Purchase of Property

RNS Number : 1198I
Custodian REIT PLC
15 June 2017
 

 

 

15 June 2017

 

Custodian REIT plc

 

("Custodian REIT" or the "Company")

 

Purchase of Property

 

Custodian REIT (LSE: CREI), the UK property investment company, is pleased to announce a further property purchase. 

 

The Company has acquired a 69,922 sq ft distribution unit on Eurocentral, Scotland's leading mixed-use business park on the M8 arterial route between Glasgow and Edinburgh.  Nearby occupiers include DHL, Warburtons, Argos, Wincanton, Norbert Dentressangle and Morrisons.

 

The unit is let to Next plc on a lease expiring on 6 March 2019.  Current passing rent is £349,850 per annum reflecting a net initial yield1 of 6.91%, with an expected reversionary yield of circa 7.9%.

 

The agreed purchase price of £4.75 million was funded from the Company's existing cash resources, resulting in net gearing2 increasing to 18.6% loan to value.

 

Commenting on the acquisition, Richard Shepherd-Cross, Managing Director of Custodian Capital Limited (the Company's discretionary investment manager), said:

 

"We are delighted to have secured this unit located on Scotland's prime distribution park and let to a market leading high street retailer.  The unit is Next's only distribution location in Scotland, which has undergone substantial fit out including the installation of a mezzanine floor at the tenant's expense.  The site also provides scope for future expansion of the unit should it be required."

 

1 Passing rent divided by purchase price plus assumed purchasers' costs.

2 Gross borrowings less unrestricted cash divided by last published property portfolio valuation.

 

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For further information, please contact:

 

Custodian Capital Limited


Richard Shepherd-Cross / Nathan Imlach / Ian Mattioli MBE

Tel: +44 (0)116 240 8740


www.custodiancapital.com

 

Numis Securities Limited


Nathan Brown / Hugh Jonathan

Tel: +44 (0)20 7260 1000


www.numiscorp.com

 

Camarco


Ed Gascoigne-Pees

Tel: +44 (0)20 3757 4984


www.camarco.co.uk

 

Notes to Editors

 

Custodian REIT plc is a UK real estate investment trust, which listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on 26 March 2014.  Its portfolio comprises properties predominantly let to institutional grade tenants on long leases throughout the UK and is characterised by small lot sizes, with individual property values of less than £10 million at acquisition. 

 

The Company offers investors the opportunity to access a diversified portfolio of UK commercial real estate through a closed-ended fund.  By targeting smaller lot size properties, the Company intends to provide investors with an attractive level of income with the potential for capital growth. 

 

Custodian Capital Limited is the discretionary investment manager of the Company. 

 

For more information visit www.custodianreit.com and www.custodiancapital.com.

 

 

 


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