockwork Building, in Hammersmith – have a blended annual passing rent of £4.2m and a net initial yield of 6.2%. 6 Lloyds Avenue comprises 34,640 sq ft of multi-let office […]
Grit Real Estate Income Group, a pan-African real estate company, reported impressive full-year results today including a 57.3% growth in profit from operations. The company, which now has owns 25 properties across seven countries and five asset classes, reported a 27.4% jump in earnings per share to US$8.09 and a total return of 12.4%. Its portfolio […]
Hammerson has agreed a deal to sell a retail park in Scotland for £67m as it continues its disposal programme to reduce debt. The sale of Abbotsinch Retail Park, in Paisley, means it has now exceeded its minimum disposal target of £500m in the year. Following the sale of a major stake in its Italie Deux shopping centre […]
Tritax EuroBox has acquired two prime logistics facilities in Bremen, Germany for €60.3m, reflecting a net initial yield of 4.8%. The company said the assets are “highly reversionary” against current market rents in the area. Purpose-built in 2013 and 2019 respectively, the two facilities have a combined gross internal area of 57,537 sq m, eaves […]
Stenprop has acquired 100 industrial units in five separate transactions for an aggregate price of £16.7m, as it continues its portfolio transformation into fully focused multi-let industrial (MLI). The biggest estate in the portfolio bought by Stenprop is the Hillfoot Industrial Estate in Sheffield. It paid £10.2m for the 81-unit scheme, reflecting a net initial yield of 6%. The total […]
UK Commercial Property REIT reported a net asset value total return of 1.9% for the first six months of the year. The company, which is managed and advised by Aberdeen Standard Investments, saw a increase in EPRA earnings per share of 19% to 1.7p compared with the same period last year. It put the rise down […]
WeWork shelves IPO plan – WeWork has postponed its multi-billion IPO after failing to attract enough support from investors. The US co-working giant is now planning to complete its float by the end of this year. The move follows a call last week from its largest investor Softbank to shelve the listing. WeWork had aimed to […]
Picton updates on portfolio activity – Picton has completed 20 asset management initiatives since its June net asset value (NAV) update. Progress has been made across all sectors including lettings, lease renewals, regears and rent reviews. These have a combined annual rent of £2.4m and were agreed on average 4% ahead of the June 2019 […]
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