Supermarket Income REIT adds Wales Tesco store to portfolio

Supermarket Income REIT adds Wales Tesco store to portfolio

Supermarket Income REIT has acquired a Tesco store in Llanelli, South Wales, for £66.8 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.3%.

The store was developed for Tesco in 1989 and occupies a 10 acre site comprising a 82,046 sq ft net sales area supermarket, a 16-pump petrol filling station and 753 car parking spaces. The store is an online hub for Tesco, with 10 home delivery vans and a dedicated Click & Collect facility in the car park.

The store is being acquired from M&G with an unexpired lease term of 12 years, with annual, upwards only RPI-linked rent reviews (subject to a 5.0% cap and 0.0% floor).

Ben Green, Director of Atrato Capital Limited, the Investment Adviser to Supermarket Income REIT plc, said:   “This acquisition further strengthens SUPR’s portfolio of top trading omnichannel supermarkets. The store has strong trading fundamentals, comes at an accretive acquisition yield and is subject to annual index-linked rent reviews.”