Real Estate News
This sector includes mortgage companies, property management companies and REITs
This sector includes mortgage companies, property management companies and REITs
Alvarium Home REIT Advisors has announced its intention to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in Home REIT, a company focused on the alleviation of homelessness in the UK. Home REIT will target inflation-protected income and capital returns, by investing in a diversified portfolio of assets across the UK which will be dedicated to providing accommodation to the […]
RDI REIT has sold its UK retail parks portfolio for £156.9m. The six assets that make up the portfolio has been sold to M7 Real Estate for a net initial yield of 7.5%. The sale price was a 3% discount to February 2020 book value. The group said the deal, which is expected to complete […]
Urban Logistics REIT (SHED) this week has announced another potential equity raise, having already invested all the proceeds of its £136m placing from March 2020. The news underlines the polarisation we are seeing in the property market, with other sectors such as retail and offices struggling in the face of uncertain futures. As many of […]
Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR) has announced that it has exchanged contracts on an individual property, St Peters House, in Bury St Edmunds, for a net consideration of £7.4 million. St Peters House is to be leased to an existing tenant. The initial rent will be £555,000, reflecting a yield of 7.5%. IHR has also completed […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 September 2020: Ashoka India provides an annual redemption facility to its shareholders. This year, just 367,616 shares (0.54% of the issued share capital) were requested to be redeemed. Tritax Big Box REIT has completed its sale of an asset in Chesterfield for £57.3m. The buyer was Warehouse REIT (see separate story). […]
Warehouse REIT spends £82m – Warehouse REIT has completed the acquisition of two single-let warehouse assets located in the East Midlands and Cheshire, occupied by Amazon and Wincanton respectively. The assets have been purchased in two separate transactions for a total consideration of £82 million, reflecting a blended net initial yield of 5.4% and provide a […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 September 2020: Temple Bar (TMPL) briefed that as per their announcements on 20 April and 9 June 2020, the board has instigated a review of the management arrangements. They anticipate that this review will be completed shortly, and the publication of the interim results has been delayed in order to […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 September 2020: CIP Merchant Capital has sold its interest in Circassia Group, a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on respiratory diseases and quoted on AIM, for approximately £3.9m, resulting in a net profit of £1.1m. Circassia is the first investment that CIP Merchant Capital has sold. It made a 1.4 times cash on […]
Urban Logistics back for more money – In March 2020 Urban Logistics REIT completed a £136m equity raise, followed by arranging a £151m debt facility (at a reduced all in cost of c.2.66%) replacing the £76m facility previously in place. Since March 2020, Urban Logistics has completed nine acquisitions for a total consideration of £145.7m (6.0% […]
The debate around the future of the office continues to rage. It was reported today that the government is likely to set about on a campaign to get people back to the office. If the economy is going to bounce back quickly, cities like London, Manchester and Birmingham buzzing with office workers will certainly help. […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 August 2020: Invesco Asia (IAT) announced two measures aimed at meeting its 10% discount target. Chairman, Neil Rogan, says that they are being introduced to spark new demand for the company. Conditional tender offer: subject to approval by shareholders, the board intends to introduce a performance-related conditional tender offer. Under the […]
It has been a quiet morning so far. In QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 August 2020: NB Distressed Debt (NBDD) reported interim results to 30 June 2020, with the main point of focus being the ongoing wind up of the company’s three share classes: Ordinary; Extended Life; and New Global. Chairman, John Hallam, noted: “the Ordinary class […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 August 2020: Hedge fund company, BH Macro (BHMG), which invests all of its assets in the Brevan Howard Master Fund, is having a strong 2020 with its shares up over 30%. This morning, it reported interim results, covering the period to 30 June 2020. NAV in the Sterling share class increased by […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 August 2020: Princess Private Equity says that its manager, Partners Group, has agreed the sale of its majority equity stake in PCI Pharma Services to private equity firm Kohlberg & Company and Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company. Princess, alongside other Partners Group-managed funds, will retain a meaningful minority equity […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 August 2020: Schroder AsiaPacific (SOI) announced that Matthew Dobbs will retire from fund management in 2021. In accordance with a succession plan agreed with the board, he will hand over responsibility to Richard Sennitt as manager and Abbas Barkhordar as assistant manager. Robin Parbrook, who has extensive Asian investment management […]
The conundrum of what to do with the vast amount of vacant space in shopping centres has been staring landlords in the face for years. The solution has been mulled over countless times by the biggest landlords, but a deal to convert space left over by ailing department stores into logistics space has yet to […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 August 2020: JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC) reported interim results to 30 June 2020, with the total NAV return coming in at (4.9%). The benchmark Russell 2000 index delivered (6.8%) over the same period, in sterling terms. Small-cap shares have underperformed the tech-led led large-cap rally in US markets since March. […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 August 2020: Great Portland Estates is issuing £150m of new unsecured US private placement notes. The Sterling denominated notes cover 12 year and 15 year maturities (weighted average of 14.5 years) and have a weighted average fixed rate coupon of 2.77%. The new issue priced on 5 August and, subject to […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 August 2020 BBGI SICAV (BBGI), the global infrastructure fund, has completed the acquisition of a further 50% equity position in the Kelowna and Vernon Hospitals PPP Project, located in British Columbia. Though no purchase price was disclosed for contractual reasons, BBGI said it was less than £15m. We also have interim […]
Grit Real Estate Income Group has released an update on rent collection figures for the period March to July 2020, for which 85.4% of rent has been received. The pan-African real estate investor said the figure includes pre-paid rent that was collected in the period – 77.4% without it. Short-term concessions amounted to 7.9% of […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 August 2020: Acorn Income declared a third interim dividend of 5.75p – in line with previous quarters – but its revenue reserves are running down as it uses these to top up income lost to dividend cuts by companies in its portfolio. Revenue reserves at 30 June were 14.6p, having been […]
On the same morning that the farcical A-level results were announced this week, student accommodation specialist Empiric Student Property released half-year numbers that revealed bookings for the upcoming academic year was at 65%, compared to 85% at the same period last year. On first look that does seem a startling drop, but given the disruption […]
NewRiver REIT has said it has collected 60% of rent for the quarter ended June 2020 with a further 20% deferred or re-geared. The company, which owns a portfolio of retail and pub assets, added that 1% of rent for the period had been waived and 19% was still outstanding. NewRiver also updated on its […]
A decline in international student bookings has left Empiric Student Property with just 65% of rooms booked for the 2020/21 academic year, compared to 85% at the same point last year. The company, which owns 95 student accommodation properties across the UK with 9,401 beds, reported half-year results today in which EPRA net asset value […]
Care home investor Impact Healthcare REIT has reported growth across all metrics in half-year results to the end of June. The group saw its net asset value (NAV) increase slightly to 107.17p per share (Dec 2019: 106.81p), with its portfolio now valued at £346m (Dec 2019: £318.8m). Its contracted rent roll has grown to £29.5m […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 August 2020: International Public Partnerships (INPP) has acquired an additional interest in the Bradford and Lewisham Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Project. INPP is committing a further £3.6m to acquire stakes in the six PFI project companies that own the fourteen schools providing education facilities to over 17,000 pupils across Bradford and […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 August 2020 it is a quiet day: Robert Peto, chair of Standard Life Property Investments Income, will step down in favour of James Clifton-Brown following the next board meeting on 25 August. Robert agreed to extend his role temporarily, following the COVID-19 outbreak. The board now feels that a clearer view […]
McKay buys Bracknell logistics property – McKay Securities has bought 1-4 Willoughby Road, a fully let logistics asset in Bracknell, for £10.0m, representing a net initial yield of 5.6%. The property was sourced off-market from a UK institutional vendor. The 2.7 acre freehold estate consists of two modern, self-contained units totalling 54,157 sq ft with large […]
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: SDCL Energy Efficiency’s foray into EV charging Hipgnosis C shares and NAVs Hammerson’s expensive rights issue Syncona’s IPO of Freeline Watch it again here We’ll be back next week […]
Hammerson rights issue – Hammerson has announced a proposed rights issue to raise gross proceeds of approximately £552m and the sale of substantially all of the company’s 50% interest in VIA Outlets to a mutual fund managed by APG Asset Management N.V. for estimated cash proceeds of approximately €301m (equivalent to approximately £274m), to raise a […]