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In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 March 2021 – UK Mortgages’s (UKML’s) interim results to 31 December 2020 delivered a 7.7% total NAV return. Chairman, Christopher Waldron, said the following in his notes: “Clearly, since those early days of the COVID-19 pandemic our worst fears over the extent of mortgage holidays and the consequences of other forbearance […]
Sirius Real Estate, the owner and operator of business parks in Germany, has acquired an asset in Essen for €10.7m The transaction is by way of a sale and leaseback with thyssenkrupp, the international industrial engineering and technology group, and reflects an EPRA net initial yield of 6.5%. The purchase was sourced by the Sirius […]
LondonMetric Property has acquired a data centre and urban logistics warehouse, both in Milton Keynes, for a combined £31.2m. The 66,000 sq ft data centre is let to TalkTalk and was bought for £23.9m and the 42,000 sq ft urban logistics facility was acquired for £7.3m. The blended net initial yield was 4.4%, with a […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 March 2021 – International Biotechnology Trust’s (IBT’s) board and its manager, SV Health Investors, announced that Carl Harald Janson has decided to step back from his role as lead manager after seven at the helm. Lead responsibility for portfolio management will transition to Ailsa Craig and Marek Poszepczynski and the board […]
QuotedData’s weekly news show 12 March 2021 Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on Youtube. In this week’s show, Richard Williams covered the week’s top stories: LXI REIT raised 125 m in oversubscribed issue Tritax Big Box REIT results Home REIT fully deployed IPO […]
What to do about empty shops? The problem child of the property sector has been causing headaches for landlords for years. That headache has turned to a head-splitting migraine since the COVID pandemic. As much as 30% of retail space in the UK was thought to be surplus to requirements before the pandemic. Now, with […]
Tritax EuroBox, which invests in logistics real estate assets in continental Europe, has been assigned an investment grade credit rating by Fitch Ratings. By achieving investment grade rating (it has been assigned a BBB- long-term corporate credit rating), the group has satisfied a condition on its existing revolving credit facility that will result in an immediate […]
LondonMetric Property has sold a portfolio of long income assets to Realty Income, an S&P 500 US REIT, for £40.9m, reflecting a blended net initial yield of 5.9%. The portfolio, which has a WAULT of 11 years, comprises: A 106,000 sq ft retail asset in Leicester let to B&Q, Home Bargain and Smyths Toys. The […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 March 2021 LXI REIT’s share issue was significantly oversubscribed. The company upped the amount raised from the initial £75m target to £125m. It will issue 100,401,606 shares at 124.5p. Secured Income Fund, which is in the throes of organising a return of capital to its shareholders, says it will up the […]
Tritax Big Box REIT reported a whopping 15.7% jump in EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) in full year to the end of December 2020, as the strong fundamentals of the logistics sector continued apace. The group’s portfolio grew in value over the year by 11.9% to £4.41bn, driven by development gains, asset management and the strength […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 March 2021 – EP Global Opportunities (EPG) reported annual results to 31 December 2020, delivering a total NAV return of -1.3% and a total share price return of -5.6%. EPG has adopted a cautious stance on its investment outlook, with a defensively positioned equity portfolio. At the year-end, 13% of net […]
West End landlord Capital & Counties reported a portfolio value loss of almost a billion pounds during 2020. The group, which owns huge swathes of Covent Garden, said its property portfolio was valued at £1.9bn at the end of 2020, down 26% on a like-for-like basis from £2.8bn a year previously. The valuation deficit was […]
Stenprop has acquired three multi-let industrial (MLI) estates for £18.4m as it remains on target to be a fully focused MLI REIT by the end of the next financial year. The three in Newcastle, Bromborough and Bradford, have been purchased in separate transactions at a net initial yield of 6.7% and a capital value of […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 March 2021: Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO) has bought seven supported housing properties, comprising 68 individual units in total, for an aggregate consideration of approximately £12.1m. The properties are located in the North West (24 units), the North East (23 units), Yorkshire (10 units), the East (7 units) and the South East […]
Tritax EuroBox raised £198.4m (€230m) in a significantly oversubscribed fund raise. The group had announced it was looking to raise £173m (€200m) but demand for the issue saw it smash that target. A total of 192,633,688 new shares will be issued at a price of 103 pence, of which 57,232,790 will be issued pursuant to the open […]
Home REIT, the homeless accommodation investor, has fully invested the proceeds of its £240m initial public offering after the acquisition of 11 portfolios for £48.1m. The group, which launched in October 2020, now has a portfolio of 572 homeless accommodation properties that represent an average net initial acquisition yield of 5.83%. Significant remaining resources are […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 March 2021 – Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) announced that strong operational performance has led to further significant growth in its NAV. As at 31 December 2020, the estimated unaudited NAV represented a 2.4% increase over the previous quarter. Post period end, the company has made further progress in the commissioning of […]
University students have been having a hell of a time of it during COVID. After the debacle of last September when they were encouraged to attend classes and take up accommodation only to then be effectively locked up while the virus ravaged through campuses, they have not just missed out on university life but have been expected […]
Helical has let an 88,500 sq ft office in Farringdon to TikTok. The social media giant has leased the whole of the Kaleidoscope building, which sits above the Farringdon East Crossrail Station, for a 15 year term with a tenant option to break at year 10. Comprising ground and five upper floors, Kaleidoscope was the first […]
The board of Drum Income Plus REIT has undertaken a strategic review into the company that it said could result in it selling off all its assets. The group, which was launched in 2015, has persistently traded at a significant discount to net asset value (NAV) having not reached a scale that makes its shares […]
Supermarket Income plans fundraise as it picks up Tesco from Ediston – Ediston Property Investment Company (EPIC) has sold a Tesco Superstore, which forms part of Prestatyn Shopping Park, to Supermarket Income REIT. The sale price was £26.5m, which is equivalent to a net initial yield of 5.3%, in line with the property’s valuation as […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 March 2021: International Public Partnerships (INPP) has renewed its corporate debt facility for a further three years to March 2024. The new facility has the same overall £400m capacity but is structured more efficiently as £250m on a fully committed basis together with a flexible ‘accordion’ component which will allow for […]
Civitas Social Housing has secured Investment Grade credit rating with Fitch Ratings. It has been rated High Credit Quality rating of “A” (senior secured) and a Long-Term IDR (Issuer Default Rating) of “A-” with a stable outlook. The rating will allow Civitas to grow its debt funding strategy and gives it access the broader bond […]
Urban Logistics REIT has forward funded on a speculative basis the development of five assets in the East Midlands for £23m. The group has exchanged contracts with developer Wilson Bowden Developments, conditional on receipt of planning permission, to finance the construction of two sites in Nottingham and Leicester. The development yield on cost of 6.12% […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 March 2021 – Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income (SEQI), the specialist investor in economic infrastructure debt, raised £110m in a placing. A total of 104,513,064 new ordinary shares will be issued at a price of 105.25 pence per share. Steve Cook, head of portfolio management at Sequoia Investment Management Company (SEQI’s manager), said: “We […]
Sirius Real Estate, the German business park owner, has completed the acquisition of a 8,800 sqm mixed-use business park in Fellbach, near Stuttgart, for €9.2m, reflecting an EPRA net initial yield of 6.0%. The asset is located adjacent to a business park already owned by Sirius, with the acquisition creating an enlarged business park comprising over 36,000 […]
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 […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 March 2021: Syncona (SYNC) notes that Achilles Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing precision T cell therapies to treat solid tumours, announced it has filed a registration statement in relation to a proposed IPO. Syncona owns 44% of Achilles which it values at £72.4m. RTW Venture Fund (RTW) participated in a Series […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 March 2021 – SDCL Energy Efficiency Income (SEIT) noted that further to its announcement on 24 December 2020, it has completed the acquisition of a series of portfolios of commercial and industrial on-site solar and energy storage projects in the United States, together with a 50% interest in the platform that has […]
QuotedData’s weekly news show 19 February 2021 Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on Youtube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: Law Debenture’s results Troy Income & Growth change of manager BlackRock Frontier Markets shrinking Richard Williams also covered: […]
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