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02 Oct 2020
QuotedData's morning briefing

QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 October 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 October 2020: It’s a bit of a slow day, but we do have annual results from Henderson Eurotrust (a very strong performance despite challenging markets), the IPO of RTW Venture’s PulmonX Corporation, annual results from JPMorgan Emerging markets and the disposal by Regional REIT of Juniper Park, Basildon, Essex, for £32.7m. Elsewhere, US […]

01 Oct 2020

Inland Homes sells build to rent schemes for £52.8m

Inland Homes has sold two build to rent schemes in its Centre Square and Buckingham House developments in High Wycombe for £52.8m. The brownfield developer and housebuilder has sold Centre Square, a 123-unit scheme, for £31.5m and Buckingham House, an 85-unit scheme, for £21.3m.  The Centre Square sale has been structured so that £15.75m is paid upfront, with monthly […]

01 Oct 2020

Mailbox REIT to IPO and list on IPSX

Newly formed single asset real estate company Mailbox REIT has announced its intention to raise £62.5m in an IPO and be the first company to list on the International Property Securities Exchange (IPSX). Mailbox REIT owns the Mailbox, a large prime office-led mixed use property in Birmingham that has been independently valued at £179m, and will […]

01 Oct 2020

Schroder European REIT sells Paris office for €104m

Schroder European REIT (SERE) has forward sold an office in Paris for €104m, delivering a net profit of 35% and increasing the company’s net asset value by 15%. The sale of the Boulogne-Billancourt office asset, which was originally acquired in 2016 for €37.5m, is structured as a forward funding, with the building being handed over to […]

01 Oct 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 October 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 October 2020: Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is buying four solar PV sites in Andalucia, which are expected to be ready to build by January 2023. The assets will have a total installed capacity of 175MWp and are expected to become operational in early 2024. The company is not taking any development risk […]

30 Sep 2020

Supermarket Income REIT publishes prospectus for £150m equity raise

Supermarket Income REIT announced its intention to raise £150m in a placing at an issue price of 104p per share, earlier this month. The issue price represents a discount of 6.3% to the closing price on 16 September 2020 and a 3% premium to its last reported NAV at 30 June 2020. The group’s investment […]

30 Sep 2020

ASLI posts 4.2% NAV total return in half-year results

Aberdeen Standard European Logistics Income (ASLI) has reported solid half-year results with a net asset value (NAV) total return of 4.2%. The company, which owns a portfolio of 14 logistics assets across Europe, posted an unaudited NAV per share of €1.13 (103.0p), compared with the NAV per share of €1.11 (94.21p) at the end of 2019. […]

30 Sep 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 September 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 September 2020: The growth capital sector company, Schroder UK Public Private (SUPP), released interim results to 30 June 2020. The NAV declined by 8.1% (the decline since 1 April has been 1.5%). The following is an extract from the accompanying manager’s report: “Over this reporting period, the impact of the […]

29 Sep 2020

Ceiba “will survive COVID”, look out for Biden win

Ceiba Investments, the owner of Cuban commercial real estate, reported interim results today that saw net asset value fall 8.9% due largely to big valuation falls in its hotel properties. The company is debt free and its four-strong hotel portfolio is capitalised to the tune of $40m, which is more than enough to comfortably see […]

29 Sep 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 September 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 September 2020: Greencoat UK Wind’s issue was well oversubscribed. It has raised £400m and will issue over 305m shares. The money will be used to pay down debt to £600m (21% LTV). PRS REIT says that it has arranged an additional £50m of debt facilities with Barclays Bank, taking its total […]

28 Sep 2020

Ediston Property Investment Company begins construction of retail park

Ediston Property Investment Company (EPIC) has announced it has started construction of a retail park, in a vote of confidence for the retail sub-sector. The 48,000 sq ft retail park and petrol filling station in Haddington, East Lothian (near Edinburgh), is 97% pre-let to Aldi, Home Bargains, The Food Warehouse, Costa Coffee and Euro Garages. Construction […]

28 Sep 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 September 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 September 2020: CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities (CCPE/CCPG) reported interim results to 30 June 2020, with NAV total returns for the Sterling and Euro share classes coming in at (7.95%) and (8.45%), respectively. Chairman, Richard Boléat, had this to say: “Performance of risk assets as a whole since 30 June has […]

25 Sep 2020

QuotedData’s weekly news show 25 September 2020

In QuotedData’s weekly news show 25 September 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: Temple Bar appointing RWC Asset Management Bluefield Solar’s results Hipgnosis launching £250m fundraise but ‘only’ raising £190m KKV Secured Loan is […]

25 Sep 2020

Bleak winter ahead for real estate

The brakes have been well and truly pumped on any positive sentiment that may have been building in the real estate sector. After the successful ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme and the government urging people to get back to the office, there was some light at the end of the deep, dark tunnel. That […]

25 Sep 2020

Shaftesbury reveals full scale of COVID impact

Shaftesbury, the REIT that owns a 16-acre property portfolio in the heart of London’s West End, has collected just 41% of rent in the six months to 30 September 2020. The group, which owns properties in Carnaby Street, Soho, Chinatown and Covent Garden, also said vacancy across its portfolio had jumped from 4.8% at the […]

25 Sep 2020

Positive planning decision for U and I Group’s Kingstanding scheme in Tunbridge Wells

U and I Group has announced that a positive planning decision has been made in favour of its Kingstanding trading scheme on the outskirts of Tunbridge Wells in Kent. U and I says that all planning matters have been addressed by the planning committee and the scheme is only subject to the resolution of Highways […]

25 Sep 2020

Circle Property delivers a “resilient performance”

Aim-listed Circle Property has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2020, during which its Chief Exec, John Arnold, has described the company as delivering “a very resilient performance”. The Company has provided the following key highlights from its results: Financial Highlights: Resilient Performance Further 3% growth in Net Asset Value (“NAV”) […]

25 Sep 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 September 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 September 2020: Menhaden has published its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2020. During the first half of the year, Menhaden’s NAV per share fell 4.3% on a total return basis (2019: rose 13.0%), while the market value of the Company’s shares decreased by 13.0% (2019: increased […]

24 Sep 2020

UK Commercial Property REIT posts 6.6% fall in NAV

UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) has reported a 6.6% fall in net asset value for the six months to the end of June 2020. The company’s NAV has been hit by a drop in the value of its property portfolio during the COVID-19 pandemic, which fell 11.6% to £1.22bn in the period. NAV per share […]

24 Sep 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 September 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 September 2020 Good progress with the construction of Gore Street Energy Storage’s Irish assets has helped deliver a 1.6p increase in the fund’s NAV over the second quarter of 2020 to 96.2p. An interim dividend of 2p has been declared, making 7p in total for the year ending 31 March 2020. […]

23 Sep 2020

Home REIT prospectus published

Home REIT prospectus published Home REIT’s prospectus has been published and, if you were waiting to read it having read our IPO note, here it is – click here The timetable is fairly short. Applications under the intermediaries offer close at 5pm on 6 October. For the offer for subscription it is 11am on 7 […]

23 Sep 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 September 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 September 2020 – Hg, the Manager of HgCapital Trust (HGT) announced the sale of A-Plan Group, one of the UK’s largest specialist insurance intermediaries, to Howden. The deal is subject to regulatory approval. This transaction values HGT’s current investment in APG at £21.5m. This would represent an uplift of £3.2m (18%) over […]

22 Sep 2020

Town Centre Securities sees NAV fall 17.4% in year

Town Centre Securities (TOWN) has posted a 17.4% fall in net asset value (NAV) in full year results to the end of June 2020. The company, which owns property in Leeds, Manchester and London, saw its NAV fall from 354p to 292p per share, primarily as a result of a revaluation of its portfolio, which […]

22 Sep 2020

Standard Life Investments Property Income reports COVID-hit half-year results

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust has reported half-year results that show an 11.5% fall in net asset value (NAV). The company’s NAV per share fell to 79.6p on 30 June 2020 (Dec 2019: 89.9p) due to an 9.9% drop in the value of its property portfolio to £447.3m. NAV total return in the six months […]

22 Sep 2020

Tritax Big Box sells three assets for £77m

Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX) has sold three assets for £77m. The group said the three assets had reached their full value following the completion of asset management initiatives that delivered rental growth and a lease extension. The assets comprise Baker Business Park in Ripon, Langley Mill, in Nottingham and Warth Park in Raunds. All […]

22 Sep 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 September 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 September 2020; Ground Rents Income Fund says that it notes the announcement published on 4 September 2020 by the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), detailing its enforcement action against four leading housing developers as part of its ongoing investigation in relation to the sale of leasehold homes. The CMA have also […]

22 Sep 2020

Stenprop acquires two industrial estates for £11.1m

Stenprop has acquired two multi-let industrial (MLI) properties for £11.1m, reflecting a blended net initial yield of 6.5%. The two estates, in Glasgow and Stoke-on-Trent, comprise 18 units and brings Stenprop’s MLI portfolio to over 5m sq ft and 61% of its overall portfolio. The Excelsior Industrial Estate on the south west side of Glasgow […]

21 Sep 2020

Real Estate Investors posts 4.6% fall in NAV

Real Estate Investors (RLE), the Midlands-focused REIT, has reported a 4.6% drop in net asset value (NAV) in half-year results. The company’s EPRA NAV fell from 67.4p per share at the end of 2019 to 64.3p at 30 June 2020. The fall was mainly driven by a 3% drop in its portfolio valuation, from £228.9m […]

21 Sep 2020

Town Centre Securities makes £35.2m sale of retail assets

Town Centre Securities, the regional property investor and car park operator, has sold four retail properties in Scotland and London for £35.2m. It has sold two Waitrose stores in Milngavie and Glasgow; an Aldi/Home Bargains store in Milngavie; and a high street retail store in Chiswick, London. The details of the sales are as follows: […]

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