Overview
Warehouse REIT : WHR
Warehouse REIT aims to provide its shareholders with an attractive level of income together with the potential for income and capital growth by investing in a diversified portfolio of UK commercial property warehouse assets. The company will hold a diversified portfolio of well-located freehold and long leasehold warehouse assets including warehouses in the Industrial/Manufacturing, Storage and Distribution, Trade-counter and Retail Warehouse sub-sectors.
There will be a preference for multi-let estates and a strong focus on income-producing investments. The company may acquire property interests either directly or through corporate structures (whether onshore UK or offshore) and also through joint venture or other shared ownership or coinvestment arrangements.
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Fundamentals
Price
Research History
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26 Apr 2024 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – First Quarter 2024
Real estate quarterly report Desperately seeking a catalyst The real estate investment trust (REIT) and listed property sector seems to have been cut adrift and is desperately seeking a positive macroeconomic outlook on which investors can hang their hat and from which sentiment can grow. The first quarter of 2024 started as 2023 left off […]
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11 Apr 2024 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – April 2024
Real Estate Roundup Performance data March’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. The release of positive inflation data during the month – which showed CPI was back trending down towards the 2% target – was a much-needed tonic for the real estate sector. The median average share price rose 3.5% […]
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11 Mar 2024 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – March 2024
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data February’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. It was another month of disappointing share price performance for the real estate sector, as the timing of the fabled interest rate cuts that could kick start a recovery in the sector remains unclear […]
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22 Jan 2024 10 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Annual Review – 2023
Real Estate Annual Review Kindly sponsored by abrdn Things can only get better The real estate sector endured a tough 2023, with much of the year characterised by falling values amid the high interest rate landscape. Values have since stabilised across sub-sectors. Optimism returned in the final couple of months of the year, on promising […]
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13 Dec 2023 15 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – December 2023
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data November’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Property stocks bounced back in November after a difficult few months, with the median share price across the sector up 8.2%. Investor sentiment towards the sector improved as hopes that interest rates have hit […]
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17 Nov 2023 11 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – November 2023
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data October’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. October was another difficult month for property companies, with only a handful of positive moves and the median share price across the sector down 4.7%. Although not reflected in the data here, the Bank […]
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19 Jul 2023 9 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – Second Quarter 2023
Real estate quarterly report Kindly sponsored by abrdn Discounted indiscriminately Stubbornly high inflation in the UK has raised the prospect of higher for longer interest rates, with the base rate hitting 5.0% in the UK dashing any hopes of a recovery in commercial property values for the foreseeable future. This negative outlook was reflected in […]
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14 Jul 2023 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – July 2023
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data June’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Sticky inflation in the UK and the Bank of England’s 0.5% hike in interest rates, which now sit at 5.0%, their highest level in 15 years, saw uncertainty return to the property market. The […]
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06 Apr 2023 13 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – April 2023
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data March’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Property stocks tumbled further in March as stubborn inflation and a further interest rate hike was announced by the Bank of England. The median average share price fall across the sector was 7.9%. Perhaps […]
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24 Jan 2023 10 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Annual Review – 2022
Real Estate Annual Review Kindly sponsored by abrdn The year the rug was pulled out 2022 will be remembered as the year that the rug was pulled from under the property sector. Having benefitted from decades of low interest rates, which had fuelled debt-ladened deals and piqued the appetite of global investors looking for more […]
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05 Jan 2023 11 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – January 2023
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data December’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. 2022 ended with another difficult month for property companies as the sector continues to get to grips with the impact of higher interest rates. There were several funds that performed well during December, however. […]
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07 Dec 2022 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – December 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data November’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Valuation declines in the property sector are starting to feed through in NAV announcements and interim results (see page 2) as higher cost of debt continues to put pressure on pricing. Having seen dramatic […]
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8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – December 2022
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn December 2022 Monthly | Investment companies Winners and losers in November 2022 As discussed in this month’s economic and political roundup, lower US inflation triggered a fall in the US dollar and drove equity markets higher over November. The big surprise was the resurgence of Chinese markets […]
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03 Nov 2022 8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – November 2022
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn November 2022 Monthly | Investment companies Winners and losers in October 2022 Many equity markets recovered some of the ground lost in September. The swift departure of Liz Truss and her unfunded tax cuts helped the UK stock market and sterling. North America […]
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8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – November 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data October’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Having priced in a major write-down of portfolio valuations in the real estate sector, especially after interest rate expectations rocketed following the disastrous mini-budget at the end of September, the market seems to have […]
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24 Oct 2022 8 min read
What the logistics is going on?
Has logistics been oversold? The sell-off of real estate investment trusts (REITs) has been breathtaking, with industrial and logistics-focused funds taking their fair share of pain. The major concern is that borrowing costs are now higher than the initial yields on their portfolios, implying an upward re-basing of property yields and a decline in portfolio […]
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8 min read
What the logistics is going on?
Has logistics been oversold? The sell-off of real estate investment trusts (REITs) has been breath-taking, with industrial and logistics-focused funds taking their fair share of pain. The major concern is that borrowing costs are now higher than the initial yields on their portfolios, implying an upward re-basing of property yields and a decline in portfolio […]
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14 Oct 2022 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2022
Real estate quarterly report Kindly sponsored by abrdn Choppy waters ahead High interest rates is a killer for real estate, and so the chancellor’s disastrous ‘mini budget’ at the end of September – which spooked gilt markets and saw interest rate forecasts for next year top 6% – had a catastrophic impact on the listed […]
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13 Oct 2022 14 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2022
Third quarter of 2022 Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Piling on the misery In the face of rising inflation, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, central bankers have condemned for their relative inaction. However, in the third quarter of 2022, they stepped up a gear. Last month’s economic and political roundup […]
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06 Oct 2022 10 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – October 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data September’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. The real estate sector is facing the perfect storm. Fears that interest rate rises will be higher and faster as the Bank of England looks to quell inflation, exacerbated by the chancellor’s disastrous ‘mini […]
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9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – October 2022
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn October 2022 Monthly | Investment companies Winners and losers in September 2022 September’s median total share price return was -6.4% (+0.4% in August). The median NAV return over September was -1.2%. See Appendix 1 for a breakdown of how all the sectors have […]
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07 Sep 2022 11 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – September 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data August’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. AIM-listed small cap fund manager and investor First Property Group tops the list of best performing property companies in August. It was the only company to see a double-digit rise in its share price, […]
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04 Aug 2022 10 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – August 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data July’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Many of the logistics and office focused companies that have suffered in the past few months saw somewhat of a recovery in July, as the substantial discounts that their share prices trade at relative […]
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15 Jul 2022 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – Second Quarter 2022
Real Estate Quarterly Review Kindly sponsored by abrdn Storm clouds gather Fears that a perfect storm is brewing has weighed on the real estate sector. Central banks’ move to raise interest rates to curb spiralling inflation has stoked concerns that investors will turn away from real estate to less risky alternatives, such as bonds. Meanwhile […]
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10 Jun 2022 16 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – June 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data May’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. A perpetual theme in the listed property sector over the last few years has been the persistent discount to net asset value that many companies’ share prices have traded on. Some have succumbed to […]
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06 May 2022 9 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – May 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data April’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Fears of a looming recession meant April was a difficult month for property stocks generally. There were a few positive performers in share price terms, however. Leading the way was London office landlord and […]
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06 Apr 2022 15 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – April 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data March’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Property stocks generally rallied in March, perhaps due to the relative inflation hedge they can provide. There were two outliers in Dublin office specialist Hibernia REIT and small-cap South East of England landlord McKay […]
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24 Jan 2022 10 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Annual Review – 2021
Real Estate Annual Review Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Bouncebackability Over the course of 2021, the property sector certainly rebounded from the depths of the pandemic-induced slumps of 2020, with the average share price of listed property companies up 14.2%. That didn’t mean there were not some ups and downs along the way. The […]
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07 Jan 2022 9 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – January 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data December’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. The year of 2021 ended with positive news that the Omicron variant was less serious than first thought, resulting in a lockdown over the Christmas-trading period being avoided. It was Home REIT […]
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06 Dec 2021 13 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – December 2021
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data November’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. November ended under a cloud of uncertainty, with the discovery of the Omicron coronavirus variant threating a return of restrictions that have wreaked havoc in the property sector over the past two […]
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08 Nov 2021 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – November 2021
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data October’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. The best performing real estate funds in October were mainly sector specialists, however, the property generalists had a good month too, led by BMO Real Estate Investments. The company saw its share […]
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15 Jul 2021 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – second quarter 2021
Value hunters boost property The easing of lockdown restrictions throughout the quarter saw property companies stage somewhat of a comeback from the depths of the pandemic, despite ‘freedom day’ being delayed into July. The potential for an economic bounce in the second half of the year is growing and generalist real estate investment trusts (REITs), […]
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07 Jun 2021 14 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – June 2021
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data May’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. Unsurprisingly, St Modwen Properties saw a big rise in its share price in May having received a cash offer for the business (logistics developments and a housebuilding arm) from Blackstone, valuing it […]
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19 Apr 2021 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – first quarter 2021
Lockdown cloud begins to lift The success of the vaccine rollout in the UK and the implementation of a roadmap out of lockdown saw the share prices of listed property companies – most of which had been decimated during the last year – make somewhat of a recovery. The economy is on firmer footing and […]
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08 Mar 2021 10 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – March 2021
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data February’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. The roadmap out of lockdown and the impressive vaccination programme in the UK has lifted confidence in a swift economic recovery and triggered a shift to value stocks. Property companies on significant […]
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22 Jan 2021 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Annual Review – 2020
Real Estate Annual Review Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Riding out the COVID rollercoaster The 2020 rollercoaster saw more downs than ups and at times felt like a pandemic induced freefall. Lockdowns, tiers and plenty of U-turns meant investing in property was not for the faint hearted. Positivity returned at the end of the […]
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17 Dec 2020 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – December 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data November’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. The eagerly awaited news of a successful vaccine candidate came at the start of November, boosting the stock market. Property companies that had seen their share price battered over the past eight […]
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16 Jul 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – Q2 2020
Real Estate Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments A polarised lens The covid-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc in the real estate in the second quarter, but a polarisation of sectors and funds has started to become apparent. Companies focused on the retail, leisure and hospitality property sectors had already seen huge negative […]
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07 Jul 2020 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – July 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data June’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. Uncertainty caused by the covid-19 pandemic continued to weigh on property stocks in June and we had the first real casualty in Intu Properties, which collapsed into administration. A number of companies […]
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09 Jun 2020 11 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – June 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data May’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. Shares in property companies took another turbulent turn during May as the covid-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc on property assets. The biggest mover in price terms during the month was an […]
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20 Apr 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Roundup – First Quarter 2020
Real Estate Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Covid chaos The covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the share price of property companies, with 31% wiped off the value of their total market capitalisation during the first quarter of 2020. Companies focused on the retail, leisure and hospitality property sectors were […]
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07 Apr 2020 11 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – April 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data March’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. Property stocks took a hammering in March as the covid19 pandemic took hold. The UK was put on lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus resulting in the enforced closure of […]
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10 Mar 2020 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – March 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data February’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. Property stocks tumbled in February as fears over the spread of Covid-19 spooked financial markets around the world and resulted in the largest sell-off since the 2008 financial crisis. There were just […]
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20 Dec 2019 15 min read
Industrial property market – The gift that keeps on giving
Industrial property market – the gift that keeps on giving The industrial and logistics sector has been on a tremendous run over the past five years or so. It is hard to think now, given the current dynamics in the property industry, that retail and offices were the sectors of choice for investors for many […]
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15 min read
Industrial property market – The gift that keeps on giving
Industrial property market – the gift that keeps on giving The industrial and logistics sector has been on a tremendous run over the past five years or so. It is hard to think now, given the current dynamics in the property industry, that retail and offices were the sectors of choice for investors for many […]
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10 Dec 2019 15 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – December 2019
Real Estate Roundup Performance data November’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. November saw a host of companies report interim and full year results with varying outcomes. CLS Holdings, which owns a diverse portfolio split between the UK, Germany and France, gave a positive trading update that outlined its capital […]
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07 Jun 2019 5 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – June 2019
Economic & Political Roundup A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the […]
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16 Oct 2018 2 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018 Global equities delivered positive returns over the third quarter of 2018. This was principally because of strength in the US market. Political uncertainty and concerns about global trade held back other regions. Generally, government bond yields rose over the quarter. The UK equity market fell as the Bank of […]
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12 Oct 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of August 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money raised and returned in September Trian Investors 1 is a new fund that will adopt […]
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18 Jan 2018 1 min read
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year – Many commentators, including us, were wary going into 2017. In the event, economic growth and markets surprised on the upside: US markets hit new highs despite three interest rate rises. Perceived low/no growth areas such as Europe and Japan burst into life. Asia’s technology stocks surged. India’s […]
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19 Oct 2017 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017 – Markets moved up a little over the course of the three months ended 30 September 2017. Regionally, emerging markets did well. The pound strengthened a bit relative to the US dollar but was flat against the euro. The oil price rose by more than 20%. In […]
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12 Oct 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2017 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of September 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. October Investment Companies Roundup Amongst the top performers, Alternative Liquidity Fund sold its […]
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01 Jul 2025 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 July 2025 – GPM, SCF, VOF, CRS, JARA, GSCT, WHR, SUPR, CLI
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 July 2025: Golden Prospect appears to have struck a deal with Saba. Schroder Income Growth has lost one of its managers, Vinacapital Vietnam’s manager has increased its stake in the company. Crystal Amber is launching a £2.5m buyback. JPMorgan Core Real Assets has published its annual results [but these relate […]
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25 Jun 2025 4 min read
Tritax Big Box bids for Warehouse REIT
The boards of Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX) and Warehouse REIT have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash and share offer, in which BBOX will acquire Warehouse REIT – trumping the current Blackstone offer. Under the terms of the acquisition, each Warehouse REIT share will be entitled to receive 0.4236 new BBOX […]
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11 Jun 2025 2 min read
Valuations rebound for Warehouse REIT, putting shade on Blackstone offer
A strong rebound in valuations in the multi-let industrial sector saw Warehouse REIT post a 2.9% uplift in EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) to 128.0p in annual results to 31 March 2025. This comes after the company last week recommended a reduced cash offer for the company from Blackstone at 109.0p. [QD comment: That now […]
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04 Jun 2025 2 min read
Blackstone firms up £470m Warehouse REIT offer
Warehouse REIT and Blackstone have agreed the terms of a recommended cash acquisition of Warehouse by the US private equity giant. Under the deal, shareholders would get 110.6p per share, including the 1.6p dividend paid in April. Blackstone had previously submitted a cash proposal of 115p per share in March, but following due diligence raised […]
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12 May 2025 1 min read
Warehouse REIT offer thrown into doubt
Blackstone’s potential offer for Warehouse REIT has been thrown into doubt, with the US private equity giant contesting the valuation of a development asset in the portfolio. In an announcement today, Warehouse REIT’s board said that Blackstone had written to it on 7 May “raising several matters arising from its due diligence”. The most significant […]
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27 Mar 2025 1 min read
Warehouse REIT board minded to recommend £489m offer
The board of Warehouse REIT has announced that it would be minded to recommend Blackstone’s cash offer for the company. Blackstone made a final offer earlier this week at 115.0p per share, valuing the company at £489m. It said that it would engage in discussions with Blackstone in relation to terms and to allow Blackstone […]
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25 Mar 2025 1 min read
Blackstone ups bid for Warehouse REIT
Blackstone has made a final indicative all cash bid to the board of Warehouse REIT of 115.0 pence per share, valuing the company at £489m. This follows a proposal for the company of 110.5 pence in early March made by Blackstone and fellow US private equity company Sixth Street. The new indicative offer (which has […]
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2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 March 2025 – RIII, SHIP, FAS, WHR
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 March 2025: Rights and Issues Investment Trust (RIII) has announced that its board has decided to withdraw resolution 10, the authority to buy back shares, from the business of the company’s annual general meeting held on 24 March 2025 and therefore the share repurchase programme announced on 31 July 2024 […]
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10 Mar 2025 1 min read
Warehouse REIT secures 375,000 sq ft lease renewal at Midpoint 18
Warehouse REIT (WHR) has announced that it has agreed a 375,000 sq ft, ten-year lease renewal at Midpoint 18, Middlewich, with Wincanton Plc, a leading supply chain specialist and one of the largest occupiers in WHR’s portfolio. Wincanton will be paying a new headline rent of £6.50 per square foot, rising to a minimum of […]
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2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 March 2025 – MTU, INV, IPU/AFL, SOHO, WHR
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 March 2025: Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU) has published a circular seeking to renew the trust’s repurchase authority (for up to 21,640,007 ordinary shares, or, if fewer, that number of ordinary shares which is equal to 14.99% of MTU’s issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) at the date of […]
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07 Mar 2025 4 min read
Beleaguered investment companies have a mountain to climb
The Association of Investment Companies held its annual Directors’ Conference on 6 March 2025. If you were imagining scenes of champagne sipping and back slapping, it could not be further from the truth. Directors take their jobs seriously and they know that there is a mountain to climb to stem outflows, narrow discounts, and fend […]
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04 Mar 2025 2 min read
Warehouse REIT rebuffs £470m bid
Warehouse REIT has received an offer for the company from private equity houses Blackstone and Sixth Street Partners valuing the company at around £470m. The consortium said that it made the offer (its fourth indicative all cash proposal) to the board of Warehouse REIT on 23 February 2025. The offer price of 110.5p per share […]
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11 Feb 2025 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 February 2025 – CMPG, CMPI, TRIG, PPET, PINT, PRSR, WHR, SOHO
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 February 2025: CT Managed Portfolio Trust (CMPG / CMPI) has a new two-year unsecured revolving credit facility with The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited (London Branch) for £10m. This replaces a £5m unsecured term loan which had a fixed interest rate of 2.78% and a £5m unsecured revolving credit […]
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31 Jan 2025 4 min read
REITs on the cheap
With REITs and property companies having been heavily discounted by the market over the past two-and-a-half years, and with share prices moving inversely in eerily close tandem with gilt yields – the sharks are no longer just circling; they are taking huge chunks out of the sector. Seven REITs and property companies were lost to […]
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21 Nov 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 November 2024 – SHRS, BGLF, EBOX, WHR, SOHO, CRT
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 November 2024: Shires Income (SHRS) announced its interim results for the six months to 30 September 2024. The company delivered a NAV total return of 6.8%, compared to a benchmark return of 6.1%. The share price total return was 14.5%, resulting in a narrowing of the discount of share price […]
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02 Aug 2024 3 min read
The first cut is the deepest
At last! The Bank of England’s first cut in interest rates has finally come, marked by a collective sigh of relief for many downtrodden sectors such as property. It may be just a 0.25% cut and a succession of quickfire cuts seem highly unlikely, but it signals a turning point that should bring confidence to […]
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23 Jul 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 July 2024 – DGI9, PAC, WHR
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 July 2024: Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9) announced the appointment of Mr Philip Braun as an independent non-executive director of the company with effect from 22 July 2024. Further to the company’s announcement on 12 June 2024 and following Mr Philip Braun’s appointment to the board of DGI9, Mr Aaron Le […]
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28 Jun 2024 3 min read
Going off piste in search of yield
With headlines dominated by a certain £5bn merger and a potential lifeline thrown Regional REIT’s way, I suspect a smaller deal announced by Warehouse REIT may have gone unnoticed. Already on our radar this week due to annual results being published, the company made the surprising additional announcement of a retail park acquisition. That’s not […]
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25 Jun 2024 2 min read
Warehouse REIT buys retail park and reports resilient results
Warehouse REIT has announced the acquisition of a retail park for £38.6m, and also reported an uplift in NAV in annual results. The company, which specialises in multi-let warehousing, has ventured away from its core investment strategy with the purchase of phase 2 of Ventura Retail Park, a 13-unit scheme in Tamworth, close to Birmingham. […]
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24 Jun 2024 1 min read
Warehouse REIT sells three assets for £57.5m
Warehouse REIT has completed the sale of £57.5m of single-let assets in three separate transactions. The combined sales price is in line with the 31 March 2024 valuation and represents a net yield on passing rent of 5.8%. The sales bring total proceeds raised since the company announced its deleveraging plan in November 2022 to […]
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25 Apr 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 April 2024 – DLN, NRR, WHR
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 April 2024: Derwent London (DLN) has exchanged contracts to sell its 70,300 sq ft Publicis Group-let office in Clerkenwell for £77.35m to UK investment manager Titan Investors. The redevelopment of the building completed in 2015 and is let at a passing rent of £4.0m, on a lease expiring in 2035, […]
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12 Feb 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 February 2024 – WHR, SRE, RTW
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 February 2024: Warehouse REIT (WHR) has sold two assets in separate transactions for a total of £13.4m. The combined price is 3.7% ahead of the September 2023 book value and reflects an average net initial yield of 5.3%. The sales comprise Warrington South Industrial Estate, a 106,000 sq ft single-let […]
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22 Jan 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 January 2024 – HGT, CREI, WHR
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 January 2024: HgCapital Trust (HGT) has announced that it has sold its entire stake in Argus Media, a leading independent provider of intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets. HGT will sell its shareholding to Argus’s current CEO Adrian Binks, and General Atlantic, a major minority shareholder. The transaction […]
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15 Nov 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 November 2023 – GCP, FP, INOV, WHR
QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 November 2023: GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP) has released a quarterly update to 30 September 2023. NAV total return over the period was 1.4% while shares fell 11.6%, widening the fund’s discount which now sits at 36%. During the quarter, the company completed a refinancing of two existing loan notes secured against […]
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27 Jul 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 July 2023
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 July 2023: AVI Global Trust (AGT) has completed an agreement to issue JPY4.5bn (£25m) of fixed rate unsecured debt, for a term of ten years. The annual interest rate on the debt is 1.44%. The company is about 4% geared currently. Greencoat UK Wind’s (UKW) NAV dropped from 167.1p to […]
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06 Jun 2023 2 min read
Warehouse REIT results reflect impact of market yield expansion
Warehouse REIT has reported a 29.5% drop in EPRA NTA to 122.6p per share in annual results to the end of March 2023, reflecting the outward movement in yields in line with the rise in interest rates. The group’s portfolio valuation fell 18.5% to £828.8m (2022: £1,012.0m) on a like-for-like basis following a 131 basis […]
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30 Mar 2023 1 min read
Disposals and new rentals bolster the attractions of Warehouse REIT
Warehouse REIT has recently concluded the sale of two distribution estates totalling 269,000 per sq ft, for £29.5m, generating an ungeared IRR of 9%. The disposals comprise: 12 Exeter Way, Theale, a vacant 92,000 sq ft warehouse with a high office component, acquired by an owner occupier for £15.0m; and Temple House, Harlow, for £14.5m, […]
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12 Dec 2022 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 December 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 December 2022: SME Credit Realisation Fund (SCRF) has announced that it has completed its asset realisation strategy, initiated in 2019 following consultation with shareholders accounting for over two-thirds of the register, through the sale of all of its remaining UK and continental European (Germany and Netherlands) loans to a third-party […]
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21 Oct 2022 2 min read
QD view – has logistics been oversold?
They say a week is a long time in politics, try a day. Wednesday was a breathtakingly embarrassing day for the government, with the calamitous Liz Truss finally falling on her sword of uncosted tax cuts on Thursday. This will mean that the UK will have its third prime minister in less than two months […]
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24 May 2022 2 min read
Warehouse REIT posts 33.2% NAV total return as it gears up for main market move
Warehouse REIT delivered a NAV total return for the year to 31 March 2022 of 33.2%, as it gears up for a move from AIM to the main market. EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) per share was up 28.6% to 173.8p (31 March 2021: 135.1 pence), thanks to a large increase in the value of […]
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QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 May 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 May 2022: Alina Holdings says that due to “the recent collapse in Global Equity Markets, and the board’s relatively bleak economic outlook with the potential for ‘Stagflation’, leading to further stock market declines” it intends to undertake an accelerated strategic review, including the potential sale of the company or liquidation […]
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21 Apr 2022 1 min read
Warehouse REIT buys £62m estate in Milton Keynes
Warehouse REIT has exchanged contracts to acquire an industrial estate in Milton Keynes for £62m, reflecting a net initial yield of 4%. The multi-let Bradwell Abbey Industrial Estate totals 335,000 sq ft across 69 units and is located just off the A5, and close to the M1 motorway. The estate is currently 96% let to […]
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25 Aug 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 August 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 August 2021: Pershing Square Holdings (PSH) has released its half-year report for the six months to 30 June. During the period under review, it returned 7.3% in NAV terms and 4.7% in share price terms, behind its S&P 500 benchmark return of 15.2%. The discount currently stands at c. 25%, to […]
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25 May 2021 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 May 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 May 2021 – Lowland (LWI), the UK equity income fund, reported its interim results to 31 March 2021, with a total NAV return of 33.0% coming in well ahead of its benchmark (the FTSE all-share index). LWI’s focus on the industrial and financial sectors, as well as its value bias, drove performance. […]
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18 May 2021 1 min read
Warehouse REIT buys Cambridge industrial estate for £20m
Warehouse REIT has completed the acquisition of Cambridge South Industrial Estate for £20.15m, reflecting a net initial yield of 4.15%. The scheme, which comprises 68,000 sq ft across 13 newly built multi-let industrial units and an adjacent development site, is located on the wider Dales Manor Business Park, just seven miles south of Cambridge city centre, six […]
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02 Mar 2021 1 min read
Warehouse REIT acquires industrial property
Warehouse REIT, the multi-let industrial specialist, has acquired an asset at Glasgow Airport Business Park for £5.3m, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.3%. The asset, which comprises three units totalling 55,600 sq ft, is occupied by two global transport companies and a craft beer distributor. It generates an annual income of £357,000, equating to […]
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11 Feb 2021 1 min read
Warehouse REIT buys four warehouses in Liverpool
Warehouse REIT buys four warehouses in Liverpool – Warehouse REIT has bought four modern warehouse units on Boulevard Industry Park in Speke, Liverpool, totalling 390,000 sq ft. The purchase price of £35m reflects a net initial yield of 5.5%. Ranging from 74,000 sq ft to 163,000 sq ft, the units are occupied by three separate occupiers […]
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05 Feb 2021 3 min read
Warehouse REIT announces fundraise and Harlow acquisition
Warehouse REIT (WHR) has, in two separate releases, announced the acquisition of two adjacent distribution warehouses in Harlow as well as a fundraise that aims to raise gross proceeds of up to £45.9 million. The two warehouses total 177,000 sq ft and were purchased for £13.9 million including costs. The combined property generates £1.2 million […]
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27 Jan 2021 1 min read
Warehouse REIT collects 96% of rent for year
Warehouse REIT has collected 96% of rent for its financial year to the end of March 2021, it announced as part of a trading update. For the current quarter, it has received 95% of rent (including 3% that has been deferred). This, it said, was higher than the equivalent date for the previous three quarters. […]
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22 Dec 2020 2 min read
Warehouse REIT buys 200,000 sq ft of last mile warehouses
Warehouse REIT buys 200,000 sq ft of last mile warehouses – Warehouse REIT has bought a portfolio of four single and multi-let distribution warehouse assets for £18.6m. The purchase price reflects a blended net initial yield of 6.1%. Situated in key strategic last mile distribution hubs within the North West and the West Midlands, the 200,000 […]
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07 Dec 2020 1 min read
Warehouse REIT acquires industrial estate for £17.5m
Warehouse REIT has acquired an industrial estate in Milton Keynes for £17.5m. The company has bought the Granby Industrial Estate, which comprises 24 urban logistics and trade counter units, for a net initial yield of 5.7%. The 10-acre estate offers 147,000 sq ft of gross lettable area which is let to 16 tenants, across 19 of […]
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27 Nov 2020 2 min read
QD view – Black Friday boon for logistics
It is that time of year again – Black Friday. The US export has quickly become one of the biggest shopping days in the UK. But with shops closed due to lockdown, it will almost entirely take place online this year. It is estimated that £6bn will be spent on Black Friday this year versus […]
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16 Nov 2020 2 min read
Warehouse REIT acquires £43.6m portfolio
Warehouse REIT has acquired a portfolio of five warehouses for £43.6m, reflecting a blended net initial yield of 6.7%. It has bought the properties from Greenstone Property Holdings, a company owned by Warehouse REIT directors Simon Hope and Stephen Barrow. The assets total 570,000 sq ft and provide an annual rent of £2.95m as well as […]
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04 Sep 2020 2 min read
Shed heaven
Urban Logistics REIT (SHED) this week has announced another potential equity raise, having already invested all the proceeds of its £136m placing from March 2020. The news underlines the polarisation we are seeing in the property market, with other sectors such as retail and offices struggling in the face of uncertain futures. As many of […]
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03 Sep 2020 1 min read
Warehouse REIT spends £82m
Warehouse REIT spends £82m – Warehouse REIT has completed the acquisition of two single-let warehouse assets located in the East Midlands and Cheshire, occupied by Amazon and Wincanton respectively. The assets have been purchased in two separate transactions for a total consideration of £82 million, reflecting a blended net initial yield of 5.4% and provide a […]
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06 Aug 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 August 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 August 2020: VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity has completed its sale of its stake in International Dairy Products. The fund shares $45.4m with its co-investment partner Daiwa PI Partners. All in, this deal added 14 cents to the NAV but this is already in the NAV (has been reflected there since 10 July). […]
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06 Jul 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 July 2020
Warehouse REIT (WHR) announced that it has received valid applications and commitments for the issue announced on 18 June, raising approximately £153m. Neil Kirton, chairman of WHR, commented: “The result of this equity raise, ahead of our original £100m March target, is a strong endorsement of our strategy. We are extremely grateful to both the new UK […]
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18 Jun 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 June 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 June 2020; Vietnam Enterprise passed a continuation vote comfortably, 154.6m shares voted against a resolution that would have forced a wind up in December 2022, only 721,277 shares voted for it. Warehouse REIT hopes to issue 159,090,908 shares at 110p via a placing and open offer (existing shareholders can apply for […]
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16 Jun 2020 1 min read
Warehouse REIT makes series of lettings
Warehouse REIT has made a series of lettings across its portfolio worth £1.9m in annual rent, reflecting the continued strength of the logistics sector. The group said it had completed or was under offer on 43 lettings and lease renewals since 1 April 2020. They cover 277,000 sq ft of space and will generate an […]
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12 Jun 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 June 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 June 2020, as the UK economy contracts by 20.4% in April: Hipgnosis Songs got permission from its shareholders to make greater use of borrowed money to enhance returns. The limit on borrowing has been lifted from 20% of net assets to 30% of net assets. It is now thinking about issuing […]
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02 Jun 2020 2 min read
Warehouse REIT considers fresh fundraise as portfolio holds up against covid-19
Warehouse REIT is considering an equity fundraise to capitalise on a pipeline of acquisitions as its portfolio proves resilient against covid-19. The group said it was engaging with existing and potential new investors ahead of a potential equity raise, after aborting a fundraise in March as the pandemic took hold. However, the company said it was well placed […]
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09 Apr 2020 2 min read
Warehouse REIT commits to 2020 dividend
Warehouse REIT has committed to paying its 2020 dividend target. The group paid its third quarter dividend of 1.6p per share on 31 March 2020 and added that it remained committed to meeting its dividend target for the financial year to 31 March 2020 of 6.2p per share. As at 7 April 2020, it collected […]
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18 Mar 2020 1 min read
Warehouse REIT calls off equity raise due to Covid-19
Warehouse REIT, the UK REIT that invests in and manages urban and ‘last-mile’ industrial warehouse assets in the UK, has suspended its fund raise amid the current market uncertainty caused by Covid-19. The company announced on 17 February that it intended to raise up to £100m through a placing, with a general meeting arranged for […]
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05 Mar 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 5 March 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 5 March 2020 Sirius Real Estate has secured €50m funding through a Schuldschein loan offering a blended interest rate of 1.60%, with an average maturity of 3.7 years. Urban Logistics REIT has topped up the £130m it raised the other day with a further £6.1m from its open offer and offer for subscription. […]
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24 Feb 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s other news 24 February 2020
QuotedData’s other news 24 February 2020 – The flexible investments company, UIL (UTL) reported interim results to 31 December 2019. The company noted in the report that following six years of significant rising NAV, its total return performance softened was (4.3%) for the half-year to 31 December 2019. Much of this underperformance is due to stronger sterling, […]
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17 Feb 2020 2 min read
Warehouse REIT weighing up fund raise
Warehouse REIT is weighing up an equity raise having identified a pipeline of acquisitions worth £352m. The AIM-listed company, which invests in and manages urban and ‘last-mile’ industrial warehouse assets, and its investment adviser Tilstone Partners is in exclusive negotiations to buy £72m worth of assets and is in detailed negotiations on a further £280m. […]
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24 Jan 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 24 January 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 24 January – Following on from its anaerobic digestion problems, SQN Asset Finance Income (SQN) has announced that its board has taken the decision to conduct a strategic review of the company’s operations. This will be wide- ranging to include the provision of investment management services.. Warehouse REIT (WHR), the specialist […]
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20 Jan 2020 3 min read
Warehouse REIT provides trading update and increases dividend
Warehouse REIT has provided a trading update for the period since 1 October 2019 during which it has completed 24 new lettings and 20 lease renewals 6.4% ahead of estimated rental value (ERV). The group has also increased its dividend for the quarter and its target for the year from 6p to 6.2p per share. […]
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05 Nov 2019 2 min read
Warehouse REIT expanding apace
Warehouse REIT expanding apace – The UK specialist warehouse investor, Warehouse REIT (WHR), has announced interim results covering the six-month period to 30 September 2019. Results breakdown (notes around these figures can be found in the official release): Six months to 30 September 2019 30 September 2018 Revenue £13.6m £10.7m Operating profit before gains on […]
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26 Sep 2019 1 min read
Warehouse REIT invests in Cheshire
Warehouse REIT invests in Cheshire – Warehouse REIT has exchanged contracts to acquire the Midpoint Estate, a multi-let estate of 20 high quality, individual warehouse units on 29 acres in a strategic location off the M6 motorway in Middlewich, Cheshire for GBP15.5 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.6 per cent. The Midpoint Estate […]
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18 Sep 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 18 September 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 18 September 2019 – Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust (SLI) has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2019. During the period, SLI’s NAV total return was 2.7% for the period ended 30 June 2019, which was generated by like for like portfolio growth combined with profits […]
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2 min read
Warehouse REIT acquires portfolio of eight warehouse and distribution assets
Warehouse REIT (WHR) has announced that it has purchased an eight asset fully-let portfolio of reversionary warehouse and distribution assets, from Aviva Investors, for £70 million. Producing an annual rent of £5.38 million, the purchase price reflects a net initial yield of just over 7%. An additional deferred payment of up to £5 million is […]
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05 Aug 2019 1 min read
Warehouse REIT drives up rent with Boots deal
Warehouse REIT drives up rent with Boots deal – Warehouse REIT has secured a 10-year lease renewal with Boots at a 42% uplift in rent. Boots has signed the lease renewal at the warehouse at Daneshill Industrial Estate in Basingstoke, which comprises 113,000 sq ft of distribution facilities on a six acre site, with no […]
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17 Jul 2019 1 min read
Warehouse REIT growing its portfolio
Warehouse REIT growing its portfolio – Warehouse REIT (WHR) is busy expanding its portfolio; after raising £120m in April, the company has deployed a small chunk of the proceeds to acquire a warehouse property in Chorley, Lancashire for £3.60m and an industrial warehouse premises in Doncaster, South Yorkshire for £1.68m (extending its current holding at […]
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21 May 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 21 May 2019
Warehouse REIT (WHR) had a strong year to 31 March 2019. In it’s preliminary results announcement this morning, the company reported a 7,4% increase in EPRA NAV per share. The portfolio performed well as tenant demand remained strong despite current political and economic uncertainties, while supply of space remained constrained, with capital values generally below replacement […]
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15 Apr 2019 2 min read
Warehouse REIT buys in Northampton and Aberdeen
Warehouse REIT buys in Northampton and Aberdeen – Warehouse REIT has exchanged contracts to acquire a multi-unit estate in Northampton let to John Lewis and a multi-let industrial estate in Aberdeen. The assets were purchased in two separate transactions for a total consideration of GBP37 million, reflecting a blended net initial yield of 6.6%. In Northampton, […]
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04 Feb 2019 2 min read
Warehouse REIT buys Glasgow air cargo centre
Warehouse REIT buys Glasgow air cargo centre – Warehouse REIT has exchanged contracts on the purchase of the Air Cargo Centre at Glasgow International Airport, from Airport Industrial Nominees Limited. The GBP11.1 million price represents a net initial yield of 6.7% and a reversionary yield in excess of 7%. The property is held by way of […]
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24 Oct 2018 2 min read
Warehouse REIT buys Widnes Amazon warehouse
Warehouse REIT buys Widnes Amazon warehouse – Warehouse REIT has exchanged contracts for the acquisition of a warehouse in Widnes, Cheshire for£2.765m, reflecting a net initial yield of 7.3%. The asset is fully let to Amazon UK Services Ltd on a newly agreed five-year lease to serve the online retailer’s last mile distribution requirements across the surrounding […]
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09 Oct 2018 1 min read
Warehouse REIT gets planning for Glasgow site
Warehouse REIT gets planning for Glasgow site – Warehouse REIT has secured planning permission for change of use on 16 acres of its land at the Queenslie Park industrial estate in Glasgow. The proposed development will deliver up to 250,000 sq ft of employment-led space, comprising a combination of distribution/logistics, industrial, commercial, storage, retail and hospitality space. […]
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10 Sep 2018 1 min read
Hansteen and Warehouse REIT deal collapses
Hansteen and Warehouse REIT deal collapses – Warehouse REIT has announced that the parties have been unable to agree terms and consequently the discussions have been terminated. As a result of the company not proceeding with the transaction, trading in Warehouse REIT’s shares on AIM is expected to be restored today. Hansteen‘s comment is just as terse. [QD […]
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21 Dec 2017 2 min read
Warehouse REIT acquires seven-asset industrial portfolio for £18.25m
Warehouse REIT has announced that it has exchanged contracts to acquire a portfolio of seven industrial assets, in the North West of England, for £18.25m. The transaction is expected to complete today (21 December 2017) and the purchase price reflects a net initial yield of 7%. The acquired portfolio The acquisition brings the Company’s assets […]
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25 Jun 2025 1 min read
Bidding war? Analysts react to Tritax Big Box offer for Warehouse REIT
Christian Mayes, Portfolio Adviser, 25 June 2025: Tritax Big Box REIT has usurped Blackstone’s offer for Warehouse REIT by making its own bid for the investment trust. In a stock exchange announcement this morning, Tritax Big Box announced a 111p per share bid for Warehouse REIT, higher than the 109p offer Blackstone made, which it […]
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27 May 2025 1 min read
Investment trust insider on the lack of read across from bids
James Carthew: Cost disclosure confusion stalls M&A activity M&A activity across the investment trust universe has been slow and piecemeal given the potential bargains on offer. One of the weirdest things about the investment companies market currently is the lack of read across from M&A activity in the sector to similar trusts. For example, two […]
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10 Mar 2025 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Achilles and North Atlantic Smaller
Investment trust insider on Achilles and North Atlantic Smaller – James Carthew: Activist Achilles and the wide discounts on Chris Mills’ other trusts Our columnist responds to questions about how recently-launched Achilles can attack other trusts for being on discounts when North Atlantic Smaller Companies, run by one of the same managers, trades one-third below […]
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31 May 2023 1 min read
Investment trust insider on mergers
Investment trust insider on mergers – The direct lending fund that should be expanding, not shrinking or disappearing Another investment company bites the dust as CT Property Trust (CTPT) becomes the latest to announce it is on the receiving end of a bid. This time, unlike Civitas (CSH) where I continue to think shareholders should […]
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18 Apr 2023 1 min read
Investment trust insider on discounts
James Carthew: This selloff has gone too far Looking at my portfolio, the past few months have felt a bit frustrating. Investment companies that I am convinced are sound have been derated, sometimes aggressively. Investors seem irrational, perhaps even panicky. Fundamentals are being ignored and sentiment rules all. Fortunately, the bulk of my investments are […]
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21 Nov 2022 1 min read
Investment trusts hold up as refinancing risks loom
By Dave Baxter, Investors’ Chronicle, November 17, 2022: Is the cure worse than the disease? Some might feel that way about central banks raising interest rates to tackle inflation: a sharp increase in the cost of borrowing has already caused pain in various parts of the UK economy, from a fixed income sell-off to the […]
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13 Jun 2022 1 min read
Property Potential
AIC Compass, Jennifer Hill, Friday 10 June 2022: Jennifer Hill finds four compelling reasons to invest in UK Commercial Property Investors wrote off property during the Covid-19 pandemic, often in the mistaken belief that UK commercial property trusts are chock-full of high street retail and office assets. But as the cloud of lockdown has lifted, […]
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22 Nov 2021 2 min read
consider opportunities in retail logistics sheds that feed our online appetites
By ANNE ASHWORTH FOR THE DAILY MAIL 19 November 2021 Black Friday is almost here, and Christmas is only 34 shopping days away. If you want to bring seasonal cheer to your portfolio, you could consider the opportunities in the sprawling retail logistics steel sheds that line motorways and have sprung up close to towns and […]
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01 Mar 2021 1 min read
Funds and trusts yielding above 5%: opportunity or value trap?
Funds and trusts yielding above 5%: opportunity or value trap? by Cherry Reynard from interactive investor | 25th February 2021 11:42 The year 2020 may have been a dismal one for income seekers, but the outlook for 2021 is brighter. There is now a wealth of funds and investment trusts showing yields of more than 5%. However, many investors saw […]
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12 Feb 2021 1 min read
When it is worth paying a premium for an investment trust
When it is worth paying a premium for an investment trust by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor | 10th February 2021 10:06 Positive news on Covid-19 vaccines led to investment trusts re-rating considerably during 2020. The average discount among equity investment trusts narrowed from 4.6% to 2.5% – the tightest level on record – according to Numis Securities. Discounts widened […]
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01 Feb 2021 1 min read
Warehouses could deliver the goods in your portfolio
Make a shed-load of money the REIT way: Warehouses could deliver the goods in your portfolio By ANNE ASHWORTH FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 21:53, 29 January 2021 | UPDATED: 09:02, 30 January 2021 The re-ordering of the retail hierarchy continues. Boohoo, the online fast fashion business, is to acquire Debenhams, and perhaps also Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Wallis, while Asos – the […]
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28 May 2020 1 min read
Investment trust insider on warehouses
Investment trust insider on warehouses – James Carthew: a fair wind fills the sails of logistics funds The big question on investors’ minds as they look to a post-pandemic future is which, if any, of the changes forced on us by the lockdown measures will end up being permanent? Thinking about the potentially profound impact on […]
