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16 Oct 2017

AEW UK Long Lease buys Wandsworth gym

AEW UK Long Lease buys Wandsworth gym – AEW UK Long Lease REIT has completed the acquisition of 212 Wandsworth Road, London for GBP4.4m. The property, which is fully let to Pure Gym Limited at a low passing rent of GBP11.60 per sq ft, provides an unexpired lease term of 10.2 years to break and […]

10 Oct 2017

Investment trust insider on industrial property prices

James Carthew: has Tritax paid too much as Hansteen hands back cash? In the past week we have seen a very large tender offer from Hansteen Holdings (HSTN), a real estate investment trust specialising in industrial property, and a deal where Tritax Big Box (BBOX) bought a large logistics facility from LondonMetric Property (LMP). Hansteen […]

04 Oct 2017

LondonMetric buys logistics site in Bedford

LondonMetric buys logistics site in Bedford – LondonMetric Property Plc has unconditionally acquired the 40 acre Bedford Link site from the local authority. The site has planning consent for up to 670,000 sq. ft. of logistics space and all other conditions relating to the purchase have now been satisfied. Bedford Link is situated on the A421, […]

25 Sep 2017

Warehouse REIT buys four industrial estates from Hansteen

Warehouse REIT buys four industrial estates from Hansteen – Warehouse REIT says that, following its admission to AIM on Wednesday 20 September 2017, the board has announced its first pipeline acquisitions, which follows the initial Tilstone Portfolio purchase for GBP108.85 million. The pipeline assets described in the prospectus included four multi-let industrial estates in England which […]

25 Sep 2017

Safestore buys Stork Self storage

Safestore buys Stork Self storage – Safestore Holdings plc has announced the acquisition of Stork Self Storage (Holdings) Limited (trading as Alligator Self Storage) for GBP56m. Highlights Exchanged contracts to acquire Stork Self Storage (Holdings) Limited (“SSSHL”), the eleventh largest self-storage portfolio in the UK with 12 stores. Consideration of GBP56m (subject to a potential working […]

22 Sep 2017

Impact Healthcare REIT on track

Impact Healthcare REIT on track – Impact Healthcare REIT, which has just published some figures covering the period from launch to end June 2017. They raised £160m from investors in March 2017 and started trading on 7 March 2017. The chairman says that, at the period end, they had invested the majority of the net […]

18 Sep 2017

Green REIT reports 10% NAV growth

Green REIT reports 10% NAV growth – Green REIT has released preliminary results for the year ended 30 June 2017. It is reporting 10% NAV growth driven by development profits and increased underlying earnings. Highlights: 10% increase in NAV from €1,048m to €1,152m 9% increase in EPRA NAV per share to EUR1.66, underpinning a 12.9% […]

06 Sep 2017

Travelodge, Salvation Army and Wet’n’Wild for AEW Long Lease

Travelodge, Salvation Army and Wet’n’Wild for AEW Long Lease – AEW UK Long Lease REIT has announced the acquisition of a hotel and retail unit on Princes Street, Swindon for GBP6.3m. The 35,000 sq ft property, which comprises a Travelodge hotel and Salvation Army centre, provides a weighted average unexpired lease term of 23 years, […]

05 Sep 2017

Steady performance from Mucklow (A&J)

Steady performance from Mucklow (A&J) – Rupert Mucklow, chairman of Mucklow (A&J) Group says that he is pleased to report another steady performance by the Group for the year ended 30 June 2017.  He said “Our property portfolio continued to perform well, in favourable market conditions. We maintained a high occupancy level throughout the year and delivered […]

04 Sep 2017

Five alternative investments for 5% plus yields

Investors’ insatiable appetite for income has pushed many innovative income funds to lofty premiums, but a host of opportunities remain. Jennifer Hill outlines five routes to pocket inflation-beating income. Investors are on the hunt for alternative sources of income, given the high valuations of many equity markets and poor value in bonds. ‘We’ve been looking […]

14 Aug 2017

Empiric funding 166 bed development in Edinburgh

Empiric funding 166 bed development in Edinburgh – The Board of Empiric Student Property says that the Group has acquired land with planning permission and entered into a forward funded agreement for a 166 bed premium student accommodation development in Edinburgh for a total funding commitment of GBP26.56 million (excluding costs). The Property will be valued post-completion and […]

12 Aug 2017

LondonMetric buys logistics portfolio from Cabot

LondonMetric buys logistics portfolio from Cabot – LondonMetric Property Plc has announced the acquisition of 14 urban and regional logistic warehouses for GBP116.60 million from Cabot Properties. The purchase price reflects a day one yield on cost of 6.1% and a reversionary yield of 6.6%. The 1.3 million sq ft of warehouses are in established […]

10 Aug 2017

London Museum of Photography headed to Whitechapel

London Museum of Photography headed to Whitechapel – Derwent London has announced that it has pre-let the lower ground floors and a new office pavilion at The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street E1, to Fotografiska.  Fotografiska runs the world renowned photography museum in Stockholm and will use the space for Fotografiska – The […]

09 Aug 2017

LondonMetric buys Currys PCWorld store in New Malden

LondonMetric buys Currys PCWorld store in New Malden – LondonMetric Property Plc has acquired Burlington Retail Park in South West London for GBP28.3 million from a large UK institution. The 51,500 sq ft unit  in New Malden, South West London, is located next to the A3 and is majority is let to Dixons Carphone operating […]

07 Aug 2017

Empiric will convert St Mary’s hospital Bristol to student housing

Empiric will convert St Mary’s hospital Bristol to student housing – The Board of Empiric Student Property has announced that the Group has acquired, on an unconditional basis, the freehold of the former St Mary’s Hospital in Bristol for GBP8.08 million (excluding costs). The current site comprises a 3,400 sq m former hospital building and 65 […]

04 Aug 2017

LondonMetric Property sells Milford Haven retail park

LondonMetric Property sells Milford Haven retail park – LondonMetric Property Plc has announced that it has sold its retail park in Milford Haven for GBP15.3 million. The 84,000 sq ft Havens Head Retail Park was acquired in 2010 for a net GBP14.2 million and is anchored by a 38,000 sq ft Tesco food store with other […]

03 Aug 2017

Empiric buys Hahnemann building in Liverpool

Empiric buys Hahnemann building in Liverpool – The Board of Empiric Student Property has announced that the Group has exchanged contracts to acquire the freehold of the Hahnemann Building (the “Property”) in Liverpool for GBP10.8 million (excluding costs). The acquisition is expected to complete in October 2017. The Hahnemann Building is a Grade II listed building […]

19 Jul 2017

Redefine International seeks to increase International Hotel Properties stake to 50%

Redefine International has announced that it has submitted a proposal to International Hotel Properties Limited to increase its shareholding in IHL from 17.24% to 50%. International Hotel Properties is listed on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and on the AltX of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Redefine International say that it […]

12 Jul 2017

AEW UK Long Lease REIT invests £24m

AEW UK Long Lease REIT invests £24m – AEW UK Long Lease REIT has four properties under offer across a range of property sectors. The combined value of the assets is GBP24m and represents over 30% of the net proceeds raised at the Company’s successful IPO on 6 June 2017. The properties are in line […]

10 Jul 2017

AEW UK REIT says Brexit impact still unknown

AEW UK REIT has published its Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 April 2017. Highlights: Net Asset Value of £118.67m or 95.98p per share as at 30 April 2017 (2016: £116.38m and 99.03p). Operating profit before fair value changes and disposals of £9.81m for the year ended 30 April 2017 (2016: £6.31m). […]

05 Jul 2017

European REIT announces capital return of 77.6p per share

European Real Estate Investment Trust (European REIT) has announced that it will return £6.0 million (equivalent to 77.6 pence per share) on 21 July 2017 by way of a compulsory partial redemption of shares (this the ‘Eighth Redemption’). The Eighth Redemption European REIT says that the Eighth Redemption will be conducted at the estimated unaudited […]

04 Jul 2017

Sirius buys properties in Berlin and Grasbrunn

Sirius buys properties in Berlin and Grasbrunn – Sirius Real Estate, a leading operator of branded business parks providing conventional space and flexible workspace in Germany, is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of two properties for a combined total acquisition cost of EUR24.5 million. On 1 July 2017, the Group completed the […]

03 Jul 2017

Derwent London sells Copyright building

Derwent London sells Copyright building – Derwent London is pleased to announce that it has exchanged contracts on the sale of its long leasehold interest in The Copyright Building, 30 Berners Street W1 to Union Investment Real Estate GmbH (“Union Investment”).  The consideration is GBP165.0m, or GBP148.7m net of top-ups relating to rent free periods […]

27 Jun 2017

LondonMetric Property sells last Marlow office

LondonMetric Property sells last Marlow office. LondonMetric Property has  announced that it has exchanged on the sale of its last remaining office asset in Marlow to Kildare Partners for GBP68.5 million. The 231,000 sq ft office property is 96.7% let off a WAULT of 7.0 years to Allergan, Dun & Bradstreet, Lexington Catering, Icon Clinical and […]

21 Jun 2017

Great Portland buys an acre of Whitechapel

Great Portland buys an acre of Whitechapel – Great Portland Estates plc has acquired the freehold of land and buildings including Cityside and Challenger House, 40/42 Adler Street and 2/8 Whitechapel Road, London E1 from Hermes Investment Management, for GBP49.6 million (GBP320 per sq ft). The 1.1 acre site sits between Aldgate to the west and […]

19 Jun 2017

Workspace Group selling third phase of Bow Enterprise Park for £6.3m

Workspace Group (Workspace) has announced that it has exchanged contracts for the disposal of the third and final phase of the mixed-use redevelopment of Bow Enterprise Park, E3. It says that the final phase of the redevelopment, comprising 130 residential units, has been sold for £6.3m in cash and the return of a new 40,000 […]

19 Jun 2017

Hansteen completes €1.28bn disposal of German and Dutch portfolios

  Hansteen Holdings has announced that it has completed the disposal of its German and Dutch portfolios for €1.28 billion. The sale, originally announced on 20 March 2017, is entities owned by funds advised by affiliates of The Blackstone Group L.P. and M7 Real Estate. Hansteen says that the transaction has resulted in net cash […]

08 Jun 2017

Workspace responds to media speculation

Workspace has announced that, having noted media speculation regarding the potential acquisition of Salisbury House at 28-31 Finsbury Circus, EC2 for around £158 million, it can confirm, “that it is in discussions for the asset in question”. Workspace says that there can be no certainty that any transaction will proceed and a further announcement will […]

07 Jun 2017

Workspace dividend soars by 40%

Workspace dividend soars by 40%. Workspace owns and manages more than 3.5 million sq. ft. of business space across 68 London properties. It is home to some 4,000 businesses including some of the fastest growing and established brands across a wide range of sectors. Workspace’s results for the year ended 31 March 2017 show: EPRA net […]

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