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Derwent London sells Clerkenwell office – Derwent London has sold a central London office building for £103m and reports strong half year results. It has exchanged contracts to sell The Buckley Building, in Clerkenwell, London for £103m. The 85,100 sq ft office building, which produces annual income of £4.87m, has been sold to to CBRE Global Investors at a […]
In QuotedData’s other news 8 August 2019 Assura has raised £107m of debt through the issue of private placement notes with maturities in 10 and 15 years – £47m issued now and £60m on 25 October – with a weighted average interest rate of 2.3%. Discount-driven investor, City of London, now has a 5% stake […]
In QuotedData’s other news 7 August 2019 – Hansa Trust will be kicked out of UK indices on liquidity grounds (free float too small) when it redomiciles to Bermuda, putting some selling pressure on the stock. Effective date 29 August 2019. FastForward may have to sell its stake in Cryptologic after that company said it would […]
Stenprop records significant rental growth in industrial portfolio – Stenprop has reported strong leasing success and significant rental growth in its UK multi-let industrial (MLI) portfolio. In a trading update for the period from 1 April 2019 to 30 June 2019 the company completed 29 new lettings and 17 lease renewals at average rental uplifts of 24% and […]
In QuotedData’s other news 6 August 2019 – VPC Speciliaty Lending says that it has put in place an amended funding arrangement with Oakam, a UK-based digital micro-lender. Oakam got itself into trouble and was placed in administration. It came out of administration at the end of June and received a £6m cash injection from its […]
Onwards and upwards at Civitas – on the face of it, the second quarter of 2019 was a relatively quiet one for Civitas Social Housing. Its NAV at the end of June 2019 rose to 107.21p, up from 107.08p and the annualised rent roll went from £45.7m to £46m. The quarterly dividend was 1.325p, in […]
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 […]
In QuotedData’s other news 5 August 2019 Chenavari Toro’s tender offer for 5% of its shares was not taken up in full – just 2.9% of shares were tendered validly – the company will shrink by just under €8m. Foresight Solar has refinanced 312MW of solar farms with a GBP170 million term loan facility, a GBP65 […]
Palace Capital converts to REIT – Palace Capital will join the UK REIT regime from today. The company has provided HMRC with notice of the conversion and said it expects to pay the first dividend as a UK REIT in December. It also announced a significant letting at its Sol Northampton leisure scheme. It has let […]
In QuotedData’s other news 1 August 2019 GCP Student Living is planning to dip into its debt facilities to fund the acquisition of the 412-bed Scape Mile End Canalside. Its LTV ratio could move into the mid 30s per cent. level. Fidelity Japan was 7.6% ahead of its benchmark at the half-year stage (up 14.8%). The […]
Sale of Green REIT progresses – Green REIT, the Dublin-listed developer and investor with an €1.48bn portfolio of offices and logistics in Ireland, is in exclusive talks to sell the company to UK private equity company Henderson Park Capital Partners. In a stock exchange announcement the company said: “Having assessed the bids received as part […]
Countrywide cuts losses as turnaround plan kicks in – The UK’s biggest estate agency group, Countrywide, reported hugely reduced losses in the first half of this year as its “back to basics” turnaround plan took effect. Losses were £37.7m in the first six months to June, down from £206.4m last year. Group income was down […]
Intu Properties results and market reaction reflect retail woes – The shares of the shopping centre-focused real estate company, Intu Properties (INTU), are down by 17.6% this morning (at the time of writing), after it published its half-year results to 30 June 2019. Headline numbers reported this morning include: Net rental income £205.2m: -17.9% (-7.7% on […]
Hibernia REIT updates on Irish property market – Dublin-focused Hibernia REIT (HBRN) has released a trading update covering the period from 1 April 2019; main takeaways include office vacancies at the end of June 2019 coming in at 5.9% for Grade A space in central Dublin and 6.4% for Dublin overall. Prime Grade A headline […]
Unite’s £1.4bn Liberty Living deal faces competition probe – The competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Unite Group’s £1.4bn takeover of student accommodation rival Liberty Living. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) could block the takeover if it concludes the deal would prove anti-competitive. The CMA is yet to set a deadline for its […]
Robust performance at Custodian REIT despite retail woes – Custodian REIT saw the value of its portfolio fall slightly in the quarter to the end of June as retail failures took its toll. The portfolio value stood at £568m, down from £572.7m at the end of March, driven largely by a marked reduction in value […]
Impact Healthcare continues strong growth – Impact Healthcare REIT, which owns a diversified portfolio of UK healthcare assets, reported its NAV had increased to just under £300m in the quarter to the end of June. NAV stood at £299.9m, or 104.67 pence per share, compared to £200.2m or 104.18 pence per share at the end […]
Russia-focused Raven Property Group revalues portfolio up – Raven Property Group (RAV), the Russia-focused property company, has this morning published an update on the value of its portfolio; the major takeaway is that Russia’s economy and its real estate sector continue to improve. As well as the portfolio increasing in value, a stronger Russian rouble, […]
Hammerson continues non-core sell-off as NAV falls again – Hammerson has reported another fall in net asset value and announced the sale of its stake in a Paris mall. NAV per share dropped by 7.2% in the first six months of the year, while net rental income fell 12.3% to £156.6m. Adjusted profit for the half […]
In QuotedData’s other news 29 July 2019 F&C Investment Trust is 2% behind its benchmark at the half-year stage with a return of 14.4% against 16.4% for the All-Share index. Returns were held back by the private equity investments, which returned -1.4%. The first interim dividend is 2.9p. RDI REIT has secured a number of significant […]
In QuotedData’s other news 26 July 2019: Scottish American (SCAM) has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 30 June 2016, in which it modestly outperformed its benchmark. SCAM’s net asset value total return for the first six months of 2019 was 17.3% and the share price total return was 17.5%. In contrast, it says […]
Capital & Counties pulls trigger on Covent Garden demerger – Capital & Counties has today announced its intention to launch its Covent Garden holdings as a central London focused REIT. Under the proposals Capco will create two central London estates, Covent Garden London and EC Properties, which will be made up of its Earls Court estate. […]
Primary Health Properties delivers 22.7% total shareholder return – Primary Health Properties has posted its first set of results following its merger with MedicX earlier this year, delivering a 22.7% total shareholder return in the first six months of the year. The company said it had delivered the operating synergies of £4m a year that it […]
SEGRO posts impressive 19% hike in profits – SEGRO, the UK’s biggest REIT, has posted a 19% jump in profits and 3.5% growth in its UK and European industrial portfolio in half-year results. The company reported adjusted pre-tax profit of £131.8m in the six months to 30 June (H1 2018: £110.6m) reflecting record development completions in […]
Secure Income REIT sells hospital portfolio for £347m – Secure Income REIT has sold a portfolio of eight private hospitals for £347m. The sale of the Ramsay Health Care-let assets to US specialist healthcare REIT Medical Properties Trust will reduce Secure Income REIT’s LTV to 33.5%. The deal will increase EPRA NAV per share by an estimated […]
Unite posts strong earnings and dividend growth – Student accommodation specialist Unite Group, which is in the middle of a £1.4bn acquisition of Liberty Living, posted earnings growth of 16% in its half-year report, boosting its dividend by 8%. EPRA earnings rose to £61.2m in the first half of 2019, compared to £52.9m in H1 2018. […]
In QuotedData’s other news 23 July 2019: Yesterday’s mystery about who bought Woodford’s stake in Crystal Amber has been cleared up. Discount-driven investor, 1607 Capital Partners, announced that they now have a 10.34% stake in the company. The trades were done at 190p, a 23.7% discount to NAV and 3p below the market bid price at […]
Schroder REIT updates on performance – Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust has reported a marginal drop in NAV in the quarter to 30 June 2019. The unaudited NAV was £355.7m or 68.6 pence per share (pps), a decrease of 0.15% per share compared with the NAV at the end of March. It did, however, report a […]
Yew Grove REIT buys three industrial properties – Yew Grove REIT has exchanged contracts on a portfolio of three industrial buildings at the IDA Business and Technology Park, Garrycastle, Athlone. The purchase price was EUR13 million, which represents a net initial yield of 7.6 per cent. after accounting for purchase costs, and a potential reversionary yield […]
In QuotedData’s other news 22 July 2019: LXI REIT has agreed a new £100m revolving credit facility, provided by Lloyds Bank plc at 1.55% per annum over LIBOR. This complements the company’s existing 10-year, 12-year and 15-year term loan facilities with Scottish Widows. The new facility has an initial term of three years, which may be extended by […]
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