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Empiric Student Property has announced it has made a further investment in Exeter. It is spending £4.5m to buy Dean Clarke Lofts, a 30 bed, loft-style student accommodation block. It is a conversion of a Grade 2 listed, Georgian building on Southernhay Gardens in Exeter. It was completed in August 2013 and comprises 30 beds […]
ESP : Empiric buys in Hatfield Empiric Student Property has exchanged contracts to acquire a 199 year lease on a direct-let, premium student accommodation property in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, for a consideration of £9.4m. The deal should complete on or about 17 December 2014. The property, Curzon Point, is an operating, purpose-built student accommodation property on The Common in […]
LMP : LMP announces interims and a couple of deals LondonMetric Property has published its interim results for the period that ended on 30 September 2014 and has also announced a couple of property transactions Over the period the fund’s EPRA net asset value rose by 6.4% to 128.8p on a 5.7% uplift in the […]
LMP : LondonMetric sells Bishop Auckland Retail Park LondonMetric Property is selling Bishop Auckland Retail Park to Standard Life Investments for £23.6m The price works out at an initial yield of 5.27%. LMP bought the land for £2.3m and then spent £15.8m over the course of 2012 and 2013 developing the site and so the […]
DLN : Derwent London buys Angel Square in EC1 Derwent London, which owns a number of properties close to Angel and Old Street tube stations, has acquired the freehold of Angel Square, London EC1 for £75m. The property sits on the corner of Islington Street and City Road, directly above Angel tube station. It consists […]
ESP : Empiric raises £65m and invests in Huddersfield Empiric Student Property has just raised £66m from investors through a placing and offer for subscription of shares and has already spent some of this on a new student accommodation block in Huddersfield. 65m shares were placed with institutional investors or sold through an offer for […]
NRR : Good progress at New River Retail New River Retail’s EPRA net asset value rose by 14% over the six months to the end of September 2014. Earnings per share rose from 6.5p to 6.8p and they upped the dividend to 8.5p from 6p (they have also started paying quarterly dividends). Occupancy across the […]
MCKS : McKay Securities busy investing cash raised in February McKay Securities has published its interim report which covers the six months that ended on 30 September 2014. Over that period McKay’s EPRA net asset value rose by 5.7%, driven by a 4.8% return on its property portfolio. McKay is maintaining its interim dividend at […]
GPOR : Development activity drives NAV growth at Great Portland Great Portland Estates reported an 11.8% uplift in its EPRA net asset value for the six months ended 30 September 2014 on the back of an 8.9% uplift in the value of the portfolio. earnings per share were up 11.3% to 5.9p and from this they […]
WKP : Workspace posts 20% rise in NAV Workspace has announced its results for the six months ended 30 September 2014. they say that over this period the EPRA NAV is up 20% to £5.97 from £4.96 on a 15% increase in property values. Earnings per share rose 27% to 8.4p and from this they […]
GPOR : Great Portland Estates sells 12/14 New Fetter Lane Great Portland Estates is selling its leasehold interest in 12/14 New Fetter Lane (London EC4) for £165.8m. The sale price works out at a yield of 4.5%. The 142,500 sq ft office building is still under construction (supposed to be finished in Q4 2015) and […]
WKP : Workspace buys in Fleet Street Workspace Group is acquiring 160 Fleet Street for £29.7m. They describe it as “a beautiful Portland stone period building, originally constructed in the 1920’s and entirely refurbished in 2009 to include a new reception, gym, breakout areas and a dedicated suite of meeting rooms”. the building has 54,000 […]
AGR : Assura adds another 11 medical centres Assura Group is buying a portfolio of 11 medical centres for £63.6m. The 11 medical centres have an average lot size of £5.7m, an unexpired lease term of 20.3 years and the majority are under five years old. The centres support the work of approximately 90 GPs […]
LMP : LondonMetric Property sells 1 Carter Lane LondonMetric Property has announced that it has sold 1 Carter lane, an office development near St. Pauls in London, for £124.8m net (£138.8m gross adjusted for rent free deductions). They expect the deal to complete in January 2015. The 129,081 sq ft property is 73% let by […]
HSTN : Hansteen sells industrial portfolio Hansteen Holdings has sold its interest in the the Hansteen UK Industrial Property Unit Trust for £146.1m. The deal was done in two parts with Brockton Capital LLP (“Brockton Capital”) in a partnership with Dunedin Property paying £110.5m for the portfolio excluding Saltley Business Park and a separate 50/50 joint venture between […]
AGR : Assura adds four medical centres Assura Group is buying one medical centre and has completed the development of three others. The developments cost £11m to build and are located in Lanchester, Market Weighton and Blaenavon. The acquisition is of a medical centre in Wellington and cost £1.75m. The developments are let for an average […]
ESP: Empiric Student Property raising £66m cash to fund further asset purchases Empiric Student Property has published a prospectus to raise up to £66m initially through an open offer and placing of 65m shares, with the potential to issue up to 300m shares during the next 12 months. ESP IPO’d on the London Stock Exchange on 30 June […]
DLN : Derwent London gets planning for Berners Street Derwent London has announced that it has received planning consent for its proposed development at 25-29 Berners Street, London (in Fitzrovia / North Soho). The development will provide 105,000 sq ft of space, 20,000 sq ft of which will be retail and the balance offices. The […]
LMP : London Metric buys Dixon Carphone distribution centre London Metric Property is paying £68.5m to acquire a 726,500 sq ft distribution centre in Newark leased to Dixons Carphone. The unit is let at a rent of £4.5m per annum with five yearly fixed uplifts to 3.0% pa compounded, and has an unexpired lease term […]
MCKS : McKay Securities expands redevelopment site in Woking McKay Securities has announced the acquisition of The Planets in Woking. The building occupies a site of just over an acre in the centre of Woking and is adjacent to a building (1 Crown Square) McKay bought in January this year. Currently The Planets is let to […]
WKP : Workspace sells part of Poplar Business Park to Telford Homes Workspace Group is selling the first phase of the redevelopment of its Poplar Business Park project (800m from Canary Wharf) to Telford Homes. Telford will build 170 apartments and 8,000 sq ft of light industrial space. Workspace is getting £16.3m in February 2015, […]
ESP : Empiric Student Property adds to Southampton exposure Empiric Student Property has announced that it is paying £3.5m for a student accommodation property in Southampton. The property is on London Road in in central Southampton, close to Southampton Solent University and between the city centre and the University of Southampton and has 46 beds arranged […]
WKP : Workspace sells off ten industrial estates Workspace Group is selling off ten industrial estates, encompassing a total of 281,500 sq ft, for £44.3m The properties are being bought by Capital Industrial One BV. The price is a 35% premium to the value of the estates at the end of March 2014. The estates […]
ESP : Empiric invests in Nottingham Empiric Student Property is buying a 98 bed student accommodation property in Nottingham. Talbot Studios opened in 2012 and is a purpose built property with 98 self-contained studio apartments together with various communal facilities. Empiric is paying £8.2m for the property. They say they’ll publish a trading update next […]
TCSC : Town Centre Securities boosted by Merrion Centre Town Centre Securities results for the year ended 30 June 2014 show its net asset value climbing from 285p to 320p. The dividend for the year is being maintained at 10.44p. the portfolio total return was in-line with that of the IPD Index at 17.6%. Their […]
ESP : Empiric expands into Aberdeen Empiric Student Property is expanding its portfolio with the acquisition of a 56 bed student accommodation property in Aberdeen. They are paying Scape Homes £6.5m for Centro Court, a purpose built block on Loch Street which has 56 studio apartments, bike storage facilities, communal entertainment and laundry areas.
MCKS : McKay Securities buys offices in Theale Berkshire McKay Securities is spending £8.5m buying three offices outside Theale station (south of Reading, near junction 12 of the M4). The offices, known as Station Plaza, cover 41,846 sq ft and come with 170 car parking spaces. The price paid equates to an initial yield of […]
TCF : Terra Catalyst NAV dramatically higher and plans distribution Terra Catalyst published its results for the year ended 31 March 2014 on 26 August. These showed its net asset value rising from 76p to 208p over the year. The board also said it would distribute £2.3m to shareholders. A dramatic reassessment in the value […]
BBOX : Tritax Big Box REIT reports 3.9% increase in NAV since December launch Tritax Big Box REIT has posted its first interim results since raising £200m at its IPO in December 2013. Since launch Tritax has seen its NAV per share increase from 98p to 101.85 as at 30 June, a 3.9% increase. In addition, […]
HSTN : Hansteen Holdings sees strong growth in profitability during the first half of 2014 Hansteen Holdings recent interims report strong profit growth during the six months to 30 June 2014. Normalised income profit per share increased 31.0% to 3.8p (2.9p for the first half of 2013) whilst normalised total profit increased by 59.1% to £35.0 […]
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