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This sector includes mortgage companies, property management companies and REITs
Following the sale of its property portfolio to Kildare Partners (announced in June 2015) Invesco Property Income has, as anticipated, delisted from the London Stock Exchange. The company is in wind-up and all of the proceeds from the sale were to be used to pay back the company’s lenders. Invesco Property Income Trust was a property […]
The board of Schroder Global Real Estate Securities has announced that a scheme for liquidating the company is to be put to shareholders for approval. They say that it is expected that the proposals will offer an opportunity for shareholders to retain their exposure to the same asset class through one or more open-ended vehicles […]
Hammerson has announced that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of two assets for a total of £87m. This includes its wholly owned shopping centre Monument Mall in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (pictured), which is being sold to Standard Life Investments UK Property Fund for gross proceeds of £75m. Monument Mall was acquired in 2011 for £28m and […]
AEW UK REIT has announced interim results for the six months ended 31 October 2015. The property portfolio rose in value by 1.55% over the period. Adjusted earnings per share were 1.68p. The net asset value fell from 98.03 after the IPO to 97.09p at end October – most of the fall relates to the […]
Empiric Student Property has announced that it has exchanged contracts to acquire Provincial House, a 107 bed forward funded development in Sheffield, for a total investment of £11m. Empiric is to acquire the freehold to the site, which is located in central Sheffield, immediately next to the University of Sheffield’s north campus. The existing property […]
AEW UK REIT’s shopping spree continues with the purchase of three more properties for £12.2m. The first comprises a prominent 49,764 sq ft town centre leisure investment in Southend-on-Sea, let to Odeon Cinemas Limited with a WAULT of approximately 7 years to expiry. The property was acquired for GBP5.7m (net of acquisition costs) reflecting a […]
Terra Catalyst Fund has announced its interim results for the six months to 30 September 2015. Terra Catalyst’s sole remaining asset is Spazio Investments NV, an externally managed property fund that specialises in investment in Italian industrial real estate. Spazio owns a portfolio of 169 properties of predominantly industrial and logistics use, located throughout Italy. […]
LondonMetric Property has announced that it has exchanged contracts to sell its 210,000 sq ft WH Smith distribution warehouse in Birmingham to a UK institution for GBP18.2 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.2%. The property was acquired in 2013 for GBP10.1 million with 11 years remaining on the lease. Simultaneous with purchase, LondonMetric re-geared […]
Derwent London has announced the sale of old Wedge House, 40 Blackfriars Road SE1, a 38,700 sq ft vacant freehold office building, for £33.5m before costs to Ennismore. Derwent, in collaboration with Ennismore, obtained planning permission this summer for a 110,000 sq ft hotel and office scheme at the site. Ennismore will now undertake the […]
The Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust, which is due to list on the London Stock Exchange on 9 December 2015, with a secondary listing in South Africa, has announced the results of its initial public offering. Commitments for 104,347,800 ordinary shares were received under the initial placing and a total of 3,152,200 ordinary shares […]
LondonMetric Property has announces that it has sold its PC World property in Hove to clients of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC for £13.6m, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.4%. LondonMetric acquired the asset for £8.1m and recently signed a new 15 year lease (with a break at 10 years) with PC World at a […]
LondonMetric Property has announced its interim results for the half-year ended 30 September 2015. During the period, the company’s EPRA NAV has increased by 4.3% to 146.6p per share (31 March 2015: 140.6p). The company says that Valuation gains have been driven by development activity and market yield compression. During the period, EPRA earnings have […]
Shaftesbury has published results for the year ended 30 September 2015. The EPRA NAV increased by 21.9% to 869p and EPRA earnings per share increased by 6.6% to 13p. The total dividend for the year was upped by 5% to 13.75p. Commercial rent reviews came in at 24.8% above previous rents, equivalent to five-year compound […]
Sirius Real Estate has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 30 September 2015. During the period, the company’s adjusted net asset value per share increased by 5.5% to 50.13c (31 March 2015: 47.51c) despite the payment of €7.6m in early termination fees for the repayment of loans from Macquarie, which the company says […]
Assura has released its interim results for the half-year ended 30 September 2015, which the company says has been, “Another period of significant growth”. During the period, the company’s EPRA NAV per share has increased by 5.5% to 46.4p (March 2015: 44.0p). The company also reports a 26.6% increase in net rental income for the six months […]
Green REIT has announced that it has entered into a conditional contract with its joint venture partner to acquire full control of Central Park for €155m with an estimated all in cost of €160m. Completion of this acquisition is conditional on the approval of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in Ireland. The transaction is […]
McKay Securities’s EPRA NAV rose by 4.1% over the six months to the end of September 2015 as it reported a 7.1% increase in the value of its property portfolio. The interim dividend was maintained at 2.7p. McKay Securities underlying profit before tax rose by 33.8% over the period as rental income increased by 20.8% […]
Big Yellow’s interims for the six months ended 30 September 2015 show its EPRA net assets per share rising from 481.1p to 505.9p. EPRA earnings per share (adjusted and diluted) rose by 16% to 15.1p. The interim dividend is being hiked by the same amount from 10.4p to 12.1p. Earnings were boosted by higher occupancy – up from 73.5% […]
British Land’s first half results, covering the six months ended 30 September 2015, show the company’s EPRA NAV climbing by 7.5% and its diluted underlying earnings per share rising by 4.6% to 16p . The first half dividend was increased by 2.5% to 14.18p. The valuation of the portfolio increased by 4.7%. That broke down into […]
The Bidco Board and the Japanese Residential Investment Company Board are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer by Bidco for the entire issued, and to be issued, share capital of JRIC. Bidco is a newly-incorporated entity indirectly wholly-owned and controlled by the Blackstone Funds. Blackstone […]
Empiric student property has announced that it has exchanged contracts, subject to planning, on a forward funded development in Glasgow. The scheme, known as 155 George Street (pictured), is an 89 bed premium student accommodation development. The total investment is £9.6m, which is to be invested in stages against development milestones. Empiric is to acquire the […]
Assura has announced that, following its recent equity raise, it has repaid £181m of long term debt held by Aviva Commercial Finance, with associated early repayment costs of £34m. The weighted average interest rate on the loans redeemed was 5.4%. This repayment is in line with the debt reduction plan announced in the company’s prospectus […]
Great Portland Estates has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 30 September 2015. During this period, the company’s EPRA NAV per share has increased 14% to £8.08. The company’s EPRA profit before tax of £24.3m for the period is up 15.7% year-on-year whilst its EPRA EPS of 6.9p is an increase of 16.9%. […]
Workspace Group has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 30 September 2015. During the period the company’s EPRA NAV per share increased by 12.7% to £ 7.92 (from £7.03 as at 31 March 2015). Within this, the underlying property valuation has increased by 9.6% £1,6312m (31 March 2015: £1,423m). Profit before tax for […]
Empiric Student Property is paying £40m to acquire Windsor house in Cardiff. The property, which is Empiric’s fourth acquisition in Cardiff, is located directly opposite the Group’s existing Summit House property on Windsor Place, in the city centre within a ten-minute walk from the University of Cardiff. Cardiff is also home to Cardiff Metropolitan University […]
AEW UK REIT has announced that it has secured a £40m 5 year term loan facility with RBS International. AEW UK REIT has approximately £81m invested. It will use the Facility to continue its investment process once net IPO proceeds have been fully invested and to provide gearing of up to 20% loan to Net Asset […]
Hammerson has announced that it is to exercise its option to redeem its 5.25% Bonds, due 2016, early. The issue has a par value of £300m. This announcement follows the announcement on 21 October that Hammerson had completed a 10-year bond issue for £350m. The company says that its 5.25% 2016 Bonds will be redeemed […]
Assura has announced the acquisition of Abbey Healthcare Group Limited and Abbey Healthcare Property Investments Limited from its former shareholders Peter Archer and Gina Archer. As part of the consideration, payable under the terms of the acquisition, Assura has agreed to issue to the Sellers 2,229,072 ordinary shares to the sellers. Based on the closing […]
British Land has announced that it has let the first floor of Marble Arch House (pictured) to Cirrus Logic, a provider of analogue and digital signal processing equipment. This follows deals announced earlier this year to let the fourth and second floors to BXR Partners LLP (private investment) and GTECH (global gaming technology). Existing tenants include […]
Treveria sold off its old property portfolio and gave cash back to shareholders but the listed company is still around and is being transformed into something else – it looks as though this will have something to do with the resources sector. Treveria has appointed Allenby Capital and Peterhouse Corporate Finance as joint-brokers. Peterhouse Corporate Finance has […]
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