12 Dec 2017

Empiric Student Property parts ways with chief executive

Empiric Student Property parts ways with chief executive – the board of Empiric Student Property plc, has announced that Paul Hadaway, the company’s chief executive officer, has received notice to terminate his employment with the Company. Accordingly, Mr Hadaway has ceased to be a director of the company with immediate effect. Tim Attlee, co-founder and chief […]

12 Dec 2017

Local Shopping REIT to continue with piecemeal liquidation

Local Shopping REIT to continue with piecemeal liquidation – Local Shopping REIT has released results for the year ended 30 September 2017. The highlights are: IFRS Loss for the financial period of GBP0.86m or 1.04 pence per share (2016: Profit GBP0.63m or 0.76 pps). Adjusted operating profit for the period of GBP1.26m or 1.5 pps […]

11 Dec 2017

Real Estate Investors sells 24 Bennetts Hill Birmingham

Real Estate Investors sells 24 Bennetts Hill Birmingham – Real Estate Investors has announced the sale of 24 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham for a cash consideration of GBP4.00 million, which is a premium to book valuation and represents a 5.90% net initial yield.  The investment property was acquired by the company in December 2014 for GBP2.06 million. […]

06 Dec 2017

Hammerson in agreed bid for Intu

Hammerson in agreed bid for intu – The boards of Hammerson and Intu Properties have announced that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share offer by Hammerson to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Intu. Intu shareholders will get 0.475 Hammerson shares for every Intu share that they […]

06 Dec 2017

Schroder European Real Estate approaching full investment

Schroder European Real Estate approaching full investment – Schroder European Real Estate has announced that its EPRA NAV at the end of September 2017 was 133.6 cents per share. EPRA earnings per share for the year ended September were 5.2 cents. This translated into a 6% total return for the year. the fund is paying […]

06 Dec 2017

Shaftesbury looks to raise £265m as buys in Broadwick Street

Shaftesbury looks to raise £265m as buys in Broadwick Street – Shaftesbury is placing up to 27,855,508 ordinary shares at 265p per share to raise gross proceeds of £265m. 952p is the same level as the EPRA NAV at the end of September 2017 and it is a 4% discount to the share price on […]

05 Dec 2017

Custodian REIT sells Chepstow industrial estate

Custodian REIT sells Chepstow industrial estate – Custodian REIT has announced the disposal of a property from its portfolio. The company has sold a 82,081 sq ft multi-let industrial estate in Chepstow for GBP4.63 million, circa GBP0.9 million (25%) ahead of valuation and representing a net initial yield on sale price of 6.75%. The property was […]

01 Dec 2017

Triplepoint portfolio continues to expand

Triplepoint portfolio continues to expand – Triple Point Social Housing REIT has completed four further acquisitions of supported housing properties, comprising 52 units in total, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately £10.4 million (excluding costs). The four properties are located in Merseyside (27 units), Lancashire (21 units) and Brighton (4 units). The Merseyside property […]

29 Nov 2017

LondonMetric spends £48m on two logistics warehouses

LondonMetric spends £48m on two logistics warehouses – LondonMetric Property Plc has announced the acquisition of two logistics warehouses for GBP47.6 million, reflecting a blended net initial yield of 5.0% rising to a minimum of 5.6% after five years.  The average lease length is over 18 years. At Ollerton in Nottinghamshire, LondonMetric has agreed to acquire a […]