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Acquisition

6th Jan 2015 07:00

RNS Number : 3451B
Custodian REIT PLC
06 January 2015
 

 

 

6 January 2015

 

Custodian REIT plc

 

("Custodian REIT" or the "Company")

 

Purchase of Property

 

Custodian REIT (LSE: CREI), the UK property investment company, is pleased to announce a further property purchase, bringing the total funds invested following its initial placing and admission to the Official List on 26 March 2014 to £84.3 million.

 

The Company has acquired a 16,075 sq ft supermarket in Torpoint, Cornwall let to Sainsbury's Supermarkets Limited. The unit is let on an eight year lease, expiring on 14 December 2022 with a passing rent of £217,500 per annum, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.75%.

 

The agreed purchase price of £3.05 million was funded from the Company'sexisting facilities, with total funds of £14.7 million now deployed from the Company's revolving credit facility. Borrowings have increased to 13.6% loan to value, in line with the stated investment strategy of a target gearing ratio of 25% loan to value.

 

Commenting on the acquisition, Richard Shepherd-Cross, Managing Director of Custodian Capital Limited (the Company's external fund manager), said:

 

"We are delighted to have completed this off-market transaction to secure a supermarket in a very competitive sector of the property market. The unit is the only large format food store in Torpoint which has a catchment population of over 8,000 residents, separated from Plymouth by the river Tamar and linked by the Torpoint Ferry. The acquisition adds a high quality tenant and further diversifies the Company's retail portfolio."

 

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For further information, please contact:

 

Custodian Capital Limited

Richard Shepherd-Cross / Nathan Imlach / Ian Mattioli

Tel: +44 (0)116 240 8740

www.custodiancapital.com

 

Numis Securities Limited

Nathan Brown / Hugh Jonathan

Tel: +44 (0)20 7260 1000

www.numiscorp.com

 

Camarco

Ed Gascoigne-Pees

Tel: +44 (0)20 3757 4984

www.camarco.co.uk

 

Notes to Editors

 

Custodian REIT plc is a UK real estate investment trust ("REIT") listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Company launched on 26 March 2014, acquiring a portfolio of £95 million of UK commercial property. This was sourced from an existing portfolio of 48 properties held by clients of Mattioli Woods plc in a syndicated structure. The diverse portfolio consisted of properties let to institutional grade tenants on long leases throughout the UK.

 

The Company raised gross proceeds of £55 million through an initial public offering and raised a further £25 million via a subsequent placing. It invests in a diversified portfolio of UK commercial properties to achieve its investment objective of providing shareholders with an attractive level of income together with the potential for capital growth through a closed-ended fund.

 

The target portfolio is characterised by small lot sizes with individual property values of less than £7.5 million at acquisition.

 

Custodian Capital Limited is the discretionary investment manager of the Company.

 

For more information visit www.custodianreit.com and www.custodiancapital.com.

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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