Completion of Acquisitions in Poland

RNS Number : 1103G

Globalworth Real Estate Inv Ltd

19 July 2019

 

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 19 July 2019

Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited

("Globalworth" or the "Company")

Completion of Acquisitions in Poland

Globalworth, the leading office investor in Central and Eastern Europe, is pleased to confirm the closing of the acquisition of two high quality office buildings in Poland, as announced on 26 April 2019.

Retro Office House, a newly completed office development offering a gross leasable area of 21.9k sqm, located in central Wroclaw benefitting from excellent connectivity to all parts of the city and a range of public transport options, has been acquired by Globalworth for a total consideration of €58.8 million. 

Silesia Star, a 29.2k sqm office complex with two interconnecting buildings developed in 2014 and 2016 at the heart of Katowice and located in the immediate vicinity of the city centre, two universities and various transport options, has been acquired by Globalworth for a total consideration of €54.4 million.

The total transaction consideration for both buildings has been set at €113.2 million, before customary adjustments, and has been funded from existing cash resources.

For further information visit www.globalworth.com or contact: 

Enquiries  

Andrew Cox                                                                                                                 Tel: [phone]

Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Development  

Jefferies (Joint Broker)                                                                                               Tel: [phone]

Stuart Klein

Panmure Gordon (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)                                   Tel: [phone]

Alina Vaskina/Justin Gulston

Milbourne (Public Relations)                                                                                    Tel: [phone]

Tim Draper

About Globalworth / Note to Editors: 

Globalworth is a listed real estate company active in Central and Eastern Europe, quoted on the AIM-segment of the London Stock Exchange.  It has become the pre-eminent office investor in the CEE real estate market through its market-leading positions both in Romania and in Poland, where the Company has a 99% shareholding in Globalworth Poland, a pure-play Polish real estate platform listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.  Globalworth acquires, develops and directly manages high-quality office and logistics/light-industrial real estate assets in prime locations, generating rental income from high quality tenants from around the globe. Managed by nearly 200 professionals across Romania and Poland, the combined value of its portfolio is over €2.7 billion, as at 31 December 2018 and proforma for subsequent acquisitions. Over 90% of the portfolio is in income-producing assets, predominately in the office sector, and leased to a diversified array of some 650 national and multinational corporates. In Romania, Globalworth is present in Bucharest, Timisoara and Pitesti, while in Poland its assets span Warsaw, Wroclaw, Lodz, Krakow, Gdansk and Katowice. For more information, please visit www.globalworth.com  and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

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