14 Dec 2015

Empiric to acquire Provincial House development in Sheffield for £11m

Empiric Student Property has announced that it has exchanged contracts to acquire Provincial House, a 107 bed forward funded development in Sheffield, for a total investment of £11m. Empiric is to acquire the freehold to the site, which is located in central Sheffield, immediately next to the University of Sheffield’s north campus. The existing property […]

14 Dec 2015

AEW shopping spree continues

AEW UK REIT’s shopping spree continues with the purchase of three more properties for £12.2m. The first comprises a prominent 49,764 sq ft town centre leisure investment in Southend-on-Sea, let to Odeon Cinemas Limited with a WAULT of approximately 7 years to expiry. The property was acquired for GBP5.7m (net of acquisition costs) reflecting a […]

11 Dec 2015

LXB Retail Properties looking towards 2017 wind up

LXB Retail Properties has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2015. During the period, the company’s EPRA NAV per share has reduced by 23.1% but this largely reflects the return of £82.6m of cash to shareholders in June. The company says that, taking into account the cash return, there has been […]

10 Dec 2015

LMP sells Birmingham distribution warehouse

LondonMetric Property has announced that it has exchanged contracts to sell its 210,000 sq ft WH Smith distribution warehouse in Birmingham to a UK institution for GBP18.2 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.2%. The property was acquired in 2013 for GBP10.1 million with 11 years remaining on the lease. Simultaneous with purchase, LondonMetric re-geared […]

10 Dec 2015

Terra Catalyst – Don’t expect distributions in the short to medium term

Terra Catalyst Fund has announced its interim results for the six months to 30 September 2015. Terra Catalyst’s sole remaining asset is Spazio Investments NV, an externally managed property fund that specialises in investment in Italian industrial real estate. Spazio owns a portfolio of 169 properties of predominantly industrial and logistics use, located throughout Italy. […]

09 Dec 2015

Ediston buys Wrexham’s Plas Coch retail Park for £22.4m

Ediston Property has announced that the acquisition of Plas Coch Retail Park in Wrexham for £22.4m (net of acquisition costs) from Diageo Pension Trust. The acquisition, which provides a net initial yield is 6.52% (rising to 7.35% in March 2016 on expiry of a rent-free period), will be funded from existing cash resources and completion […]

09 Dec 2015

Tritax Big Box REIT buys Matalan’s Northern Distribution Centre

Tritax Big Box REIT has announced that it has completed the purchase of Matalan Retail’s Northern Distribution Centre at Knowsley Business Park, Liverpool, for £42.38m (net of acquisition costs). This reflects a net initial yield of 6.27% on the acquisition, which is being funded out of equity proceeds, with senior debt finance expected to be […]

09 Dec 2015

Alpha Real Trust purchases central Leeds development site for £3.75m

Alpha Real Trust has announced the purchase of a residential development site, in central Leeds, for £3.75m. The “Monk Bridge” site has planning consent for 269 residential apartments over 140,000 net saleable square feet with potential for ground floor commercial development within existing disused railway arches. The company says that, like it purchase of the […]

09 Dec 2015

MedicX fund grows post 8.3% NAV growth, now looking beyond the UK

MedicX fund grows post 8.3% NAV growth during the year MedicX Fund has announced its interim results for the year ended 30 September 2015. During the period, the company’s EPRA NAV increased by 5.4p to 70.8p per share, an increase of 8.3%. The company’s EPRA earnings were £13.4m. This is an increase of £4.7m or […]

09 Dec 2015

Japan Residential Investment Company – Alternative suitor pulls out

Japan Residential Investment Company has announced that the third party, with which it has been in discussion with, regarding a potential bid has advised that it is no longer interested in making an offer for the company. On 13 November 2015, Nikko III Pte. Ltd. and Japan Residential Investment Company announced that they had reached […]