All United Kingdom articles – Page 18
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Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street acquires prime Thames Valley industrial estate for £15.7 million from Kier Property and Investec
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, has completed the acquisition of Trade City Reading, a multi-let industrial estate in Reading, developed in Joint Venture by Kier Property and Investec. The asset was acquired on behalf of St. James’s Place UK Plc. for £15.68 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 4.70%.
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White papersFixation on Brexit misses the bigger picture
Reflecting on 2018, global equity markets have lurched from optimism to pessimism. At the beginning of the year there was a complacent belief in synchronised global growth. But cut to the fourth quarter and many strategists are speculating whether the United States might soon enter a recession and how Chinese economic growth is slowing as they try to get a grip of their own excessive debt levels.
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Asset Manager NewsM7 Real Estate purchases £22.4 million portfolio of assets for REIP VI
M7 Real Estate, the pan-European real estate investor and asset manager, announces that, on behalf of M7 Real Estate Investment Partners VI (“M7 REIP VI”), it has acquired a total of six office and logistics assets, from six vendors, for £22.4 million.
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White papersUK commercial real estate – 2018 year in review
Returns for 2018 have yet again exceeded most forecast expectations. We take a closer look at the outlook for UK property in 2019 against an increasingly uncertain political and economic backdrop.
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Asset Manager News
Hines completes logistics acquisition on behalf of its European Value Fund
(LONDON) – Hines, the international real estate firm, has acquired Cribbs Causeway Distribution Centre, a value add-profile logistics investment located in Bristol, a key UK distribution hub, on behalf of the Hines European Value Fund (HEVF).
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White papersBrexit Muddle-Through Towards The Approaching The Confidence Vote
The newsflow concerning Brexit has been quite intense since the UK government was able to secure an agreement with the EU on 25 November 2018. The most notable developments have been:
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White papersUK Real Estate Market Outlook - February 2019
The UK economy: continued resilience in the face of ongoing uncertainty
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Asset Manager NewsUBS Asset Management UK real estate debt fund reaches conclusion of investment period with over GBP 338 million of completed lending
- UBS-PREMF takes total committed loans to 140% of equity raised at Fund’s conclusion
- GBP 45.4 million of new lending completed during 2018
- Initial gross returns in line with target in excess of 8.5% p.a. -
White papersEconomic and Property Overview: Q3 2018
The UK economy had a strong start to Q3 2018, output grew by 0.7% for the three months to August, an uplift of 30bps from Q2. All three sectors of the economy: services, construction and the production sector contributed positively to GDP growth, with the service sector (accounting for c.80% of the UK economy) providing the largest positive contribution to the headline figure.
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Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street acquires prime asset on Soho’s Wardour Street for £55 million
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, has completed the acquisition of 141 Wardour Street, a prime mixed-use asset in Soho, London for £55 million. The purchase price reflects a net initial yield of 4.31% and the acquisition was made on behalf of St James’s Place UK Plc.
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White papersIf you can de-risk now, why wait?!
Pension funds in the US, UK and Canada have transferred nearly $400 billion in pension and longevity risk since 2007. While these countries are the focal point of the market today, the Netherlands has been a vibrant market, and Germany recently opened for pension risk transfer in 2018 with two notable transactions, together worth more than $5 billion. Several other countries will soon follow suit. In 2017, the US and UK set a combined record with nearly $50 billion in total activity3, and 2018 is shaping up to be another outstanding year on both sides of the pond.
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White papersBrexit: Where do we stand and what should investors expect?
Where we stand and possible scenarios ahead: After the EU approval of Brexit deal, we are going to pass through some tough times until the UK parliamentary vote on Brexit Withdrawal Agreement in December.
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Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street completes purchase of M25 industrial warehouse
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, announces that, on behalf of St James’s Place UK Plc, it has completed the acquisition of a newly built distribution warehouse in Belvedere, South East London for £11.3 million from Buccleuch Property and Wrenbridge Land.
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Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street completes refurbishment at Bauhaus in Manchester
Orchard Street Investment Management, is nearing completion of a comprehensive refurbishment of Bauhaus, its prime Grade A office building totalling 50,000 sq ft on Quay Street in Manchester City Centre.
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Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street acquires prime Dunstable industrial properties for £28 million
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, has completed the acquisition of two South East industrial assets in Dunstable, Bedfordshire for £27.95 million. The properties were acquired from Pears Property on behalf of St. James’s Place Property Unit Trust.
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White papersCashflow-Driven Investing
UK infrastructure debt: its merits for Cashflow Driven Investors
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White papersNon-traditional sectors: A focus on senior & student housing
Over the last few years, institutional investors have increased their exposure to non-traditional or alternative property types, which represented 14% of total direct real estate investment volumes in Europe in the first half of 2018.
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White papersCVAs and the changing shape of UK retail
More retailers are turning to corporate voluntary arrangements to restructure their estates - but a dynamic landscape is no surprise for seasoned real estate investors.
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White papersLGPS Pooling: The Ten Billion Pound Indirect Question
According to the “Findings of Project Pool”, a report which has formed the basis of discussion between the Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) and the Government on the best way forward with the asset pooling initiative, the greatest savings from real estate pooling will arise from the migration from indirect to direct ownership.
