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Fact sheet

We are a central London property investment and development company owning over £1.6 billion of real estate.


At 31 March 2008

Property portfolio
£1,635.9 million total assets including our share of joint ventures

Portfolio performance
    At 31 March 2008
    Valuation      
    Wholly owned
£m
Share of joint venture
£m
Total
£m
Proportion
of portfolio
%
Valuation
movement
%
ERV
movement
%
North of Oxford Street Office 337.8 67.4 405.2 24.8 4.2 11.5
Retail 74.7 77.6 152.3 9.3 (2.5) 4.0
Rest of West End Office 215.7 33.1 248.8 15.2 2.5 16.2
  Retail 106.9 30.8 137.7 8.4 (6.2) 1.5
Total West End   735.1 208.9 944.0 57.7 1.0 10.0
City and Southwark Office 215.9 215.9 13.2 (7.5) 12.3
  Retail 8.4 8.4 0.5 (2.2) 2.3
Total City and Southwark   224.3 224.3 13.7 (7.4) 11.5
Investment property portfolio   959.4 208.9 1,168.3 71.4 (0.7) 11.6
Development properties   108.0 108.0 6.6 5.6 19.3
Total properties held throughout the year   1,067.4 208.9 1,276.3 78.0 (0.2) 12.4
Acquisitions   19.9 339.7 359.6 22.0 (1.7)
Total property portfolio   1,087.3 548.6 1,635.9 100.0 (0.5)
Portfolio characteristics
  At 31 March 2008
  Investment
property
portfolio
£m
Properties
under
development
£m
Total
property
portfolio
£m
Office
£m
Retail
£m
Total
£m
Net internal area
sq ft
000's
North of Oxford Street 635.7 98.1 733.8 556.6 177.2 733.8 1,284.2
Rest of West End 605.2 605.2 384.7 220.5 605.2 953.6
Total West End 1,240.9 98.1 1,339.0 941.3 397.7 1,339.0 2,237.8
City and Southwark 269.2 27.7 296.9 284.7 12.2 296.9 785.9
Total 1,510.1 125.8 1,635.9 1,226.0 409.9 1,635.9 3,023.7
By use: Office 1,115.9 110.1 1,226.0        
  Retail 394.2 15.7 409.9        
Total 1,510.1 125.8 1,635.9        
Net internal area sq ft 000's 2,707.5 316.2 3,023.7        
Tenants
6.9 years Average length of lease
3.2% Void rate
£108.7 million Rental value
Analysis of net internal areas
  At 31 March 2008
  Wholly owned
  Offices
sq ft 000's
Retail
sq ft 000's
Total
sq ft 000's
North of Oxford Street 524 146 670
Other West End 205 81 286
Total West End 729 227 956
City 282 34 316
Southwark 215 11 226
Total City & Southwark 497 45 542
Total London 1,226 272 1,498
  Joint ventures
  Offices
sq ft 000's
Retail
sq ft 000's
Total
sq ft 000's
North of Oxford Street 453 161 614
Other West End 465 203 668
Total West End 918 364 1,282
City 128 5 133
Southwark 100 10 110
Total City & Southwark 228 15 243
Total London 1,146 379 1,525
  Combined
  Offices
sq ft 000's
Retail
sq ft 000's
Total
sq ft 000's
North of Oxford Street 977 307 1,284
Other West End 670 284 954
Total West End 1,647 591 2,238
City 410 39 449
Southwark 316 21 336
Total City & Southwark 725 60 785
Total London 2,372 651 3,023
Near-term programme Committed schemes
Committed schemes Completion Status Construction Cost
Remaining
(£m)
ERV p.a.
(£m)
Cap Rate
79/83 Great Portland Street, W1 Mar-08 Complete 0 0.2 *
Metropolitan Wharf, E1 Mar-08 Complete 1.6 0.6 9.65
160 Tooley Street, SE1 Jun-08 Sold 0
45 Foley Street, W1 Jul-08 On-Site 1.4 1.1 5.50
Wells & More, W1 Nov-08 On-Site 15.4 6.8 5.25
46/58 Bermondsey Street, SE1 Mar-09 On-Site 7.5 1.5 6.00
Total     25.9 10.2  
Near-term programme Uncommitted schemes
Uncommitted schemes Potential start Status Total Project
Cost
ERV p.a.
(£m)
Cap Rate
240 Blackfriars Road, SE1 Jul-08 Planning Permission 51.2 4.6 5.65
184/190 Oxford Street, W1 Jan-09 Planning Application 15.2 2.6 5.50
79/97 Wigmore Street, W1 Mar-09 Planning Permission 39.1 4.4 5.25
Buchanan House, High Holborn, W1 Mar-09 Planning Application 30.80 3.3 5.50
12/14 and 13 Fetter Lane, EC4 Jun-09 Planning Application 44.2 4.1 5.50
Walmar House, Regent Street, W1 Mar-10 Design 10.7 1.8 5.00
Total     191.2 20.8  
* Residential units to be sold

Total development programme
  Number of schemes
Near-term programme 12
Medium-term programme 9
Long-term programme 2
Total 23
Existing area 1.6m sq ft
Proposed area 2.8m sq ft
Increase (79%) 1.2m sq ft
Near-term programme
  Committed Uncommitted
Number of schemes 6 6
Site value £78m £126m
Project cost (excluding site) £77m £191m
Total cost (£psf) £484 £468
ERV £10.2m £20.9m
Gross development value £235m £370m
Profit on cost £79.6m £52.6m
Profit on cost 51.2% 16.6%
Development yield on cost 8.6% 6.6%

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