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British Land sells 75% stake in the majority of its Paddington Central assets to GIC for £694m

by Alex Weber
April 26, 2022
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GIC has exchanged on the sale of a 75% interest in the majority of Paddington Central assets from British Land. This transaction establishes a new joint venture (the “Joint Venture”) with ownership split 75:25 for GIC and British Land respectively. Completion is unconditional and will be within three months. The total consideration of £694m, is 1% below September 2021 book value and represents a NIY of 4.5%.

This transaction delivers against one of British Land’s key strategic priorities of proactively recycling capital out of mature assets where they have created considerable value. Proceeds from the transaction will be invested into value accretive development opportunities they own across their portfolio as well as growth areas including development-led urban logistics in London and innovation campuses.

This latest partnership is another example of how British Land identifies opportunities to drive value from their best-in-class operational platform. British Land will continue to act as asset manager for the campus and development manager for future opportunities including 5 Kingdom Street for which they will earn fees.

Simon Carter, CEO British Land said: “We are delighted to be partnering with GIC again and this second joint venture with them demonstrates the success of our relationship at Broadgate as well as the quality of the assets and the opportunity at Paddington Central.

Paddington has been an excellent investment for British Land and this transaction is a great illustration of our strategy in action. Since acquiring Paddington Central in 2013, we have driven significant value through asset management and development across the campus. We are pleased to enter into this innovative JV structure so that we can continue to play a meaningful role in the development of the campus whilst also releasing capital to invest in other value accretive opportunities across our business.”

Lee Kok Sun, Chief Investment Officer of Real Estate, GIC, said, “We are pleased to invest in Paddington Central, a high-quality office-led mixed-use campus with retail and leisure uses. It is very well-located with connectivity to national rail services and key transport links to Heathrow, West London and Oxford. Our earlier investment in Broadgate has demonstrated the high value of acquiring central London campuses and we are confident that this asset will generate resilient long-term returns.”

Tracy Stroh, Region Head of Europe, Real Estate, GIC, added, “We are seeing returning demand in the take-up of new office spaces that are of high quality and in prime locations. We are pleased to partner with British Land again and look forward to leveraging their best-in-class capabilities to drive value across Paddington Central. We believe this investment will be a good addition to our Europe portfolio.”

Background to Paddington Central and the Joint Venture
Paddington Central was acquired in 2013 for £470m, at the time comprising three buildings, a retail and leisure cluster and two development sites. In 2015 we completed the acquisition of 1 Sheldon Square for £210m and in 2017 we completed the development of 4 Kingdom Street which achieved rents 40% ahead of the best rents at the campus on acquisition. Overall, the campus has delivered an average total property return of 9% per annum since acquisition. The Joint Venture will initially comprise the following assets: 2 and 4 Kingdom Street, 1 and 3 Sheldon Square (including the retail and leisure element), the Gateway development site and surrounding moorings.

The Novotel at 3 Kingdom Street and the development site at 5 Kingdom Street currently remain outside the Joint Venture. On completion, GIC will be granted an unconditional option (via a separate joint venture vehicle established for this purpose) for a period of six months to acquire 50% of 5 Kingdom Street, a 438,000 sq ft development opportunity for c.£68.5m (plus share of capex) which includes some contingent consideration. GIC will also be granted an unconditional option (via the Joint Venture) to acquire 3 Kingdom Street at prevailing market value which expires five years from completion.

Financial effects of the transaction
The gross asset value of the assets acquired by the Joint Venture was £936m as at 30 September 2021 on a 100% basis and the net rental income attributable to those assets was £39m in FY 2021. We expect the transaction to reduce EPS per share by 1.6p on an annualised basis prior to reinvestment. The transaction will marginally decrease NTA per share (post fees and taxes) and will reduce leverage by c.500bps immediately on completion with proceeds to be reinvested in development and growth opportunities in line with strategy.

The gross asset values for 3 and 5 Kingdom Street were £62m and £122m respectively as at 30 September 2021. The net rental income attributable to 3 and 5 Kingdom Street was not material.

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