Overview
Alternative Income REIT : AIRE (formerly AEW UK Long Lease REIT : AEWL) aims to generate a secure and predictable income return, sustainable in real terms, whilst at least maintaining capital values, in real terms, through investment in a diversified portfolio of UK properties, predominately in alternative and specialist sectors. The name change followed a falling out between the board of the company and its managers.
In order to achieve the Investment Objective, the Company will invest in freehold and long leasehold properties across the whole spectrum of the UK property sector, but with a focus on alternative and specialist real estate sectors. Examples of alternative and specialist real estate sectors include, but are not limited to, leisure, hotels, healthcare, education, logistics, automotive, supported living and student accommodation. The Company intends to achieve a diversified portfolio across both properties and tenants. The Company will focus on properties that can generate predictable income streams through long-leases and have contractual exposure to inflation rates at the time of investment.
You can access the company’s website here
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Research History
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22 Jan 2021 16 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Annual Review – 2020
Real Estate Annual Review Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Riding out the COVID rollercoaster The 2020 rollercoaster saw more downs than ups and at times felt like a pandemic induced freefall. Lockdowns, tiers and plenty of U-turns meant investing in property was not for the faint hearted. Positivity returned at the end of the […]
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14 Jan 2021 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – January 2021
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data December’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. The boost of coming out of the second national lockdown in early December was short lived as Christmas was cancelled for most of the UK with COVID-19 cases spiking. It did little […]
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17 Dec 2020 16 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – December 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data November’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. The eagerly awaited news of a successful vaccine candidate came at the start of November, boosting the stock market. Property companies that had seen their share price battered over the past eight […]
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12 Nov 2020 6 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – November 2020
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – November 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data October’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. October finished with the threat of a second lockdown looming over the UK as COVID-19 cases continued to rise. However, this did not dampen demand for shares in some of the companies […]
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09 Oct 2020 14 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – October 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data September’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. There was an eclectic mix of property companies to feature in the top price movers for September. Top of the tree was private rented sector and residential development specialist Sigma Capital Group, […]
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9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – October 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over September: Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust – […]
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10 Sep 2020 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – September 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data August’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. There were some interesting price rises during the month of August as investors’ search for returns took them to property companies that have seen their share prices severely depressed during the Covid-19 […]
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13 Aug 2020 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – August 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data July’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. A number of REITs and property companies saw big share price gains over the month of July as covid-19 restrictions started to ease across the UK and greater economic stimulus was revealed. […]
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16 Jul 2020 10 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – Q2 2020
Real Estate Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments A polarised lens The covid-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc in the real estate in the second quarter, but a polarisation of sectors and funds has started to become apparent. Companies focused on the retail, leisure and hospitality property sectors had already seen huge negative […]
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07 May 2020 15 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – May 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data April’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. Following two months of heavy falls as the covid-19 pandemic took hold and the UK was put on lockdown, many property companies saw a bounce in their share price in April, although […]
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20 Apr 2020 10 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Roundup – First Quarter 2020
Real Estate Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Covid chaos The covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the share price of property companies, with 31% wiped off the value of their total market capitalisation during the first quarter of 2020. Companies focused on the retail, leisure and hospitality property sectors were […]
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10 Mar 2020 16 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – March 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data February’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. Property stocks tumbled in February as fears over the spread of Covid-19 spooked financial markets around the world and resulted in the largest sell-off since the 2008 financial crisis. There were just […]
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30 Jan 2020 16 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Annual Review – 2019
Property’s alternative theory The year was dominated by political and economic uncertainty, with Brexit negotiations casting a shadow over the market and the general election adding a further layer of doubt for much of the year. For a market that is staunchly aligned with political and economic sentiment, listed property companies and REITs performed well, […]
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07 Oct 2019 8 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – October 2019
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital and Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you […]
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02 Oct 2019 15 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – October 2019
Real Estate Roundup Performance data September’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. The month of September was a bumper month for many property companies’ share price, dominated by retail focused companies, who in general have taken a hammering over the past 18 months or so. Top of the list was […]
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18 Sep 2019 9 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – September 2019
Real Estate Roundup Performance data August’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. The month of August has traditionally been a quiet period for news and announcements in the property sector, and this year is no different. Central London landlord Shaftesbury, which owns Carnaby Street as well as huge swathes of […]
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11 Sep 2019 4 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2019
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over August, we published notes on Aberdeen Emerging Markets and JLEN Environmental Assets . You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – appetite for risk was generally down in August, as […]
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08 May 2019 4 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – May 2019
Investment Companies Roundup New research Over April, we published notes on Henderson Diversified Income, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure, Jupiter Emerging and Frontier Income, Seneca Global Income & Growth and Polar Capital Global Financials Trust. You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – it was […]
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22 Mar 2019 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – March 2019
QuotedData’s economic roundup – March 2019 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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12 Oct 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of August 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money raised and returned in September Trian Investors 1 is a new fund that will adopt […]
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13 Mar 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – March 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – March 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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18 Jan 2018 2 min read
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year – Many commentators, including us, were wary going into 2017. In the event, economic growth and markets surprised on the upside: US markets hit new highs despite three interest rate rises. Perceived low/no growth areas such as Europe and Japan burst into life. Asia’s technology stocks surged. India’s […]
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10 Nov 2017 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – November 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – November 2017 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of October 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. November Investment Companies Roundup Globalworth Real Estate’s discount was eliminated after it announced […]
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12 Jul 2017 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – July 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – July 2017 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of June 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. July Investment Companies Roundup Money raised in July Newly launched in June were […]
News
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04 Feb 2021 1 min read
Alternative Income REIT collects 91.4% of rent
Alternative Income REIT has collected 91.4% of rent for the COVID affected final nine months of 2020. It said payment plans were in place on the remaining 8.6%. For the first quarter of 2021, it has collected 80.4% of quarterly billed rent and has agreed or is in the process of agreeing rent concessions with […]
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01 Dec 2020 2 min read
Alternative Income REIT buys retail park
Alternative Income REIT buys retail park – Alternative Income REIT has exchanged contracts to acquire the Droitwich Spa Retail Park for £4.75m, in an off market transaction. The price represents a discount to replacement cost and reflects a net initial yield of 7.95%. This is the first deal that the trust has done led by its […]
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03 Nov 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 November 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 November 2020 Finally, Waterfall has made its offer to investors in Alternative Credit Investments (ex P2P/Pollen Street Secured Lending). The bid is at 870p per share in cash plus a 12p dividend. It values the fund at £639.2m. This is a 6.3% discount to NAV. The bid is recommended by ACI’s […]
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30 Oct 2020 3 min read
QD view – Up in the AIRE
The COVID induced discounts that some UK real estate investment trusts (REITs) are trading on have been grabbing the attentions of investors for many months now. Private equity giant Brookfield Asset Management took a 7% stake in British Land in May and upped it to 9.2% last month, while KKR has snapped up a chunk […]
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2 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 30 October 2020
QuotedData’s weekly news show 30 October 2020 Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on youtube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: a crossroads for UK Mortgages an unwelcome tender offer for shares in Alternative Income REIT Augmentum raising £28m […]
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27 Oct 2020 2 min read
Glenstone looks to acquire 25% stake in Alternative Income REIT
Glenstone Property has announced its intention to acquire 25% of Alternative Income REIT (AIRE). The tender offer of up to 20,125,000 shares at a price of 59.25p represents a premium of 12.9% on the closing price on 26 October 2020, but a 29% discount to the 30 June 2020 net asset value (NAV) per share of […]
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20 Oct 2020 2 min read
Alternative Income REIT posts sharp fall in NAV
Alternative Income REIT (AIRE) has posted an 11.8% fall in net asset value in full-year results to the end of June 2020. The drop in NAV, from 94.81p per share in June 2019 to 83.58p this year, was due to the impact on the value of its properties from the COVID-19 pandemic. AIRE’s portfolio fell […]
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19 Oct 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 October 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 October 2020: The remaining conditions for UIL’s sale of Ascendant to Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp have been satisfied. UIL will get $37.6m. Ascendant owns 100% of Bermuda Electricity Light Company Limited, Bermuda’s sole electricity provider. JPMorgan Brazil has published a circular in relation to its planned wind up. Its shares will be […]
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06 Oct 2020 3 min read
Alternative Income REIT to amend investment policy after review
Alternative Income REIT (AIRE) has announced its intention to amend its investment policy following a review of the business by new investment adviser M7 Real Estate. M7’s review concluded that AIRE’s investment policy should change so that it can take advantage of investment opportunities in the market “at an attractive entry yield that are expected […]
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13 Jul 2020 2 min read
Alternative Income REIT expects 84% rent collection rate for Q3
Alternative Income REIT has said it expects to collect at least 84% of rent for the current quarter by September. The group, which owns a diverse portfolio of 19 long-let properties, has provided a breakdown on rent collection in which: 89% of tenants that pay quarterly rents (representing 70.4% of total quarter rent including monthly) […]
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18 May 2020 2 min read
Alternative Income REIT appoints investment adviser
Alternative Income REIT (AIRE) has appointed M7 Real Estate as its new investment adviser. AIRE, which owns a diverse portfolio of 19 UK commercial property assets let on long leases, has made the appointment after the previous manager departed in February. M7, which is a leading specialist in the pan-European, regional, multi-let real estate market, will undertake a […]
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24 Apr 2020 3 min read
Alternative Income REIT commits to quarterly dividend
Alternative Income REIT (AIRE) has committed to paying a quarterly dividend for its financial year ending 30 June 2020. The group (previously named AEW UK Long Lease REIT – AEWL), which owns a diversified portfolio of 19 UK commercial property assets let on long leases, said it expected to continue paying a quarterly dividend but warned a prolonged […]
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03 Mar 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s other news 3 March 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 3 March 2020: AEW UK Long Lease REIT has changed its name to Alternative Income REIT Gresham House Energy Storage managed to raise £31m, despite the ongoing market volatility. It will issue 30m shares at 104p each. The dispute between Pollen Street Secured Lending and its manager, Pollen Street Capital rumbles on. […]
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26 Feb 2020 1 min read
AEW Long Lease REIT reports solid half-year results
AEW UK Long Lease REIT has reported a slight dip in its net asset value (NAV) in half-year results to the end of December 2019. The company, which yesterday announced a host of service provider changes, posted a NAV per share of 94.63p for the six months, down from 94.81p at the end of June […]
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25 Feb 2020 2 min read
AEW Long Lease REIT appoints new investment adviser
AEW UK Long Lease REIT (AEWL) has appointed a new investment adviser following a strategic review. Its current investment management agreement with AEW UK Investment Management will be terminated on 9 April 2020 and will be replaced with an agreement with Mason Owen and Partners. Mason Owen will have prime responsibility for the group’s property […]
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06 Feb 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 6 February 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 6 February 2020 – AEW UK Long Lease REIT (AEWL) has provided a performance update covering the quarter to 31 December 2019. Unaudited EPRA earnings per share increased by 12.9% to 1.523 pence per share, which the company says represents dividend cover for the quarter of 110.8% (quarter to 30 September 2019: […]
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06 Nov 2019 2 min read
Big vote against AEW Long Lease chairman
Big vote against AEW Long Lease chairman – at the Annual General Meeting of AEW Long Lease REIT, held on 5 November, most of the resolutions put to shareholders were approved overwhelmingly [as tends to be the case with most AGMs]. However, resolution number 3, which asked shareholders to approve the re-election of Steve Smith, […]
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27 Sep 2019 2 min read
AEW UK Long Lease targets covered dividend in FY2021
AEW UK Long Lease targets covered dividend in FY2021 – AEW UK Long Lease REIT has published results covering the year ended 30 June 2019. Generally, things seem to be on track – as the highlight below show – but problems with one tenant (now replaced) led to a dip in the share price. This […]
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08 Aug 2019 1 min read
AEW Long Lease rethinks its future
AEW Long Lease rethinks its future – AEW UK Long Lease REIT has rejected several takeover approaches and plans to go it alone. The company received several proposals, but the board concluded none of the proposals reflect the true value of the group. The company said the proposals, in some instances, undervalued certain of the group’s assets or […]
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23 May 2019 2 min read
QuotedData’s other news 23 May 2019
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure interims show an 8.5% return on NAV for the six months ended 31 March 2019. Dividends of 3.23p were declared and the discount has narrowed so that, on 20 May 2019, it stood at 11.3% (still wider than it would like). Hg Capital‘s share split – ten shares in exchange […]
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11 Apr 2019 1 min read
AEW UK Long Lease REIT considering future
AEW UK Long Lease REIT considering future – The board of AEW UK Long Lease REIT served notice on its manager and announced a strategic review yesterday. “In view of the sub-scale size of the group, its performance since IPO, and the recent news in respect of Meridian Metal Trading Limited, the board is reviewing […]
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04 Apr 2019 2 min read
Key AEW UK Long Lease REIT tenant enters administration
Key AEW UK Long Lease REIT tenant enters administration – It has been announced today that AEW UK Long Lease REIT’s (AEWL) largest tenant by rental income, Meridian Metal Trading (Meridian), has fallen into administration. Meridian occupies two industrial assets within the AEWL portfolio located in Dudley, West Midlands and Sheffield. The annual passing rental […]
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21 Feb 2019 2 min read
AEW UK Long Lease REIT buys YMCA Woolston Nursery property, Southampton
AEW UK Long Lease REIT (AEWL) has announced that it has acquired a nursery property, 53 Victoria Road, in central Southampton. The property, known as the YMCA Woolston Nursery, was purchased by way of a sale and leaseback agreement with YMCA Fairthorne Group, a regional operation of the charity YMCA (the world’s largest youth charity). […]
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17 Jan 2019 2 min read
AEW UK Long Lease REIT buys Bristol care home
AEW UK Long Lease REIT buys Bristol care home – AEW UK Long Lease REIT has bought a long let care home in Nailsea, Bristol for £6.65m reflecting a net initial yield of 5.8%, funded through the company’s debt facility. The asset comprises a 62-room, purpose built care home located in an affluent suburb approx. 8 […]
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18 Sep 2018 1 min read
AEW Long Lease invests in units in Kent
AEW Long Lease invests in units in Kent – AEW UK Long Lease REIT (AEWL) has announced that it has purchased two industrial buildings on the Eurolink Industrial Estate, Sittingbourne for £3.9m. The purchase reflects a net initial yield of 6.3%. AEW is targeting an annual dividend of 5.5 pence per share paid quarterly, with an ambition to grow in line […]
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3 min read
AEW UK Long Lease REIT reports a successful first year
AEW UK Long Lease REIT reports a successful first year – AEW UK Long Lease REIT (AEWL), which directly owns a diversified portfolio of commercial investment properties, predominately in the alternative property sectors, has published its annual report and financial statements for the period of 18 April 2017 to 30 June 2018. On 6 June 2017, the company’s shares began […]
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06 Sep 2017 2 min read
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, […]
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