01 Feb 2016

Ediston property acquires the Citygate building in Newcastle for £18.95m

Ediston Property Investment Company has announced that it has acquired the Citygate building (pictured), a modern office building in Newcastle, for £18.95m (net of acquisition costs). The company says that the purchase reflects a net initial yield of 6.57% and will be funded from a combination of cash resources and an increase of £12.42m in […]

28 Jan 2016

Custodian REIT sells Madison Place office space in Manchester for £1.35m

Custodian REIT has announced that it has sold a 7,333 square foot purpose-built office on Madison Place Business Park, Manchester for £1.35m, which is £0.15m ahead of its 30 September 2015 valuation. Prior to marketing, the lease term with Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was extended from four years to 10 years. The […]

28 Jan 2016

Shaftesbury gets planning for 57 Broadwick Street

Shaftesbury PLC, the West End-focused Real Estate Investment Trust, announces that Westminster City Council’s Planning Committee yesterday evening resolved to grant consent for the Group’s application to reconfigure and extend 57 Broadwick Street, Carnaby, a prominent building at the eastern gateway to Carnaby. Their scheme for the building, which was acquired in March 2014, provides […]

27 Jan 2016

Ediston Property has an EPIC start – returns 13.7% in first year

Ediston Property Investment Company, which listed on 28 October 2014, raising initial gross proceeds of £95m has announced its first set of full year results for the year ended 30 September 2015. During the period, the total return on the company’s EPRA NAV was 13.7% whilst its share price total return was 14.3%. Its NAV […]

27 Jan 2016

Tritax Big Box REIT is targeting a fundraise of a further £100m

Tritax Big Box REIT has announced that it is targeting a fundraising of £100m through a placing, open offer and offer for subscription, of new ordinary shares. Tritax says that it expects to use the net proceeds of the issue to acquire further investments. The issue price of 124p per ordinary share represents a discount of […]

27 Jan 2016

Green REIT to let former Royal Bank of Canada offices in Dublin to Fidelity International

Green REIT has announced that it has signed leases with Fidelity International at George’s Quay, Dublin 2 (pictured). Fidelity International will take tenancy in February 2016 of 26,500 square feet in the former offices of Royal Bank of Canada, who have relocated to Georges Quay Plaza, a nearby office block also owned by Green REIT. […]

25 Jan 2016

LondonMetric sells the Odeon Multiplex Cinema in Preston for £10.2m

LondonMetric Property has announced that it has exchanged contracts to sell the Odeon Multiplex Cinema, in Preston, for £10.2m. The sale reflects a net initial yield of 5.75% and the buyer is the Blackrock UK Long Lease Property Fund. The 33,000 square foot property has ten screens and is let to Odeon Cinemas Ltd for […]

25 Jan 2016

Drum Income Plus REIT is fully invested and considering raising further capital

Drum Income Plus REIT has provided an update that covers the period from its launch on 29 May 2015 to 31 December 2015. The company listed on the London Stock Exchange on 29 May 2015 raising gross proceeds of £31.9m. During the period to 31 December 2015, the company acquired four properties for total of […]