UNIBAIL-RODAMCO-WESTFIELD Q1-2024 TRADING UPDATE
25 Aprile 2024 - 6:00PM
UNIBAIL-RODAMCO-WESTFIELD Q1-2024 TRADING UPDATE
Paris, Amsterdam, April 25, 2024
Press release
UNIBAIL-RODAMCO-WESTFIELD Q1-2024 TRADING
UPDATE
2024 AREPS GUIDANCE CONFIRMED
ON THE BACK OF CONTINUED STRONG OPERATING
PERFORMANCE
- Turnover up +3.7% in
Q1-2024 vs. Q1-2023 and up +10.5% on a like-for-like
basis1
- C&E turnover up +53.6%
showing the impact of seasonality and Paris Olympics and
Paralympics
- Like-for-like Gross Rental
Income2 up +7.1% driven by strong
operating performance and indexation
- Q1-2024 tenant sales up
+5.5% vs. Q1-2023 and footfall up +3.9%, continuing the positive
2023 trend
- Strong leasing activity in
Q1-2024 with 521 deals signed, Minimum Guaranteed
Rent (“MGR”) signed of €99.1 Mn and a MGR
uplift3 of
+10.1% (+9.0%4 in
Q1-2023)
- Trinity office in La
Défense fully let with an average rent of
€562/sqm/year
- 56% of Westfield Rise's
2024 budget already secured5, on
track to deliver €75 Mn target6
in 2024
- €13.0 Bn of available
liquidity7 with refinancing needs
secured for more than 36 months
- 2024 Adjusted Recurring
Earnings per Share (AREPS) guidance of €9.65 to €9.80
confirmed
Commenting on the results, Jean-Marie
Tritant, Chief Executive Officer, stated:
“In Q1-2024, we saw continued strong operational
performance with a like-for-like improvement in Gross Rental Income
across all activities. Tenant sales and footfall in our shopping
centres were up on the same period last year, while our Trinity
office building in La Défense is now fully let at prime rents. Our
Convention & Exhibition business was particularly strong thanks
to the early impact of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games,
where our Viparis venues will host a number of events and
organisational components. Q1 also saw higher Retail Media income
thanks to the continued growth of our in-house agency Westfield
Rise, which is fully on track to generate the target of €75 Mn in
annual net margin in 2024.
Pursuing our deleveraging efforts, we are in
active discussions on more than €1.2 Bn of assets. Regarding
development, 2024 will see a diverse range of new projects
delivered at high pre-letting levels, including the Fisketorvet
Dining Experience in Copenhagen, the CNIT Eole redevelopment and
Lightwell retrofit in La Défense, as well as our major Westfield
Hamburg-Überseequartier project, and we just launched two new
retail extensions at Westfield UTC and Centrum Černý Most as part
of our continuous focus on maximising the value of our assets.”
For further information, please contact:
Investor RelationsMeriem Delfi+33 7 63 45 59
77investor.relations@urw.com
Gonzague Montigny+33 6 10 95 85 84investor.relations@urw.com
Media Relations UK/Global:Cornelia Schnepf
– FinElk+44 7387 108 998
Cornelia.Schnepf@finelk.eu
France:Sonia Fellmann – PLEAD +33 6 27 84 91
30Sonia.Fellmann@plead.fr
About Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is an owner, developer and operator of
sustainable, high-quality real estate assets in the most dynamic
cities in Europe and the United States.
The Group operates 72
shopping centres in 12 countries, including 38 which carry the
iconic Westfield brand. These centres attract over 900 million
visits annually and provide a unique platform for retailers and
brands to connect with consumers. URW also has a portfolio of
high-quality offices, 10 convention and exhibition venues in Paris,
and a €2.5 Bn development pipeline of mainly mixed-use assets. Its
€50 Bn portfolio is 86% in retail, 6% in offices, 5% in convention
and exhibition venues, and 2% in services (as at December 31,
2023).
URW is a committed
partner to major cities on urban regeneration projects, through
both mixed-use development and the retrofitting of buildings to
industry-leading sustainability standards. These commitments are
enhanced by the Group’s Better Places plan, which strives to make a
positive environmental, social and economic impact on the cities
and communities where URW operates.
URW’s stapled shares
are listed on Euronext Paris (Ticker: URW), with a secondary
listing in Australia through Chess Depositary Interests. The Group
benefits from a BBB+ rating from Standard & Poor’s and from a
Baa2 rating from Moody’s.
For more information,
please visit www.urw.com
1 Excluding acquisitions, divestments, transfers
to and from pipeline, property development and project management
revenues, FX impact, US Regionals and CBD asset.2 Excluding
acquisitions, divestments, transfers to and from pipeline, FX
impact, US Regionals and CBD asset.3 On top of indexed passing
rents.4 Restated from disposals.5 As at March 31, 2024.6 Net margin
at 100%.7 Cash on hand and available credit lines.
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