Savills Investment Management the international real estate investment manager, has today announced that its Charities Property Fund (CPF) has acquired the freehold interest in International House, Queen’s Road, Brighton from Aviva for £11.2 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.11%.
The office building is located immediately adjacent to Brighton train station and is multi-let to five office tenants with a gym and a retail unit fronting Queen’s Road.
Savills acted for CPF, Knight Frank acted for Aviva.
Angy Benitz, Portfolio Manager of The Charities Property Fund, commented: “Brighton has lost approximately 800,000 sq ft of office space since 2013 due to Permitted Development and this has put upward pressure on office rents. We have witnessed this growth first hand with our existing ownership at Aspect House, adjacent to International House, where rents have increased by 30% within the last year. We expect continued growth at International House off the low average office rent of £21.50 per sq ft.
“This most recent acquisition means that we now have two prominent office buildings and one prime hotel located in the core of Brighton next to the train station.”
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