For release 9
November 2020
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited
("SREIT"/ the "Company" / "Group")
ASSET MANAGEMENT AND RENT COLLECTION
UPDATE
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust, the actively managed
UK-focused REIT, provides an update on rent collection and recent
asset management activity across its portfolio.
16 new lettings, renewals and reviews have completed across the
portfolio since the last asset management update on 14 September 2020, which increases contracted
rental income by £1.3 million per annum. A further update on
activity will be included in the Company’s interim results which
will be announced on 17 November
2020.
London, Bloomsbury, University
of Law (office)
The Company owns a 50% interest in an office building on Store
Street in Bloomsbury, totalling 85,900 sq ft, which is let to the
University of Law until December 2026. The rent review
dated 17 December 2019 has been
settled at a rent of £1,850,000 per annum (the Company’s 50% share)
or £42.12 per sq ft, which compares favourably with the prior rent
of £1,434,500 per annum or £32.66 per sq ft. This delivers an
annualised rental increase of £415,500 or 29%. The Company
will receive £326,708 of back rent and, as part of the settlement,
the tenant has received a three month rent free period. The
new rent reflects a yield of 4.9% based on the independent
valuation as at 30 June 2020.
The asset is located in an increasingly desirable area which
will benefit from the new Crossrail station at Tottenham Court Station and infrastructure
improvements relating to Camden Council’s ‘West End Project’,
including highway improvement measures to Tottenham Court Road and Gower Street, as well as a new pocket park at
nearby Alfred Place. Combined
with proximity to Kings Cross and the University of Central London (‘UCL’), this has led to
increasing tenant demand in Bloomsbury and underpins future
redevelopment value.
Edinburgh, The Tun (office)
The Tun comprises a 42,050 sq ft office in Edinburgh city centre. Since acquisition
in August 2018, good progress has
been made with asset management, including a recent lease extension
with the anchor tenant, the BBC.
The Company has completed a lease extension with the General
Medical Council (‘GMC’) which extends its lease from September 2021 to September 2026. The new
lease has a rental increase from the current level of £55,000 per
annum or £20.00 per sq ft, to £74,816 per annum or £27.50 per sq ft
in September 2021 when the tenant
will receive three months rent free.
Following the GMC rental increase and other contracted rental
activity, the asset will generate a yield of 7.4% based on the
independent valuation as at 30 June 2020.
Rent collection
The rent collected in September
2020 for the quarter ending 31
December 2020 currently totals 84% of contracted rents,
ahead of the equivalent date in the previous quarter. The
breakdown between sectors is 93% of office rent collected, 97% of
industrial rent collected, 56% of retail and leisure rent
collected, and 96% of other rent collected. The Company remains in
active dialogue with its tenants for all rents due to be paid.
-ENDS-
For further information:
Schroder Real Estate Investment
Management Limited:
Duncan Owen / Nick Montgomery / Frank Sanderson |
020 7658 6000 |
Northern Trust:
Jingjing Qi |
01481 745529 |
FTI Consulting:
Dido Laurimore / Richard Gotla / Meth Tanyanyiwa |
020 3727 1000 |