Acquisitions - Accretive 8.0% Yield

RNS Number : 8627P

Regional REIT Limited

23 June 2022

 

23 June 2022

REGIONAL REIT Limited

("Regional REIT", the "Group" or the "Company")

Acquisitions - Accretive 8.0% Yield

Three Yorkshire Office Assets Purchased for £26.5m

Regional REIT Limited (LSE: RGL), the regional office specialist, is pleased to announce the acquisition of three separate investments in Sheffield city centre, Thorpe Business Park, Leeds, and Leeds city centre for £8.5m, £8.6m, and £9.4m respectively, reflecting attractive net initial yields of 9.2%, 7.1% and 7.7%, with an overall blended net initial yield of 8.0%.

1 North Bank, Sheffield (totalling 58,893 sq. ft.)

· Five floors of recently refurbished Grade A office space; BREEAM 'Very Good'; EPC C with a clear plan to enhance the ratings further for minimal capital expenditure

· 98.4% occupancy (by ERV); major tenants include Social Work England and XLN Telecom Ltd.

· Located to the north of the city centre, with excellent rail and road links and 70 car parking spaces

· Contracted rent of £0.8m (£14.09 \ sq. ft.); WAULT to first break of 2.0 years and 4.5 years to expiry

Thorpe Park, Leeds (totalling 31,101 sq. ft.)

· Two floors of recently fully refurbished office space; EPC A first floor and EPC B ground floor

· 100% occupancy (by ERV); major tenants include Homeserve Membership Ltd. and SpaMedica Ltd.

· Excellent road links with 154 car parking spaces; Thorpe Park will soon be able to boast its own railway station

· Contracted rent of £0.7m (£21.21 \ sq. ft.); WAULT to first break of 3.9 years and 6.7 years to expiry

Albion Street, Leeds (totalling 34,196 sq. ft.)

· Six floors of recently fully refurbished well specified office space and retail on the ground floor; EPCs range from B to D with a clear plan to enhance the ratings further for minimal capital expenditure

· 99.0% occupancy (by ERV); major tenants include Specsavers, Akari Care Ltd., and The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux

· Located in the heart of Leeds city centre, with 14 car parking spaces, being rich in amenities and extremely well served by transport connections

· Contracted rent of £0.8m (£22.55 \ sq. ft.); WAULT to first break of 1.2 years and 2.5 years to expiry

Stephen Inglis, CEO of London & Scottish Property Investment Management, the Asset Manager of Regional REIT commented:

" We are delighted that following the Company's announcement on 18 May of a £48.2m acquisition yielding 8.7%, Regional REIT has made further attractive acquisitions taking advantage of compelling market conditions for our strategic focus on UK regional offices.

The three acquired assets announced today are high quality and well located buildings, purchased at a strong accretive blended yield of 8.0%. All three assets are supported by high quality tenants in a growth region of the UK that we are keen to increase the portfolio's exposure to. The assets also provide us with compelling opportunities to drive further value through asset management activity, whilst delivering attractive income streams."

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Enquiries:

Regional REIT Limited
Toscafund Asset Management	Tel: [phone]
Investment Manager to the Group
Adam Dickinson, Investor Relations, Regional REIT Limited
London & Scottish Property Investment Management	Tel: [phone]
Asset Manager to the Group
Stephen Inglis
Buchanan Communications	Tel: [phone]
Financial PR	[e-mail]
Charles Ryland, Henry Wilson, George Beale

About Regional REIT

Regional REIT Limited ("Regional REIT" or the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "Group") is a United Kingdom ("UK") based real estate investment trust that launched in November 2015. It is managed by London & Scottish Property Investment Management Limited, the Asset Manager, and Toscafund Asset Management LLP, the Investment Manager.

Regional REIT's commercial property portfolio is comprised wholly of income producing UK assets and comprises, predominantly of offices located in the regional centres outside of the M25 motorway. The portfolio is geographically diversified, with 160 properties, 1,035 occupiers as at 31 March 2022, with a valuation of c.£874.0m.

Regional REIT pursues its investment objective by investing in, actively managing and disposing of regional core and core plus property assets. It aims to deliver an attractive total return to its Shareholders, targeting greater than 10% per annum, with a strong focus on income supported by additional capital growth prospects.

The Company's shares were admitted to the Official List of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange on 6 November 2015. For more information, please visit the Group's website at   www.regionalreit.com .

ESMA Legal Entity Identifier ("LEI"): 549300D8G4NKLRIKBX73

 

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