Workspace Group PLC
12 February 2007
WORKSPACE INVESTS £30m IN TWO MORE CENTRAL LONDON ACQUISITIONS
Workspace Group PLC ('Workspace'), the leading provider of flexible business
accommodation to small and medium sized enterprises in London, today announces
two further acquisitions.
Exmouth House, Pine Street, Clerkenwell EC1
This is an attractive, four storey small unit office scheme with frontage to the
busy Exmouth market. The building totals 52,242sq ft in 21 units and produces a
rental income of £953,000pa, yielding 5.2% on the purchase price of £18.1m. The
building is let to mostly media related tenants, with 5% void.
The building has excellent growth potential in an improving part of central
London, and compliments other properties owned by Workspace nearby at
Clerkenwell Close and Bowling Green Lane.
Avro House and Hewlett House, Havelock Terrace, SW8
Situated just off Battersea Park Road, close to Battersea Power Station, these
buildings have been acquired from the London Borough of Wandsworth. The property
consists of two buildings separated by a central service yard, providing small
unit workspace and offices on ground and two upper floors. Purpose built by the
local authority in the early 1970's, the scheme totals 58,038sq ft in 52 units
and currently produces £418,000pa, with 25% vacant. The purchase price is
£10.025m, to show an initial yield of 4.2%, with potential for improvement to
7.5% by increasing occupancy and rents.
Harry Platt, Chief Executive of Workspace commented,
'We are delighted to have made two further substantial acquisitions, in what is
still a very competitive market. Both properties meet the needs of London's
small business community in locations with excellent growth potential.
Both of these properties compliment our existing buildings nearby and follows
our strategy to improve the range of accomodation that we can offer customers in
these locations.
We remain optimistic about prospects for London and will continue to make
acquisitions where we believe our business model will add value.'
-ends-
Date: 12 February 2007
For further information:
Workspace Group PLC cityPROFILE
Harry Platt, Chief Executive Simon Courtenay
Mark Taylor, Finance Director 020-7448-3244
020-7247-7614
web: www.workspacegroup.co.uk
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
*A Private Investor is a recipient of the information who meets all of the conditions set out below, the recipient:
Obtains access to the information in a personal capacity;
Is not required to be regulated or supervised by a body concerned with the regulation or supervision of investment or financial services;
Is not currently registered or qualified as a professional securities trader or investment adviser with any national or state exchange, regulatory authority, professional association or recognised professional body;
Does not currently act in any capacity as an investment adviser, whether or not they have at some time been qualified to do so;
Uses the information solely in relation to the management of their personal funds and not as a trader to the public or for the investment of corporate funds;
Does not distribute, republish or otherwise provide any information or derived works to any third party in any manner or use or process information or derived works for any commercial purposes.
Please note, this site uses cookies. Some of the cookies are essential for parts of the site to operate and have already been set. You may delete and block all cookies from this site, but if you do, parts of the site may not work. To find out more about the cookies used on Investegate and how you can manage them, see our Privacy and Cookie Policy
To continue using Investegate, please confirm that you are a private investor as well as agreeing to our Privacy and Cookie Policy & Terms.