22 Jan 2016

Assura buys Malmesbury Medical Enterprise

Assura has announced that on 21 January 2016, it acquired Malmesbury Medical Enterprise Limited  from its former shareholders Kate Badcock, David Charles, Angela Charles, Nigel Pickering, Janet Pickering, John Pettit, Philippa Pettit, Jaqueline Neale, John Harrison, Pamela Harrison, Thomas Estcourt, Sonia Munnelly & David Grogan (together, the “Sellers”). As part of the consideration payable under […]

22 Jan 2016

Hammerson acquires Grand Central in Birmingham for £335m

Hammerson has announced that it has exchanged contracts with Birmingham City Council to acquire the new Grand Central shopping centre in Birmingham for £335m. The company has also said that it is in advanced discussions, with an existing joint venture partner on other assets, about entering into a 50:50 joint venture for the future ownership […]

21 Jan 2016

Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate sells Avon Loan portfolio for £100.3m

Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate has announced that it has completed the sale of the Avon Loan Portfolio for £100.3m. The sale is to a UK infrastructure fund and reflects an exit yield of 6.5%. Net cash proceeds amount to £99.1m. The Avon loan portfolio was acquired on June 2014 for £93.5m, reflecting a yield […]

20 Jan 2016

AEW UK REIT buys Walsall warehouse

The Board of AEW UK REIT has announced the acquisition of a multi let industrial warehouse located in Brockhurst Crescent, Walsall, West Midlands, an established commercial area located two miles from Junction 9 of M6. Comprising approximately 142,106 sq ft, the property is fully let to Tata Steel UK and Micheldever Tyre Services providing a […]

14 Jan 2016

Phoenix Spree reports valuation uplift

Phoenix Spree Deutschland’s property portfolio was valued by Jones Lang LaSalle GmbH as at 31 December 2015, at €282.8m, up from €245.3m the year before.  This represents an increase of 15.3% over the twelve-month period. This increase in valuation reflects yield movement and adjustments due to improved property condition; rental income increases; decreasing vacancy; market rent adjustments; […]

13 Jan 2016

Intu properties is selling its holding in Equity One

Intu Properties has announced that it has announced that it has commenced a (secondary) public offering in the United States whereby it will sell 11,357,837 shares of the common stock of Equity One, Inc. The shares are owned by Intu properties’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Liberty International Holdings Limited. Equity One is a real estate investment trust […]

13 Jan 2016

LondonMetric announces disposal of three jointly owned retail parks for £30m

LondonMetric Property has announced that its joint venture with the Universities Superannuation Scheme, the Metric Income Plus Limited Partnership, has sold its retail parks at Camborne, Haverhill and Bristol for £29.5m. LondonMetric’s share of the sale proceeds is £14.7m, which reflects a blended net initial yield of 5.8%. Longwell Green Retail Park in Bristol has […]

11 Jan 2016

Summit Germany acquires office buildings in Munich and Duisberg

Summit Germany has announced that it has acquired two office buildings, one in Munich and the other in Duisburg, for a total purchase price of €15m (including acquisition costs). The company says that the properties consist of approximately 12,000 square metres of lettable area and are fully let to several strong tenants with a weighted […]

08 Jan 2016

Hammerson sells Villebon 2 for €159m

Hammerson has announce that it has exchanged contracts to sell the Villebon 2 retail park to a consortium of French institutional investors for €159m (£116m). Villebon 2 is located in Villebon-sur-Yvette, in the south of Paris region. The park covers 47,500 square metres and was acquired by Hammerson in 2005. Hammerson say that it has […]

05 Jan 2016

Custodian REIT acquires property portfolio for £55.1m

Custodian REIT has announced that it has acquired a portfolio of nine properties for £55.1m. The Portfolio comprises four retail sites in Colchester, Guildford, Portsmouth and Winnersh, three industrial properties in Chepstow, Redditch and Warrington, and two offices in Edinburgh and West Malling. The average lot size is £6.1m and the occupiers include House of […]