Overview
LXB Retail Properties Plc is a Jersey incorporated closed-ended real estate investment company, whose strategy is to invest in out-of-town and edge-of-town retail assets. The Company’s strategy is to capitalise on the structural change occurring in the out-of-town UK retail sector through focused acquisition of retail parks where there is scope, through development and asset management, to extract above average returns for Shareholders. LXB Retail Properties is an active investor and implements strategies to enhance the capital value of acquired assets.
Research History
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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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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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11 Jul 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 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 June 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. July Investment Companies Roundup Money raised and returned in June Newcomer to the market, Yew Grove […]
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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 Jan 2018 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – January 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – January 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 December 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. January Investment Companies Roundup Winners and losers in December Infrastructure India’s share price […]
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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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19 Oct 2017 2 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017 – Markets moved up a little over the course of the three months ended 30 September 2017. Regionally, emerging markets did well. The pound strengthened a bit relative to the US dollar but was flat against the euro. The oil price rose by more than 20%. In […]
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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 […]
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31 Jan 2017 1 min read
QuotedData – 2016 review of the year
Our review of 2016 includes performance data, significant moves in discounts and premiums, money raised and money handed back, major news stories and links to the research we have published including our guide to investment companies. 2016 Annual roundup
News
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27 Feb 2019 4 min read
LXB Retail Properties – de-listing imminent
LXB Retail Properties (LXB) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2018. In his chairman’s statement, Phil Wigely says that LXB has only a few weeks left until the anticipated de-listing and dissolution of the Company (subject to shareholders approve the necessary resolutions at an EGM scheduled for late March, and […]
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22 Dec 2017 3 min read
LXB Retail Properties sells its investments in Stafford
LXB Retail Properties sells its investments in Stafford – LXB Retail Properties has exchanged contracts for the disposal of its two remaining investments at Stafford. It is also updating on further lettings at Rushden Lakes and Sutton. On 21 December 2017, the Group exchanged contracts for the sale of its retail investment at Riverside, Stafford to […]
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21 Nov 2016 4 min read
Construction problems for LXB Retail
LXB Retail is working to return cash to shareholders. They reported a fall in net asset value of 7.5p per share for the six months ended 30 September 2016, after adjusting for a return of capital of 38.0p per share in June 2016. The major constituents of this reduction are: losses caused by delays in the […]
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30 Aug 2016 1 min read
LXB Retail sells B&Q Greenwich
LXB Retail Properties has reported that on 25 August 2016 it exchanged contracts for the sale of its investment at B&Q, Greenwich to a private investor based in the UK. The property is currently let to B&Q Plc until 23 June 2024 at a current rental of GBP2,244,000 per annum. The sale is conditional on […]
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19 Aug 2016 1 min read
LXB Retail sells Kingsmead Stafford investment
LXB Retail Properties Plc reports that it has exchanged contracts for the unconditional sale of its investment at Kingsmead Stafford to Triple Jersey Limited, a private investment vehicle. The Group has previously exchanged an agreement with WM Morrison Supermarkets plc to surrender its leasehold interest in the Kingsmead site and completion of the surrender will […]
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11 Dec 2015 3 min read
LXB Retail Properties looking towards 2017 wind up
LXB Retail Properties has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2015. During the period, the company’s EPRA NAV per share has reduced by 23.1% but this largely reflects the return of £82.6m of cash to shareholders in June. The company says that, taking into account the cash return, there has been […]
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13 Nov 2015 4 min read
LXB Retail gets planning permission for Living Villages concept
LXB Retail Properties has published an update on further pre-lets at a number of the Group’s investment properties and on planning consent for the Group’s first Living Villages project. Living Villages – Higher Newham, Truro The Strategic Planning Committee at Cornwall Council recently resolved to grant planning permission for the Group’s Higher Newham Farm proposals […]
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12 May 2015 2 min read
LXB Retail planning significant capital return
LXB Retail has published figures for the six months ended 31 March 2015. It was a busy period for the company with a number of major deals announced within the portfolio. The net asset value climbed by 5.57p as the value of its property portfolio was marked up by £12.1m. The company faces a continuation […]
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07 Apr 2015 2 min read
LXB selling up at Biggleswade and Rushden
LXB Retail Properties has been hinting at an imminent disposal of two other large assets following on from the sale of their investment in Sutton. today they have announced the sale of their investments at Biggleswade and Rushden. They’ll get £58.5m for Biggleswade now, a further £10.2m when phase one of that development is completed (on […]
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29 Jan 2015 2 min read
LXB Retail announces substantial disposal
LXB Retail Properties has given more information about one of the disposals it highlighted in its announcement on 18 December. It is selling land earmarked for residential development and a Sainsbury’s foodstore in Sutton for £47.8m and expects to get the first £23m of this in cash by May 2015. The Sutton investments comprise a […]
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18 Dec 2014 1 min read
LXB planning substantial cash return
LXB Retail Properties has announced a 15.6% uplift in its EPRA NAV to 134.54p over the year that finished on 30 September 2014 and profit up from £25m to £36m. The year was notable for them securing 1.2m sq ft of new planning permissions within the portfolio. They are offering shareholders a continuation vote at […]
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18 Jun 2014 2 min read
LXB Retail Properties : LXB – interims
LXB Retail Properties has published its interim results covering the six months ended 31 March 2014. Its EPRA NAV rose by 4.3% to 120.98p over the period and it bought back £40m of its shares. Cash levels fell from £35m to £20m. They got planning permission for the Old Gasworks at Sutton and Brocklebank Retail […]
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20 Dec 2013 1 min read
LXB Retail Properties : LXB – update on buybacks
LXB’s sale of its Sainsbury’s and M&S investments at Greenwich has completed as planned, releasing £58m of sales proceeds. LXB’s Board plans to return “a substantial proportion” of this money to shareholders by buying in shares. At last night’s close LXB’s market capitalisation was just over £250m; what proportion of the company’s share capital will […]
