04 Nov 2015

Hammerson to redeems its 2016 bonds early

Hammerson has announced that it is to exercise its option to redeem its 5.25% Bonds, due 2016, early. The issue has a par value of £300m. This announcement follows the announcement on 21 October that Hammerson had completed a 10-year bond issue for £350m. The company says that its 5.25% 2016 Bonds will be redeemed […]

02 Nov 2015

British Land lets 1st Floor of Marble Arch House to Cirrus Logic

British Land has announced that it has let the first floor of Marble Arch House (pictured) to Cirrus Logic, a provider of analogue and digital signal processing equipment. This follows deals announced earlier this year to let the fourth and second floors to BXR Partners LLP (private investment) and GTECH (global gaming technology). Existing tenants include […]

02 Nov 2015

Custodian REIT acquires Torquay property and development land in Stevenage

Custodian REIT has announced that it has acquired the ground floor and part of the first floor of a leisure development in Abbey Sands, Torquay (pictured). The investment comprises four food and drink outlets on the seafront, close to the marina and town centre, let to Le Bistro Pierre Limited, Las Iguanas Limited, Loungers Limited […]

02 Nov 2015

Real Estate Investors acquires three West Midlands properties for £22.23m

Real Estate Investors has announced the acquisition of three properties located in the West Midlands for £22.23m. The acquisitions provide a net initial yield of 8.22% with a weighted average unexpired lease term (‘WAULT’) of 8.49 years. The properties produce a total annual rental income of £1,932,995 and the company says that there are a […]

02 Nov 2015

Assura acquires Abbey Healthcare Group and Abbey Healthcare Property Investments for £1.3m

Assura has announced the acquisition of Abbey Healthcare Group Limited and Abbey Healthcare Property Investments Limited from its former shareholders Peter Archer and Gina Archer. As part of the consideration, payable under the terms of the acquisition, Assura has agreed to issue to the Sellers 2,229,072 ordinary shares to the sellers. Based on the closing […]

29 Oct 2015

Kennedy Wilson Europe buys Italian office portfolio

Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate has conditionally acquired a portfolio of nine  offices in Italy fully let to the Italian government. The portfolio is being acquired from InvestiRE SGR, as the management company of the closed-end mutual property investment fund known as Fondo Immobili Pubblici (“FIP”). The portfolio net purchase price is EUR185.5 million, reflecting […]

28 Oct 2015

Redefine mulling financing options for Aegon deal

Redefine International’s adjusted NAV rose from 40.5p to 41.7p over the year to the end of August 2015. Earnings per share slipped from 3.3p to 3.2p but the dividend was upped from 3.2p to 3.25p. The slip in earnings was the result of cash drag in the portfolio in the second half of the period […]

21 Oct 2015

Hammerson launches 10-year £350m bond

Hammerson has announced the successful launch of a £350m bond that matures in 2025. The bond has an annual coupon of 3.5% and the company says it was priced at 1.73% over the reference gilt rate. However, the company then entered into a transaction to swap the sterling bond nominal amount and coupon payments into […]

16 Oct 2015

AEW UK REIT adds two properties

AEW UK REIT is spending £8.79m on two acquisitions: Barnstaple Retail Park was acquired for £6.79m reflecting a net initial yield and reversionary yield of 8.5%. It comprises a fully let retail warehouse scheme, extending to 50,950 sq ft. The Park is anchored by a 35,690 sq ft B&Q and includes a 9,605 sq ft […]