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17 Nov 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 November 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 November 2020: BBGI Global Infrastructure has announced a placing of up to £55m worth of shares at a price between 164p and 172p. the money wil be used to help pay for a 25% stake in Signature on the Saint-Lawrence Group, the operator of the Samuel De Champlain Bridge Corridor in Montreal, […]

16 Nov 2020
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Home REIT buys £41.6m of homeless accommodation

Home REIT, the recently launched REIT that funds the acquisition and creation of homeless accommodation, has acquired a further five portfolios of properties in England for a total of £41.6m. The deal means that since its £240m initial public offering (IPO) on 12 October 2020, the group has invested more than £50m in accommodation that will house […]

16 Nov 2020

Stenprop continues portfolio transition with £14m buys

Stenprop has acquired two multi-let industrial (MLI) estates for £14m, as it continues its transition into a fully focused UK MLI landlord. Together the two estates, in Durham and West Bromwich, comprise 58 units and produce just over £1m of annual rent. The largest of the two is the Mandale Business Park, located on the outskirts of […]

16 Nov 2020

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 […]

16 Nov 2020

Supermarket Income REIT acquires first Aldi store

Supermarket Income REIT has acquired a Tesco Extra and an adjoining Aldi supermarket in Leicester from British Land. It has bought the two supermarkets for a total of £63.4m, reflecting a 6.4% yield. The acquisitions mean Aldi, which is one of the fastest growing grocers in the UK, has become a new tenant in Supermarket Income […]

16 Nov 2020

QuotedData’s Morning Briefing 16 November 2020

QuotedData’s Morning Briefing 16 November 2020 – UK Mortgages (UKML) is to convene an extraordinary general meeting on 4 December. Its board is recommending that UKML should continue operating as a publicly-traded investment company under a revised mandate offering an increased focus on enhancing liquidity and returns whilst continuing to seek to narrow the discount. This […]

13 Nov 2020

QD view – Has COVID impact on offices been over-egged?

Hoorah, some good news. A vaccine breakthrough courtesy of Pfizer and BioNTech brought much needed positivity. For the property sector, it was the shot in the arm it needed just a week after lockdown 2.0 was announced. Will life go back to normal with a successful vaccine available or are trends developed during the pandemic, […]

13 Nov 2020

QuotedData’s weekly news show 13 November 2020

QuotedData’s weekly news show 13 November 2020 Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on youtube. In this week’s show, Shonil Chande and Richard Williams covered the week’s top stories: IPO: Round Hill Music IPO Intention to float: VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities, and Schroder […]

13 Nov 2020

Tritax Big Box makes £44m part cash, part shares acquisition of logistics hub

Tritax Big Box REIT has bought a logistics facility let to Tesco for £44.2m, funded through cash and the issue of new shares to the vendor. The group has acquired the temperature controlled distribution unit in Southampton from a “UK real estate fund” at a net initial yield of 5.24%. The £44.2m acquisition will be […]

12 Nov 2020

Regional REIT to sell all non-office assets after strategic review

Regional REIT has announced it will sell all non-office assets after a strategic review by the board. The group’s portfolio consists of 150 properties worth £739.9m, 80.3% weighted to offices located outside of London. It will look to dispose of its industrial assets (13.9% of the portfolio), retail (4.3%) and other sectors (1.5%), valued at […]

11 Nov 2020

Great Portland Estates forecasts London rents to fall by 5%-10%

London office owner and developer Great Portland Estates said it expects rental values to fall by between 5% and 10%. Chief executive Toby Courtauld said rising unemployment due to the impact of COVID-19 will mean “rents and capital values in London will fall further”. The group gave the guidance as part of half-year results to […]

11 Nov 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 November 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 November 2020 – Gabelli Value Plus+ (GVP) published a circular in connection with the notice requisitioning a general meeting of the company from Associated Capital Group. On 22 October, GVP received a notice from ACG requisitioning a general meeting of the company. GVP’s board says that it does not consider that the package of measures […]

10 Nov 2020

Urban Logistics REIT splashes £34.3m on logistics buy

Urban Logistics REIT has acquired a logistics site for £34.3m as it continues to deploy the proceeds of its recent equity raise. The company has bought the site in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, at a net initial yield of 5.4%. The 12-acre site comprises five units, three of which are let to Müller UK & Ireland Group, a […]

10 Nov 2020

AEW UK REIT acquire industrial estate

AEW UK REIT has acquired a multi-let industrial estate, which increases its exposure to the sector to 54.3%. The company has bought Westlands Distribution Park in Weston Super Mare for £5.4m, using the proceeds from the sale of its largest asset earlier this year. The purchase price reflects a net initial yield of 6.4%, which […]

10 Nov 2020

Land Securities reports £835m loss in half-year results

Land Securities has reported an £835m loss for the six months to the end of September 2020 as the value of its property portfolio tumbles £945m (7.7%) to £11.8bn. The company’s EPRA net tangible assets (the new metric that replaces EPRA NAV) was down 9.5% to 1,079p. Adjusted diluted earnings was down 49% to 15.5p […]

10 Nov 2020

Countrywide gets 250p approach

Countrywide gets 250p approach – Countrywide has received an indicative approach from Connells Limited to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Company, in cash, at a price of 250 pence per Countrywide share. The approach is at an early stage and Connells Limited has indicated that any offer is conditional […]

10 Nov 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 November 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 November 2020 – ICG Enterprise (ICGT) announced the appointment of David Warnock as a non-executive director with effect from 1 December 2020. David co-founded the investment firm of Aberforth Partners and was a partner for 19 years until his retirement from that firm in 2008. The announcement also notes that […]

09 Nov 2020

Schroder REIT collects 84% of rent for quarter

Schroder REIT has provided a trading update in which it has stated it has collected 84% of rent for the quarter so far. The company, which owns a diverse portfolio of property assets in the UK, said the collection rate was ahead of the equivalent date in the previous quarter. The breakdown between sectors is 93% […]

09 Nov 2020

Urban Logistics REIT buys five assets for £33.1m

Urban Logistics REIT has bought five logistics assets for £33.1m just weeks after raising more than £90m in a fundraising. The deals were all conducted off-market at a blended net initial yield of 6.4%. The assets Ripon The group has acquired a 43,881 sq ft distribution unit in Ripon for £2.9m in a sale-and-leaseback deal […]

09 Nov 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 November 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 November 2020 – Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP) has agreed to divest one Suezmax Tanker for $19m. The divestment will reduce the company’s fleet from nineteen to eighteen vessels. SHIP says that the realised yield and internal rate of return (IRR) will greatly exceed the targets expressed in its prospectus. This will be the […]

06 Nov 2020

QuotedData’s weekly news show 6 November 2020

QuotedData’s weekly news show 6 November 2020 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: Riverstone Energy triggering a discontinuation vote ICG Longbow recommending an orderly realisation of its assets Wellcome Trust bidding […]

06 Nov 2020

Civitas Social Housing provides market update

Civitas Social Housing has announced its net asset value as at 30 September 2020, made a dividend declaration and has provided a trading and market update. The key highlights from the announcement are as follows: Strong financial and operational performance in line with expectations IFRS NAV per share 108.01p (30 June 2020: 107.92p) Rents received […]

05 Nov 2020

RDI REIT targets full exit from retail assets

RDI REIT targets full exit from retail assets – RDI REIT says that, for the year ended 31 August 2020, its EPRA NAV fell by 18.3% from 185.5p to 151.5p and its earnings per share almost halved from 13p to 6.9p. The dividend was cut in half – to 5p from 10p. Highlights for the year […]

05 Nov 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 November 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 November 2020, as it looks as though Joe Biden is on his way to the White House: JPMorgan Emerging Markets reminds us that, if shareholders approve at today’s AGM, its shares will be split on a 10 for one basis from tomorrow morning. Shareholders should note that this should not change […]

04 Nov 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 November 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 November 2020 – It has been a quiet morning of news so far, with all eyes on the US election. Value and Income (VIN) has received notice from OLIM Limited, the investment manager responsible for the management of VIN’s equity portfolio, of its intention to terminate the investment management agreement. The […]

03 Nov 2020

Regional REIT buys Cardiff office

Regional REIT buys Cardiff office – Regional REIT has completed the acquisition of a modern Grade A flagship office building in Cardiff for £8.4m.The four-floor, 61,641 sq. ft. building is set in a 6.0 acre site with some 200 dedicated car parking spaces and is located in Global Reach, Cardiff. They say that it benefits from […]

03 Nov 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 November 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 November 2020 Finally, Waterfall has made its offer to investors in Alternative Credit Investments (ex P2P/Pollen Street Secured Lending). The bid is at 870p per share in cash plus a 12p dividend. It values the fund at £639.2m. This is a 6.3% discount to NAV. The bid is recommended by ACI’s […]

02 Nov 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 November 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 November 2020 – Downing Strategic Micro-Cap (DSM) reported interim results for the six months ended 31 August 2020. The NAV increased by 22.5% from the March 2020 low-point, but was down 5.5% over the period, on a per-share basis. Chairman, Hugh Aldous, noted the following: “I said in May that we […]

30 Oct 2020

QD view – Up in the AIRE

The COVID induced discounts that some UK real estate investment trusts (REITs) are trading on have been grabbing the attentions of investors for many months now. Private equity giant Brookfield Asset Management took a 7% stake in British Land in May and upped it to 9.2% last month, while KKR has snapped up a chunk […]

30 Oct 2020

QuotedData’s weekly news show 30 October 2020

QuotedData’s weekly news show 30 October 2020 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: a crossroads for UK Mortgages an unwelcome tender offer for shares in Alternative Income REIT Augmentum raising £28m […]

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