Henry Boot announces £5.8 million acquisition
7 May 2021
HENRY BOOT PLC
('Henry Boot' or 'the Group')
Henry Boot announces £5.8 million Manchester acquisition
Henry Boot has purchased a multi-let industrial estate on the edge of Manchester City Centre for £5.8 million, with the price reflecting a net initial yield of 4.1%.
The Group's property development business, HBD, has acquired City Court, a 26,900 sq. ft. industrial estate located on Poland Street in the city's Ancoats neighbourhood, from vendors Urban Splash and Pears Group. The property is fully let to eight tenants, including Ticketmaster UK and Sky Telecommunications Services.
The estate has a low average rent per square foot of under £10 and offers good rental growth and asset management opportunities. In the medium term the Group will also explore the opportunities for a significant urban residential development.
The acquisition will be retained in the Group's investment portfolio and forms a part of Henry Boot's core strategy of targeting industrial and logistics, residential and urban development schemes.
Ed Hutchinson, managing director of HBD, said: "City Court is the latest in a series of strategic acquisitions in 2021 for Henry Boot. The property is situated on a 1.3-acre site which forms part of the Ancoats and New Islington Neighbourhood Development Framework presenting an opportunity for future urban residential development."
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Enquiries:
Henry Boot PLC
Tim Roberts, Chief Executive Officer
Darren Littlewood, Group Finance Director
Daniel Boot, Group Communications Manager
Tel: 0114 255 5444
www.henryboot.co.uk
Numis Securities Limited
Joint Corporate Broker
Garry Levin/George Fry
Tel: 020 7260 1000
Peel Hunt LLP
Joint Corporate Broker
Charles Batten/Harry Nicholas
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Hudson Sandler
Financial PR
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Tel: 020 7796 4133
About Henry Boot PLC
Henry Boot PLC (BOOT.L) was established over 130 years ago and is one of the UK's leading and long-standing property investment and development, land promotion and construction companies. Based in Sheffield, the Group is comprised of the following three segments:
Land Promotion:
Hallam Land Management Limited
Property Investment and Development:
Henry Boot Developments Limited (HBD)
,
Stonebridge Homes Limited
Construction:
Henry Boot Construction Limited
,
Banner Plant Limited
,
Road Link (A69) Limited
The Group possess a high-quality strategic land portfolio, an enviable reputation in the property development market backed by a substantial investment property portfolio and an expanding, jointly owned, house building business. It has a construction specialism in both the public and private sectors, a long-standing plant hire business, and generates strong cash flows from its PFI contract through Road Link (A69) Limited.
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