Real Estate News

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09 Mar 2020

Impact Healthcare REIT lands trio of deals for £61.1m

Impact Healthcare REIT has agreed terms on a trio of acquisitions for a total of £61.1m. The group, which owns a portfolio of healthcare properties, has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of care homes, has exchanged contracts to acquire a second portfolio and has entered into a pre-let forward funding arrangement with an existing tenant. […]

05 Mar 2020

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. […]

04 Mar 2020

Intu fails in £1.5bn equity raise

Embattled shopping centre landlord Intu Properties has failed in its attempts to raise up to £1.5bn of emergency cash and could be in trouble of breaching debt covenants by July.  Intu had, over the past several months, been engaged in extensive discussions with its shareholders and potential new investors regarding a possible equity raise of […]

03 Mar 2020

QuotedData’s other news 3 March 2020

In QuotedData’s other news 3 March 2020: AEW UK Long Lease REIT has changed its name to Alternative Income REIT Gresham House Energy Storage managed to raise £31m, despite the ongoing market volatility. It will issue 30m shares at 104p each. The dispute between Pollen Street Secured Lending and its manager, Pollen Street Capital rumbles on. […]

28 Feb 2020

QuotedData’s other news 28 February 2020

In QuotedData’s other news 28 February 2020: Aberdeen Standard European Logistics has announced a 4% increase in its NAV (in euro terms) which translates into a small fall in its sterling NAV as the pound strengthened following the election. The NAV moved from €1.07 to €1.11 and 94.95p to 94.21p. The company continues to pay quarterly […]

27 Feb 2020

Helical sells office campus for £41.58m

London developer Helical has sold an office campus in Chiswick for £41.58m, as part of its strategy to dispose of non-core assets. It has sold Power Road Studios to a private UK investment manager at a net initial yield of 4.8%. The campus provides 57,164 sq ft of workspace set across four studio buildings. It is […]

27 Feb 2020

QuotedData’s other news 27 February 2020

In QuotedData’s other news 27 February 2020 JLEN Environmental’s fundraise was significantly oversubscribed. The placing, which was only available to professional investors, will result in the issue of 49,701,820 new shares at 115p, raising gross proceeds of £57.2m. JLEN will use the money to finance “an identified pipeline of near-term opportunities across the bioenergy and flexible […]

26 Feb 2020

Intu agrees refinancing conditional on a £1.3bn equity raise

Intu has agreed terms to amend and extend one its loans, conditional on it raising £1.3bn of equity. The revised four-year £440m revolving credit facility will replace intu’s existing £600m facility that is due to expire in October 2021. The revised facility will be provided by all seven of the existing banks who participate in […]

26 Feb 2020

Blackstone buys student accommodation company in £4.7bn deal

US private equity giant Blackstone has backed the UK student property sector with the £4.7bn acquisition of a student accommodation company. It has agreed a deal to buy IQ Student Accommodation from Goldman Sachs and Wellcome Trust, in a deal that is said to be the UK’s largest-ever private real estate transaction. IQ owns and […]

26 Feb 2020

Capital & Regional appoints new chairman

Capital & Regional, the shopping centre REIT, has appointed David Hunter as non-executive chairman. Hunter, who is also chairman at Custodian REIT, will take up the post at the conclusion of the group’s 2020 Annual General Meeting on 20 May 2020. He will initially join the board as a non-executive director from 9 March 2020. […]

26 Feb 2020

AEW Long Lease REIT reports solid half-year results

AEW UK Long Lease REIT has reported a slight dip in its net asset value (NAV) in half-year results to the end of December 2019. The company, which yesterday announced a host of service provider changes, posted a NAV per share of 94.63p for the six months, down from 94.81p at the end of June […]

26 Feb 2020

QuotedData’s other news 26 February 2020

In QuotedData’s other news 26 February 2020 – Foresight Solar (FSFL) said that following an internal restructuring at Foresight Group, Foresight Group LLP has replaced Foresight Group CI as investment manager to FSFL. The material terms and fees contained in the new management agreement are the same as in the previous agreement with Foresight CI while […]

25 Feb 2020

AEW Long Lease REIT appoints new investment adviser

AEW UK Long Lease REIT (AEWL) has appointed a new investment adviser following a strategic review. Its current investment management agreement with AEW UK Investment Management will be terminated on 9 April 2020 and will be replaced with an agreement with Mason Owen and Partners. Mason Owen will have prime responsibility for the group’s property […]

25 Feb 2020

Derwent London reports 4.8% jump in NAV

Central London office developer Derwent London reported a 4.8% jump in net asset value (NAV) in impressive full year results. The group’s EPRA NAV per share was 3,958p at the end of December, up from 3,776p a year earlier. Net rental income rose 10.5% to £178m, and the London office landlord and developer produced a […]

25 Feb 2020

Hammerson to slash 2020 dividend in half

Hammerson will cut its dividend for 2020 by almost half to a “sustainable level” as retailer failings continues to impact its business. In full year results, the group said it is expecting the dividend for 2020 to be cut by 46%, from 25.9p in 2019 to 14p. At the end of December, net asset value […]

24 Feb 2020

Countrywide and LSL in merger talks

Estate agent Countrywide is in talks over a possible all-share merger with LSL Property Services, the company has confirmed. The £500m tie-up would bring together two of Britain’s biggest listed estate agents. LSL Property owns Your Move and Marsh & Parsons while Countrywide’s brands include Hamptons International and Gascoigne-Pees. News of the possible merger broke […]

21 Feb 2020

Hammerson sells retail park portfolio for £400m

Hammerson has exchanged contracts to sell a portfolio of seven retail parks for £400m, as it continues its bid to strengthen its balance sheet. The portfolio sale, which has been acquired by Orion European Real Estate Fund V, and the separate sales of two other retail parks in Swansea and Belfast totalling £55m, represents a discount […]

21 Feb 2020

QuotedData’s other news 21 February 2020

In QuotedData’s other news 21 February 2020 RDL Realisation looks set to get $13,483,500 from Princeton. The bankruptcy trustee has come up with a plan that all the creditors have agreed to. There is a court hearing scheduled for 13 March to approve this and then the money would be due, in cash, by about the […]

20 Feb 2020

Regional REIT proposes new fundraise

Regional REIT has announced it is considering an equity fundraise “to take advantage of its growing near term pipeline of accretive growth opportunities in the investment market”. The fundraise, the group said, would “further de-risk the portfolio by sector, region, and tenant type, whilst providing asset management potential”. Regional REIT’s portfolio has grown over the […]

20 Feb 2020

QuotedData’s other news 20 February 2020

In QuotedData’s other news 20 February 2020 Hadrian’s Wall Secured Investments (HWSL) has served notice on Hadrian’s Wall Capital Limited to terminate its investment advisory agreement, this will take effect in 12 months. This is tied up with the decision to wind up the fund taken recently. India’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Alpha […]

19 Feb 2020

Supermarket Income REIT acquires £34m Sainsbury’s store

Supermarket Income REIT has acquired a Sainsbury’s store in Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire, for £34m, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.5%. The 50,000 sq ft store is let to Sainsbury’s on an unexpired lease term of 14 years with annual inflation-linked uplifts. As well as the 1980s-built supermarket, the site 13-acre site also […]

19 Feb 2020

QuotedData’s other news 19 February 2020

In QuotedData’s other news 19 February 2020 JPMorgan Japan Smaller (JPS) is cutting its management fee – from 1st April 2020, the fee will be charged at 1% on the NAV up to £150m and 0.75% (previously 0.80%) thereafter. Additionally, the £200,000 a year company secretarial fee will be removed from the same date. This is estimated […]

17 Feb 2020

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. […]

17 Feb 2020

QuotedData’s other news 17 February 2020

In QuotedData’s other news 17 February 2020 GCP Asset Backed Income has earned £1m from an early repayment fee as loans it had made that were secured against two co-living properties were repaid – the £49m freed up was immediately redeployed as £53m was lent to the same borrower. The new loan totals £140m (with the […]

17 Feb 2020

Summit Properties tender and AIM exit

Summit Properties tender and AIM exit – Summit Properties is holding a tender offer for a third of its shares (148,275,862 shares) at €1.45 a share. The EPRA NAV at the end of September was €1.68 and it looks as though that might have risen since so the tender is being carried out at at […]

15 Feb 2020

QuotedData’s other news 15 February 2020

In QuotedData’s other news 15 February 2020 Urban Logistics REIT has raised £130m via a placing of 94,545,455 new shares to investors at 137.5p. This is well in excess of the £100m it was after. It has also left room to raise an additional £12m from investors in the EU. Pre-existing investors have the opportunity to […]

14 Feb 2020

Urban Logistics REIT raises £130m in placing

Urban Logistics REIT has raised £130m through an over-subscribed placing. The result of the placing was significantly in excess of the target size of £100m. A total of 94.5 million shares in the company have been conditionally placed with new and existing investors at 137.5 pence per share. Urban Logistics REIT executive directors Nigel Rich […]

14 Feb 2020

SEGRO posts 8.9% NAV uplift

The UK’s largest listed property company SEGRO reported an 8.9% uplift in its net asset value (NAV) for 2019, alongside a 10.1% jump in its dividend. In full-year results to the end of December 2019, the industrial property specialist revealed a NAV per share of 708p, up from 650p a year earlier. Meanwhile the full […]

14 Feb 2020

QuotedData’s other news 14 February 2020

In QuotedData’s other news 14 February 2020 Shareholders approved JPMorgan Asia’s change of name to JPMorgan Asia Growth and Income. The ticker becomes JAGI. GCP Infrastructure has confirmed that Clive Spears retired as a non-executive director at its AGM. Ian Reeves CBE, the chairman, commented, “I would like to thank Clive for his invaluable support, dedicated […]

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