Central London Long Let Leisure Investment

84-86 Petty France | Victoria | London | SW1H 9EA

£1,500,000

subject to contract

SOLD

Summary

  • Internationally renowned Central London location

  • In excess of 14 years unexpired lease term (no breaks)

  • Moments from Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and Houses of Parliament

  • 45 metres from St James Park underground station

  • RPI-linked rent reviews

  • The property benefits from A3 consent

  • £1,500,000, subject to contract

  • 6.6% net initial yield

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Location

Victoria is located in the heart of Westminster’s cultural, government and business district and is one of the most popular locations to live, work and socialise in London, having benefitted from over £4bn of regeneration in recent years.

London Victoria Station is the second busiest London terminus with 85 million passengers using London Victoria each year. The station is a terminus of the Brighton main line, Gatwick Express, Dover and the Chatham main line. The station interlinks with the London Underground Network on the Circle, District and Victoria Lines and is also London’s largest coach station (Source: www.networkrail.co.uk).

This location benefits from excellent communications being less than 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Oxford Circus, 9.5 miles (15.3 km) West of London City Airport and 15.5 miles (25 km) West of Heathrow Airport, all easily accessible via London’s public transport system.

Many of London’s most renowned attractions are located nearby, including Buckingham Palace, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Westminster Cathedral, House of Lords, Victoria Palace Theatre, Tate Britain, Westminster Abbey and Saatchi Gallery. Hyde Park, St James’s Park and Battersea Park are all located close by.

Numerous food and beverage businesses are located in Victoria including Balls Brothers, The Ivy, All Bar One, Nandos, Wagamama, Sticks’n’Sushi, Shake Shack, Bone Daddies, Sourced Market and Ahi Poke.

Major office occupiers include The Ministry of Justice (opposite the subject property) American Express, Google, Telegraph Group, Burberry, Gates Foundation and Chanel 4. Hotels in this location include The Goring Hotel, The Rubens, Hotel 41, The Grosvenor Hotel, Z Hotel, Belgravia Hotel, Doubt Tree by Hilton, Easy Hotel, Hub by Premier Inn and The Nadler.

Situation

The property occupies a prime position on Petty France being situated less than 45 metres from one of the four entrances to St James Park Station, 800 metres from Victoria and Westminster Stations and 0.8 miles (1.3 km) from Green Park Station.

Petty France is a busy through road linking Buckingham Gate with Broadway and Queen Anne’s Gate.

The property sits directly opposite the famous Ministry of Justice building comprising of over 550,000 sq ft over 14 floors. The immediate vicinity consists of office buildings, hotels, restaurants, shops, homes, educational buildings, medical facilities, embassies, theatres, leisure businesses and tourist attractions.

In 2019, TFL sold their head offices at 55 Broadway, 300 metres from the subject property. The property is set to be refurbished to comprise a 5 star hotel along with residential accommodation.

Other occupiers in the vicinity include three Pret A Manager’s, two Starbucks Coffees, Greggs, Itsu, Costa Coffee, Abokado, Crushh, Subway, Benugo and Leon.

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Description

The property comprises a leisure unit arranged over ground and lower ground floors and benefits from A3 planning consent. The tenant has extensively refurbished the property to a high quality fit.

Internally, the sales area is at ground floor level and a fully fitted kitchen at lower ground level.

Externally, the property has a 60 foot gross frontage, three access points from the front and a rear access point to the lower ground.

Accommodation

The property has been measured by BKR Floor Plans and provides the following Net Internal Areas:

Gross Frontage 59’ 6” 18.14 m
Net Frontage 52’ 10” 16.10 m
     
  Sq Ft Sq M
Zone A 944 92.34
Zone B 102 9.48
ITZA 955 Units  
Ground Floor Total 1,096 101.82
Lower Ground 1,203 111.76
Total 2,299 213.58

The property provides a Gross Internal Area totalling 2,648 Sq Ft / 246 Sq M.

The measured survey is available to download and will be re-addressed to a purchaser at a cost of £225 + VAT.

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Planning

The property benefits from A3 planning consent, is not listed and does not sit within a Conservation Area.

Tenure

The property is held on two co-terminus 136 year long leasehold from 25th March 1999 (over 115 years unexpired) at a peppercorn ground rent.

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Tenancy

The property is let to RA Bakery Ltd (a subsidiary of Quarter Group) on a full repairing and insuring basis from a term of 15 years from 30th May 2019, expiring 29th May 2034.

The passing rent is £105,000 per annum, equating to £39.65 psf.
The tenant has provided a rent deposit equivalent to 6 months’ rent (£52,500).

The lease benefits from upward only rent reviews every 5 years to the higher of RPI and open market value.

Covenant

The Royal Artisan Bakery is an upscale eatery which focuses on healthy, high quality flavours and fresh ingredients. The theme is a combination of baker, barista, chef and art curator. For further information see here.

The Royal Artisan Bakery is part of the Quarter Group whose main operation is the Royal Quarter Café, approximately 100 metres from the subject property and has been trading since 2013. For further information see www.quartergroup.co.uk.

The Lower Ground level of the subject property is used as the central kitchen for the operations of the Quarter Group making it strategic to the business.

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VAT

The property has been registered for VAT. It is anticipated that the sale will be treated as a Transfer as a Going Concern (TOGC).

Proposal

We are instructed to seek offers in excess of £1,500,000 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds), subject to contract, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.60%, assuming purchasers’ costs of 6.10%.

Please note that a purchaser will be re-charged the costs of searches and measured survey which are provided in the data room.

Please note a purchaser will be charged a Transaction Fee of £5,000 + VAT.

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Investment Considerations

  1. A rare opportunity to acquire a prime Central London investment in Victoria;

  2. Attractive unexpired lease term, in excess of 14 years;

  3. The property benefits from RPI-linked rent reviews;

  4. The property is adjacent to multiple busy entrances to St James Park Station;

  5. The property benefits from A3 consent;

  6. Strategic site, being the central kitchen to the Quarter Groups operations;

  7. Attractive net initial yield of 6.6%.

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Contact Us

Singer Vielle   +44 (0) 207 935 7200
Daniel Elia daniel@singervielle.co.uk +44 (0) 203 701 1353
Dale Henry dale@singervielle.co.uk +44 (0) 203 701 1356
Neil Singer neil@singervielle.co.uk +44 (0) 203 478 9120

Vendors Solicitor

ABP Law +44 (0) 207 332 2222
David Isaacs disaacs@sbplaw.co.uk