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25 Apr 2016

Empiric buys accommodation blocks in Manchester and Southampton

Empiric Student Property has acquired the long leasehold (999 years from March 2007) of a 561 bed scheme in Manchester for £29.5m. Victoria Point, Manchester was constructed in 2009 by the vendor as a private residential scheme comprising apartments and duplexes across six separate blocks of accommodation on a 3.5 acre site.  The property has […]

25 Apr 2016

Property and infrastructure trusts see inflows in Q1

Volatility has meant that no investment trusts were launched over the first quarter of this year, while money that was raised was focused around property and infrastructure trusts, according to QuotedData. See more at: http://www.portfolio-adviser.com/news/1028797/property-infrastructure-trusts-inflows-q1#sthash.uWHsqkEA.dpuf

22 Apr 2016

Hammerson secures £420m revolving credit facility

Hammerson has announced the successful syndication and signing of a £420 million unsecured Revolving Credit Facility at an initial margin of 90 basis points with a syndicate of eight international banks. This new facility will refinance the existing £150 million Revolving Credit Facility which would have matured in April 2017 which featured a margin of 150 basis […]

14 Apr 2016

LondonMetric Property sells Taunton Odeon Multiplex for £9.1m

LondonMetric Property has announced that it has exchanged contracts on the sale of its freehold Odeon Multiplex Cinema, in Taunton, Somerset, for £9.1m. The purcasher is the Asda Pension Fund and the sale price reflects a net initial yield of 5.5%. The eight screen, 27,000 sq ft cinema is let to Odeon Cinemas Ltd for a […]

08 Apr 2016

Regional REIT sells Blythswood House in Glasgow

Regional REIT Limited has announced the sale of two assets. Blythswood House, 200 West Regent Street, Glasgow, has been sold to Standard Life Investments for GBP17.4m, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.0%. The property was acquired in 2014 and then the previous lease was surrendered with a back-to-back letting-on a 25-year lease to Glasgow School […]

06 Apr 2016

Empiric enters into a nomination agreement with the University of Bath and secures new loan facility

Empiric Student Property has announced that it has entered into a nomination agreement with the University of Bath in respect of three operating properties and two forward committed assets in Bath. The three operating properties are Piccadilly Place (pictured), Canal Bridge and Widcombe Wharf, whilst the two forward committed assets (due for completion in September 2016) […]

01 Apr 2016

Empiric makes first Oxford acquisition – Stonemason House for £4.5m

Empiric Student Property has announced that it has acquired the freehold of a 44 bed student accommodation property, Stonemason House, in Oxford for £4.5m (excluding costs). Stonemason House, which is the company’s first acquisition in Oxford, was built in 2011 as a new build scheme in time for the 2011/12 academic year. The property comprises […]

31 Mar 2016

Empiric buys into development in York

The Board of Empiric Student Property has announced that the group has acquired the land and entered into a forward funded development agreement for a 115 bed, premium student accommodation development in York for a total funding commitment of £11.1m. The property, Empiric’s first in York, is located between York city centre and the University of […]

23 Mar 2016

Highcroft reports 11% NAV uplift

Highcroft Investments reports for the year ended 31 December 2015 its net asset value per share was up 11% to 1026p and its total property income distribution was up 8% to 38.8p per share. Gross property rental income rose 12% to £3,435,000. This growth includes the effect of a full year’s income from the Ash Vale […]

17 Mar 2016

LondonMetric Property buys three distribution warehouses

LondonMetric Property has announced that it has acquired three distribution warehouses for £21.8m, totalling 212,600 sq ft and reflecting a net initial yield (“NIY”) of 6.6%, which contractually rises to 6.9% within two years. The warehouses are located in Castle Donington, Royston and Hemel Hempstead and are let to toy retailer Hamleys, Howdens and Goodrich respectively for […]

15 Mar 2016

Hansteen posts 17% return for 2015

Hansteen’s results for the year ended 31 December 2015 have been published. Its EPRA NAV per share increased by 9% to 111p to give a total return of 17.3%. Full year dividend increased by 5.0% to 5.25p per share. The Normalised Income Profit or NIP, which excludes profits or losses from the sale of properties, essentially […]

11 Mar 2016

Safestore buys Space Maker

Safestore has agreed an option to acquire Space Maker, the ninth largest self-storage portfolio in the UK with 12 stores. The initial consideration is £43.0m initial consideration and a £1.4m deferred consideration to be funded from existing Group debt facilities. At the initial consideration price, the Space Maker portfolio has an implied first year net operating income […]

01 Mar 2016

Empiric Student Property looking to hit 10,000 bed target ahead of schedule

Empiric Student Property has published its interim results covering the six months ended 31 December 2015. The Group’s basic EPRA earnings per share for the period were 0.70p per share (31 December 2014: 0.11p per share). The basic EPRA NAV per share as at 31 December 2015 was 105.6p (30 June 2015: 103.4p). They have […]

26 Feb 2016

Green REIT sees Vodafone commit to Central Park until 2026

Green REIT has announced that it has completed the renegotiation of its leases with Vodafone Ireland on their Irish headquarters building at Central Park, Dublin 18, which comprises 263,000 square feet and generates a rent of €7.3m per annum for Green REIT. Vodafone is the largest occupier at Central Park and is Green REIT’s single […]

26 Feb 2016

intu reports rising rental income

intu properties is reporting a 7 per cent increase in both its NAV per share (adjusted, diluted) and its underlying earnings per share from 13.3p to 14.2p and a 4 per cent revaluation surplus taking the value of investment properties to £9.6bn. The total return for the year was 10%. They see like-for-like net rental income in the […]

25 Feb 2016

Derwent London beats IPD in 2015

Derwent London is reporting that its EPRA net asset value per share increased by 21.6% to 3,535p from 2,908p at 31 December 2014, and by 9.6% from 3,226p at 30 June 2015. Net rental income increased 7.8% to £138.7m from £128.7m in 2014. EPRA profit before tax rose 31.0% to £81.6m from £62.3m last year […]

25 Feb 2016

Safestore announces acquisition of new site at Marnes-la-Vallée, Paris for €4.2m

Safestore has announced that its acquired a freehold site in eastern Paris adjacent to the A4 motorway at Marnes-la-Vallée in the town of Emerainville for €4.2m. The site contains an existing warehouse which will be converted into a c.60,000 sq ft self-storage facility and c.8,000 sq ft of serviced offices. The company estimates that the costs […]

19 Feb 2016

A strong year for SEGRO sees NAV growth of 21%

SEGRO has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2015. The company describes the year as one of strong operating and portfolio performance and they say the results reflect the active management of their assets, positive market dynamics and the strategic repositioning of the company’s portfolio, which is now almost exclusively focused […]

17 Feb 2016

Redefine International raises £115m through a placing

Redefine International has announced the completion of the Placing, which has raised gross proceeds of approximately £115m (net proceeds approximately £109m). A total of 270,588,236 new Ordinary Shares are being issued under the placing. These shares, in aggregate, represent approximately 15.32% of the company’s issued ordinary share capital immediately following admission of the shares. The […]

17 Feb 2016

Schroder European Real Estate buys two office buildings

Schroder European Real Estate announced yesterday that contracts have been exchanged for the purchase of two office buildings located in Germany’s leading office markets Stuttgart and Hamburg, for a total of EUR28.9 million at a blended net initial yield of 6.0%. The assets are fully income producing and multi-let to a combination of governmental and […]

16 Feb 2016

Hammerson figures edge upwards

Hammerson announced its results yesterday. The highlights were an 11.3% uplift in its EPRA NAV, a 12.6% increase in its adjusted earnings per share to 23.9p on the back of a 4.3% improvement in net rental income (2.3% like for like). Overall occupancy rose from 97.5% to 97.7%. Retail sales at their centres rose by […]

16 Feb 2016

Regional REIT to pay quarterly dividends

Regional REIT’s Board has announced that it intends to increase the frequency of dividend payments and move to the payment of quarterly dividends with effect from the financial year beginning 1 January 2016. Further details on the quarterly dividends are expected to be announced alongside the publication of the Company’s results ending 31 December 2015. […]

15 Feb 2016

Hansteen increases its holding to 82.8% of the Ashtenne Industrial Fund

Hansteen Holdings has announced that it has acquired a further 5.5 million units in the Ashtenne Industrial Fund from clients of CBRE Investors for £2.5m cash, which reflects a price of 46.06p per unit. The company says that the acquisition represents 0.9% of the units in issue and increases Hansteen’s holding in the Ashtenne Industrial […]

09 Feb 2016

Regional REIT buys Rainbow portfolio

Regional REIT Limited has announced that it has exchanged contracts to buy the “Rainbow Portfolio” for £80m from Northwood Investors. The portfolio produces a net yield of 8.2% at a capital rate of only £70 per sq.ft., well below replacement cost. The portfolio comprises 12 assets, five offices and seven industrial sites totalling 1.15m sq.ft. and […]

03 Feb 2016

Green REIT looking for €170m from Glas sale

Green REIT has appointed JLL to sell “The Glas Collection” by private treaty on its behalf. The Collection comprises six properties and provides exposure to almost all Irish property sectors, with a diversified and secure income stream. Four of the six properties are in Dublin and include the mixed use Arena Centre in Tallaght, Ormond […]

27 Jan 2016

Green REIT to let former Royal Bank of Canada offices in Dublin to Fidelity International

Green REIT has announced that it has signed leases with Fidelity International at George’s Quay, Dublin 2 (pictured). Fidelity International will take tenancy in February 2016 of 26,500 square feet in the former offices of Royal Bank of Canada, who have relocated to Georges Quay Plaza, a nearby office block also owned by Green REIT. […]

25 Jan 2016

LondonMetric sells the Odeon Multiplex Cinema in Preston for £10.2m

LondonMetric Property has announced that it has exchanged contracts to sell the Odeon Multiplex Cinema, in Preston, for £10.2m. The sale reflects a net initial yield of 5.75% and the buyer is the Blackrock UK Long Lease Property Fund. The 33,000 square foot property has ten screens and is let to Odeon Cinemas Ltd for […]

22 Jan 2016

Assura buys Malmesbury Medical Enterprise

Assura has announced that on 21 January 2016, it acquired Malmesbury Medical Enterprise Limited  from its former shareholders Kate Badcock, David Charles, Angela Charles, Nigel Pickering, Janet Pickering, John Pettit, Philippa Pettit, Jaqueline Neale, John Harrison, Pamela Harrison, Thomas Estcourt, Sonia Munnelly & David Grogan (together, the “Sellers”). As part of the consideration payable under […]

22 Jan 2016

Hammerson acquires Grand Central in Birmingham for £335m

Hammerson has announced that it has exchanged contracts with Birmingham City Council to acquire the new Grand Central shopping centre in Birmingham for £335m. The company has also said that it is in advanced discussions, with an existing joint venture partner on other assets, about entering into a 50:50 joint venture for the future ownership […]

21 Jan 2016

Safestore’s posts 17.4% NAV growth and 29.5% dividend growth for 2015

Safestore Holdings has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 October 2015. The company describes it as being a successful year leaving them well placed for future growth. During the year, the company’s basic EPRA NAV per share has increased by 17.4% to £2.56 (2014: £2.18). The company says that Group like-for-like revenue […]

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