Barclays Office Campus 120 Longwood Close
Westwood Business Park Coventry CV4 8JG
THREE OFFICE BUILDINGS WITH 10.5 YEARS SECURE INCOME FROM BARCLAYS BANK Plc INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY
Investment Summary
n Opportunity to acquire a campus of three high quality headquarter office buildings in attractive landscaped surroundings
n Located on one of the Midlands premier business addresses, Westwood Business Park, close to Coventry Airport and Warwick University
n Three separate office buildings with divisible floor plates
n The properties have recently undergone a multi million pound refurbishment programme
n Total accommodation of 11,758.18 sq m (126,563 sq ft)
n Let to Barclays Bank plc on three separate FR&I leases for a term of 20 years from 31 December 2004 at a total rent of £1,605,854 per annum
n Each lease contains a tenant option to determine in December 2014, each subject to a 5.5 year rent penalty
n Minimum 10.5 years secure income from Barclays Bank Plc
n A total of 692 car spaces providing an excellent parking ratio of 1:16.9 sq m (1:183 per sq ft)
n The property is held on a 125 year peppercorn lease from Coventry City Council
n The properties are held in a SPV. Information in respect of the SPV is available on request
n Offers are sought in excess of £19,000,000 subject to contract and exclusive of VAT. Assuming normal purchasers cost at 5.75% a purchase at this level would reflect a net initial yield of 8.00%.
Barclays Headquarters
Mercia Business Village
RICS
OCR Oxford, Cambridge & RSA Examinations
ITCM
Chartered Institute of Housing
Ensign Business Centre
TUI UK
TUI UK
The Camping and Caravanning Club
E-ON UK PLC
Barclays Regional
Headquarters
Location
Coventry is located within the West Midlands, approximately 24km (15 miles) east of Birmingham and 144km (90 miles) north of London.
The city benefits from excellent road communications, providing direct access to the M69, M6 and M40 motorways, with links via the A45 Birmingham to Coventry trunk road, into the M42. The M1 is approximately 30km (19 miles) to the east and can be accessed by both the M6 and the M69.
Rail services are good with Coventry train station providing regular intercity links to London, Birmingham and Manchester, with the fastest journey time by train to London Euston of approximately 65 minutes.
Birmingham International airport is 20 minutes drive time to the west of Coventry, providing access to both domestic and international destinations.
Coventry Economy
Coventry has an urban population of approximately 303,000 (2001 census) and a population of some 900,000 within 20km (12 miles) of the city centre.
The expansion of call centre and back office operations for a number of key nationwide companies has led to growth in the financial and business services sector, which now accounts for 21.2% of all employment within Coventry (2007). Public Services accounts for 32.3% of the total employment, with Manufacturing, Computing and R&D representing other major employment sectors in the area.
Coventry’s strategic location and excellent communications have attracted numerous major national and international office occupiers such as Barclays, IBM, Capita, HSBC, National Grid Transco, Coventry Building Society and local government bodies including Coventry City Council.
The total office supply in Coventry is estimated at 492,400 sq m (5.3 million sq ft), with the average annual take up over the last 5 years at 25,177 sq m (271,000 sq ft). The out of town market accounts for approximately 75% of the total, with Westwood Business Park being one of the best established locations.
Prime office rental levels for out of town offices are well established at between £16.50 – £17.50 per sq ft as evidenced by recent lettings at the Icini Centre at Warwick Technology Park and at the Meridien Business Park, Coventry. Importantly, rents stand at competitive levels against parks in neighbouring Birmingham and Solihull.
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Barclays Regional Headquarters
Westwood Business Park
Westwood Business Park is a well established office park having been developed in the late 1980s. The 40 hectare (100 acre) campus style park is located 8km (5 miles) south west of Coventry city centre with the A45 linking the park to the M41 and M1.
The park comprises modern offices occupied by national and international organisations including E.ON, Barclays Bank and the RICS. It continues to attract demand with both TUI and the Camping and Caravanning Club developing and occupying new offices during 2003/2004.
Description
120 Longwood Close, comprises three buildings, Avon House, Swift House and Welland House, all developed for Barclays in the early 1990s.
The original building specification includes:
n Full fan-coil air-conditioning
n Fully accessible raised floors
n Suspended ceiling with recessed lighting
n Floor plates offer strong potential for divisibility
n Excellent natural lighting
n Generous floor to ceiling (surface to surface) height of approximately 2.7m
n 13-person (1,000kg) passenger lift serving each building
n Shower facilities
n Male/female toilet facilities on each level
n Extensive areas of soft landscaping.
There are 692 car parking spaces providing an excellent car parking ratio of 1:16.9 sq m (1:182 per sq ft ). 335 of these spaces are situated within the multi storey car park to the rear of the site, with the remainder of the parking spaces at surface level.
The site area extends to approximately 3.97ha (9.80 acres).
Accommodation
The properties have been measured in accordance with the RICS Code of Measuring Practice (6th Edition) and provides a combined total net internal area of 11,758.18 sq m (126,563 sq ft). The breakdown of the floor areas are as follows:
Avon House
Floor Use sq m sq ft
Lower Ground Reception 35.71 384
Lower Ground Offices 659.95 7,104
Lower Ground Storage 241.61 2,601
Ground Offices 1,989.62 21,416
First Offices 1,405.88 15,133
Total 4,332.77 46,637
Swift House
Floor Use sq m sq ft
Lower Ground Office 597.96 6,436
Lower Ground Storage 121.74 1,310
Ground Reception 56.89 612
Ground Offices 1,911.39 20,574
First Offices 1,564.31 16,838
Total 4,252.28 45,771
Welland House
Floor Use sq m sq ft
Lower Ground Offices 537.91 5,790
Lower Ground Storage 478.86 5,154
Ground Reception 72.35 779
Ground Offices 2,084.01 22,432
Total 3,173.13 34,155
Tenure
Long leasehold.
The term is 125 years from 28 September 1990 from Coventry City Council at a peppercorn rent.
Tenancy
The property is subject to three separate FR&I leases to Barclays Bank Plc on each of the three buildings for a term of 20 years from 31st December 2004 at a total passing rent of £1,605,854 per annum. Rent reviews are upward only in every fifth year of the term with the first reviews due on 31st December 2009.
The rents payable on each building are as follows:
Avon House £638,357 per annum equating to £13.68 per sq ft on an overall basis.
Swift House £608,942 per annum equating to £13.30 per sq ft on an overall basis.
Welland House £358,555 per annum equating to £10.50 per sq ft on an overall basis.
Barclays have an annual option to determine the leases from 31st December 2014 on 6 months notice and subject to a payment of a break penalty equivalent to a preset multiple of the annual rent as set out below.
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As a result of the unexpired term to the December 2014 tenants break option and the break provisions, a purchaser will benefit from a minimum of 10.5 years rent payable by Barclays Bank Plc.
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Covenant Information
Barclays Bank PLC
The most recent full year results for Barclays Bank Plc (registered number 01026167) are as follows:
Year Ending31.12.2008
(£’000)31.12.2007
(£’000)31.12.2006
(£’000)
Total income (net of insurance claims) 23,069,000 23,031,000 21,656,000
Pre-Tax Profit 6,035,000 7,107,000 7,197,000
Profit attributable to equity holders 4,846,000 4,749,000 4,914,000
The interim results for the six months to June 2009 show an increase of 37% in the Total Income to £16,253 m, Pre-tax Profit of £2,984 m (increase of 8%) and Profit attributable to equity holders of £1,888m (increase of 10%).
Further information on the tenant can be found at www.barclays.com.
Capital Allowances
Capital allowances may be available by separate negotiation.
VAT
The purchaser is not entitled to elect the property for VAT whilst Barclays Bank Plc are the tenant.
Special Purpose Vehicle
The properties are held in a SPV. Information in respect of the SPV is available on request.
Proposal
Offers are sought in excess of £19,000,000 subject to contract and exclusive of VAT. Assuming normal purchasers cost at 5.75% a purchase at this level would reflect a net initial yield of 8.00%.
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0207 198 2224
Scott Helyer
0207 198 2225
Rob Jackson
0207 198 2166
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