Highcroft Investments reports an increase in its net asset value from 923p to 965p over the six months ended 30 June 2015. The interim distribution has been increased by 8% to 14.3p. Gross rental income was up 7%, primarily on the back of rental income from properties in Ash Vale and Crawley purchased in the second half of 2014 and […]
Phoenix Spree Deutschland has announced the acquisition of an apartment complex located in Friedrichshain, Berlin. The purchase price is €16m which works out at a price per square metre of €2,580 or a prospective gross yield of 4.8%. they say the deal will increase the Fund’s rental income by c. 6%. The apartment complex is located […]
British Land has announced that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of 39 Victoria Street, SW1 to Singaporean property company Ho Bee Land for a gross purchase price of £144m (net price of c. £139m after deduction of rent free top up). Ho Bee Land is quoted on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange […]
Over the first half of 2015 SEGRO generated an 8.3% uplift in its EPRA NAV to 416p. Adjusted profits were up 3.7% to £69.2m driving the adjusted EPS up 3.4% to 9.2p. Rental income was up 4.3% like-for-like. the interim dividend is up 2% to 5p. Capital growth in the portfolio was driven by the […]
Kennedy Wilson Europe says it has completed the acquisition of nine south east offices from an entity affiliated with Apollo Global Management LLC. The underlying real estate is valued at £211m at completion, reflecting a yield on cost of 8.0%. The corporate acquisition was funded from the Company’s cash resources. Area Location sq ft Tenant (%) […]
While Japan Residential’s net asset value rose 6.3% in yen terms over the six months ended 31 May 2015, in sterling terms the rise was just 0.4% as the yen weakened. The yen uplift in the NAV was driven by a 3.1% uplift in the value of their investment properties. The distribution was held steady […]
Hammerson’s EPRA NAV rose by 4.7% over the first half of 2015. Adjusted earnings rose by 13.3% as rents rose by a like for like 2.1% and the interim dividend was increased by 8% to 9.5p. The company’s loan to value ratio fell by 1% to 33% as they secured a new £415m five-year unsecured revolving […]
Shaftesbury, the REIT focused on London’s West End, saw an announcement yesterday from entities controlled by the ‘Lee Family’ (principally through Mr Samuel Tak Lee) of a tender offer to acquire up to 9.3% of the shares in Shaftesbury at a price of 888p per share. If the tender is successful, the Lee family will control 13.2% […]
Schroder Real Estate has published results for the year ended 31 March 2015. The NAV total return for the year was 24.4% which includes an 18.7% capital uplift in the NAV to 57.7p. In addition the NAV has risen further in Q2 2015 to hit 59.1p. The dividend for the year was 2.48p (down from […]
Alpha Pyrenees has sold the Connecta Retail Park investment in Córdoba, one of the principal cities in the Andalucia region, for €15.3m – 100k more than its 31 December 2014 valuation. The property totals approximately 16,880 square metres and is located on the Avenida de Cadiz, the main access route from the A4 motorway to the […]
