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B&Q, Marlborough Retail Park - Highfield Road, Craigavon, BT64 1AG - Prime Open A1 Retail Warehouse
Prime Open A1 Retail Warehouse

B&Q, Marlborough Retail Park
Highfield Road, Craigavon, BT64 1AG
B&Q, Marlborough Retail Park - Highfield Road, Craigavon, BT64 1AG - Prime Open A1 Retail Warehouse
Investment Summary

Open Class A1 Retail Warehouse forming
part of Craigavon Town Centre.
• The property occupies a prominent location in        • The Property is let to B&Q Plc on a 25 year full       lease stipulates the property is to be reviewed to an
  Central Craigavon adjacent to Tesco Extra and          repairing and insuring lease from the 2nd November     80,000 sq ft unit and on this basis the rent equates
  Rushmere Shopping Centre & Retail Park.                2001.                                                  to £12.50 per sq ft.
• A purpose built retail warehouse unit with a gross   • The lease incorporates 5 yearly open market          • Our client is seeking offers in excess of
  internal area of 86,620 sq.ft.                         upwards only rent reviews. The next rent review is     £11,450,000 (Eleven Million, Four Hundred
                                                         due on 2nd November 2016.                              and Fifty Thousand Pounds) reflecting an
• Freehold.
                                                                                                                attractive net initial yield of 8.25% excluding VAT
                                                       • Current rent passing is £1,000,000 per annum. The
• Open Class A1 retail planning permission.                                                                     and assuming full purchasers costs at 5.80%.
B&Q, Marlborough Retail Park - Highfield Road, Craigavon, BT64 1AG - Prime Open A1 Retail Warehouse
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                                          The subject property is located in Craigavon, County    In addition the direct Belfast to Dublin train service      The Borough has a catchment population of 180,000,
                                          Armagh and lies in between the towns of Portadown       stops in Portadown some 3.5 miles (5 km) to the             second only to Belfast and has the highest birth rate
                                          and Lurgan. Craigavon is located approximately 28       South-West of the town. George Best Belfast City            in the country of 2.3%, Craigavon’s population of
                                          miles (45 km) South-West of Belfast and 23 miles (37    Airport is located approximately 30 miles (48 km) to        93,023 is forecast to continue to grow to 100,000 by
                                          km) North of Newry.                                     the North-East with Belfast International Airport some      2015 and to 112,000 by 2023. Additionally there is a
                                                                                                  28 miles (45 km) to the North.                              population of 805,390 within a 45 minute drive time.
                                          Craigavon enjoys excellent transport infrastructure                                                                 (Source: NISRA 2011)
                                          and is well connected to the rest of Ireland and to     Craigavon Borough has the third largest population in
                                          mainland UK. Craigavon has good road networks           Northern Ireland and performs a strong sub-regional         Craigavon is ranked 20th in CACI’s ranking of over
                                          being positioned within close proximity to the M1       role offering a wide range of services and facilities,      400 Irish Retail Footprint Centres and 7th in Northern
                                          motorway which links Belfast, approximately 30          including an acute hospital.                                Ireland Retail Footprint ranking. Furthermore the
                                          minutes drive time to the North and Dublin via the A1                                                               surrounding retail area has the greatest retail
Permit ID:130039 © Crown Copyright 2013   is approximately 1 hour 30 minutes drive time to the                                                                footprint attractiveness score outside of the
                                          South.                                                                                                              shopping centres in Belfast.
B&Q, Marlborough Retail Park - Highfield Road, Craigavon, BT64 1AG - Prime Open A1 Retail Warehouse
Description

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Purpose built retail unit, constructed in 2001. This           block work at low level with composite plastisol              The store extends to 86,620 sq ft which includes

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  largely single storey building comprises a steel portal        coated profiled steel cladding at high level. Internally      first floor ancillary office space of 2,524 sq ft. The

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  frame supporting a series of low pitched roofs finished        the building is largely open plan with minimal fixtures       property occupies a site of approximately 8.94 acres

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The property is fully let to B&Q Plc for a period of           The property benefits from 5 yearly upwards only rent         A measured areas survey has been undertaken by
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  25 years from the lease commencement date, 2nd                 reviews with the next review due on 2nd November              Plowman Craven Ltd which is assignable to the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  November 2001 with a lease expiry on 1st November              2016. The current rent passing is £1,000,000 per              purchaser and is available in the secure document
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Marlborough                      Warehouse
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Overall Total      86,620            8,047.3

Situation
B&Q Craigavon sits adjacent to a 7,791 sq ft Halfords                                 Rushmere Shopping Centre & Retail Park is home
which together form Marlborough Retail Park. The                                      to circa 70 retailers and is anchored by Sainsbury’s,
subject property is situated adjacent to a Tesco                                      Debenhams, Homebase and TK Maxx. Recently
Extra which along with the 490,000 sq ft Rushmere                                     planning approval has been granted for an Omniplex
Shopping Centre & Retail Park form Craigavon                                          Cinema in close proximity to Marlborough Retail Park
Town Centre as set out in the Boundaries and Retail                                   which will add a late night leisure element to the retail
Designations Plan 2010.                                                               offer.
B&Q, Marlborough Retail Park - Highfield Road, Craigavon, BT64 1AG - Prime Open A1 Retail Warehouse
Tenure                         Tenant Covenant

Freehold                       B&Q is the largest home improvement and garden
                                                                                                                                  YE 28/01/2012           YE 29/02/2011             YE 30/02/2010
                               centre retailer in the UK and Europe and the third
                                                                                             B&Q Plc                              GBP(000’s)              GBP(000’s)                GBP(000’s)
                               largest in the world. B&Q’s owner, Kingfisher recently
                               announced its financial results for the year to January       Sales Turnover                       3,710,400               3,711,700                 3,792,400
                               31st 2013. Although there was a drop in sales figures,
                               total revenue still stood at £10.6bn. Pre-tax profits for     Profit / (Loss) Before Taxes         203,300                 144,700                   400,400
                               this year equated to £715m.
                                                                                             Tangible Net Worth                   4,368,500               3,656,700                 34,764,700
                                                                                             Net Current Assets (Liabilities)     3,585,900               2,895,900                 2,926,200

                               Planning
                               The property benefits from planning permission              N/2001/0375/RM, 11th July 2001) has since been           Boundaries and Retail Designations Plan 2010’. The
                               for all Class 1 retail uses. The original planning          superseded by Application No: N/2001/0376/F.             surrounding lands are proposed for additional Open
                               consent granted by the Department of Environment                                                                     A1 retail and leisure users. Any retail development in
                               for bulky goods retail warehouse units including            The subject site and adjoining lands were designated     the Craigavon Area will be focused within the new
                               builder’s supplies and garden centre (Application No.       Town Centre as part of the ‘Craigavon Town Centre,       town centre development limit.

                               Investment Comparables

                                 Property                         Price            Yield          Date               Lease Start		Lease Expiry               Rent Review          Comments
                                 B&Q, Buncrana Road,              £17.4            7.4%           Q2 2012            20/06/2005        19/06/2030           20/06/2015            Size - 102,400 sq.ft.
                                 Londonderry                      million                                                                                                         Rent - £132,400
                                                                                                                                                                                  Rent review - Upwards
                                                                                                                                                                                  only, 5 yearly reviews to
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                                 B&Q, Greenland Road,             £20.5            6.62%          Aug 2011           04/10/2004        03/10/2029           04/10/2014            Size - 108,737 sq.ft.
                                 Sheffield                        million                                                                                                         Rent - £1,437,289
                                                                                                                                                                                  Rent review - Upwards
                                                                                                                                                                                  only, 5 yearly reviews to
                                                                                                                                                                                  OMV

For indicative purposes only     B&Q, Springlane,                 £7.75                                                                                                           Size-25,533 sq.ft.
                                 Malvern Wells                    million          6.22%          Dec 2011                             Aug 2026                                   Rent- £510,660
                                                                                                                                                                                  Rent Review - Unknown
B&Q, Marlborough Retail Park - Highfield Road, Craigavon, BT64 1AG - Prime Open A1 Retail Warehouse
Retail Warehousing in Craigavon                           EPC

Marlborough Retail Park and Rushmere Retail Park
form Craigavon Town Centre and is the dominant retail
warehouse provision for the surrounding catchment.

Marlborough Retail Park – Class 1 Retail Permission
The subject property is currently located within
Marlborough Retail Park which also includes a 86,620
sq ft B&Q and a 113,738 sq ft Tesco Extra with an
associated 8 pump filling station.  The Retail Park
benefits from open class retailing consent and rents
range from £12 per sq ft to £12.50 per sq ft.

Rushmere Retail Park – Class 1 Retail Permission
Rushmere Retail Park sits opposite the subject
property and provides over 130,000 sq ft of open
class 1 retail accommodation. The Tenant line-up
includes Matalan, B&M Bargains, Poundstretcher,
Homebase, Currys, Harry Corry, Pets at Home, Argos,
Next and Menary’s. The headline rents are currently in
the region of £17 per sq ft.

Given the rental tone in the adjacent Rushmere Retail
Park, we believe this investment offers good scope for
rental growth.

VAT                                                       Proposal
The property has been elected for VAT purposes            We have been instructed to seek offers in excess of
and therefore it is expected that the investment sale     £11,450,000 (Eleven Million, Four Hundred and
will be considered as a Transfer of a Going Concern       Fifty Thousand Pounds) reflecting an attractive net
(TOGC).                                                   initial yield of 8.25% excluding VAT and assuming
                                                          full purchasers costs at 5.80%.
B&Q, Marlborough Retail Park - Highfield Road, Craigavon, BT64 1AG - Prime Open A1 Retail Warehouse
Further Information					Secure Document Library

If you require access to the secure document library                                              www.savills.com/bandqcraigavon
online or for further information please contact;

Ben Turtle		                                      James Gulliford
Director                                          Director
1st Floor, Lesley Studios                         33 Margaret Street
32-36 May Street, Belfast                         London
BT1 4NZ                                           W1G 0JD
Tel: 028 9026 8006                                Tel: 020 7409 9934
Email: ben.turtle@savills.ie                      Email: jgulliford@savills.com

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Surveyor
1st Floor, Lesley Studios
32-36 May Street, Belfast
BT1 4NZ
Tel: 028 9026 8009
Email: dervla.daly@savills.ie

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