26 Feb 2016

intu reports rising rental income

intu properties is reporting a 7 per cent increase in both its NAV per share (adjusted, diluted) and its underlying earnings per share from 13.3p to 14.2p and a 4 per cent revaluation surplus taking the value of investment properties to £9.6bn. The total return for the year was 10%. They see like-for-like net rental income in the […]

26 Feb 2016

Kennedy Wilson Europe had a busy and profitable year

Kennedy Wilson Europe’s results for the year ended 31 December 2015 show its adjusted NAV climbing from 1025.2p to 1174.5p over the year. Adjusted EPS rose sharply from 25.9p to 47.9p as the portfolio became more established and the effects of gearing kicked in. They paid dividends of 35p during the year and have announced […]

25 Feb 2016

Derwent London beats IPD in 2015

Derwent London is reporting that its EPRA net asset value per share increased by 21.6% to 3,535p from 2,908p at 31 December 2014, and by 9.6% from 3,226p at 30 June 2015. Net rental income increased 7.8% to £138.7m from £128.7m in 2014. EPRA profit before tax rose 31.0% to £81.6m from £62.3m last year […]

25 Feb 2016

Safestore announces acquisition of new site at Marnes-la-Vallée, Paris for €4.2m

Safestore has announced that its acquired a freehold site in eastern Paris adjacent to the A4 motorway at Marnes-la-Vallée in the town of Emerainville for €4.2m. The site contains an existing warehouse which will be converted into a c.60,000 sq ft self-storage facility and c.8,000 sq ft of serviced offices. The company estimates that the costs […]

23 Feb 2016

Picton buys Metro, Trafford Road, Manchester

Picton Property has acquired a fully let office building in Salford Quays, Greater Manchester for £17.6m. After finance costs this transaction will increase the Company’s net income by approximately £900k per annum, rising to £1.2m per annum in April 2017. This reflects an increase in dividend cover of 5% and 7% respectively. The property, known as Metro, […]

22 Feb 2016

Custodian REIT acquired B&Q retail warehouse in Banbury for £6.5m

Custodian REIT has announced that it has a 34,955 square foot retail warehouse in Banbury, currently let to B&Q, for £6.525m. The warehouse is located one mile from junction 11 of the M40 and within walking distance of the town centre and railway station. Nearby occupiers include Wickes, Halfords, Homebase, Dunelm Mill, Topps Tiles and […]

22 Feb 2016

Hibernia REIT to acquire Central Quay, in Dublin’s South Docks, for €51.3m

Hibernia REIT has announced that it has exchanged contracts to acquire Central Quay, a modern office building located between Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and Hanover Quay in the South Docks area of Dublin, for €51.3m. Central Quay (pictured), was completed in 2007 and is a 57,700 square foot office building, arranged over six floors, with 26 […]

19 Feb 2016

A strong year for SEGRO sees NAV growth of 21%

SEGRO has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2015. The company describes the year as one of strong operating and portfolio performance and they say the results reflect the active management of their assets, positive market dynamics and the strategic repositioning of the company’s portfolio, which is now almost exclusively focused […]

18 Feb 2016

SEGRO announces 10 year Big Box partnership with Roxhill

SEGRO has announced that it has entered into an exclusive partnership with Roxhill to potentially develop more than 10 million square feet of big box logistics warehousing, over 10 years, in the South East and Midlands. This will allow SEGRO to add significant scale to its UK big box logistics portfolio. SEGRO says that Roxhill is […]

17 Feb 2016

Redefine International raises £115m through a placing

Redefine International has announced the completion of the Placing, which has raised gross proceeds of approximately £115m (net proceeds approximately £109m). A total of 270,588,236 new Ordinary Shares are being issued under the placing. These shares, in aggregate, represent approximately 15.32% of the company’s issued ordinary share capital immediately following admission of the shares. The […]