Cambium Global Timberland has sold its 8,065 acre property in Stewart County, Georgia (US) for $9.1m. They sold another property in Clinch County, Georgia a few weeks ago for $8.6m and they are going to use the proceeds from these sales to repay debt of $6.2m and look at returning surplus cash to shareholders.
British Land has released its results for the year ended 31 March 2014 The EPRA NAV rose by 15.4% to 688p. The company’s property portfolio outperformed its relevant IPD index – delivering a return of 14.2% vs. 13.6% for the index. Occupancy rose in both their retail and office portfolios (retail 97.6% to 98.6% and office 96.2% […]
3i, run by Simon Borrows (pictured), has released its results for the year ended 31 March 2014. Over the period 3i delivered a net asset value total return of 16.3% – ending the year with a net asset value of 348p (up from 311p). The return to shareholders was 30% as the share price rose in […]
Taliesin Property has sold its last three properties in Leipzig for an aggregate consideration of €950,000 – 11% more than the valuation Taliesin put on them in its last net asset value at 31 December 2013. Taliesin Property is refocusing its business on its operations in Berlin.
Primary Health Properties plans to issue £75m of unsecured guaranteed convertible bonds. Maturing in May 2019, the bonds will be priced to carry a coupon somewhere between 3.75% and 4.25% and convertible in ordinary shares at a 15% to 25% premium to their current value. Primary Health Properties will use the money raised to pay […]
Prosperity Voskhod will make a $50m return of capital to shareholders by means of a compulsory redemption of shares. The transaction will take place on 16 May with payment on 28 May and shareholders will get back $1.13 per share. After this, on 29 May, shareholders will vote on whether to cancel Prosperity Voskhod’s admission […]
Custodian REIT has made its first purchase since it listed in March buying a 25,000 sq ft industrial / distribution unit at Willowbridge Way, Castleford for £1.575m – a price equivalent to an initial yield of 7.5%. The property is let to Bunzl.
BBGI, which changed its name from Bilfinger Berger Global Infrastructure to BBGI SICAV SCA on 1 May, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Langan College in Northern Ireland (one of a number of deals announced on 4 December 2013, funded by the fund raising it completed around the same time).
F&C UK Real Estate has bought a retail warehouse in Bromsgrove for £7.55m. the warehouse has two units, one of which is let to Homebase Ltd for 20 years at GBP362,500 per annum and the other is let to Pets at Home Ltd for 15 years at GBP132,750 per annum – this works out as an […]
GCP Infrastructure has announced that it has invested a further £12.5m in loan notes issued by its Biomass entity. These have a 12 year life and a coupon of 10.5%. The money is being used to build 500KW anaerobic digestion plants in Northern Ireland.
