Rockspring

Rockspring sells c.100,000 sqft industrial estate in Glasgow

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Rockspring Property Investment Managers (“Rockspring”) today announces that, on behalf of Rockspring Hanover Property Unit Trust, (“RHPUT”), it has sold Annick Industrial Estate in Shettleston, Glasgow, to a Berkshire-based private investor for £3.93 million, reflecting a net initial yield of circa 11%.

Rockspring acquires Atrium International Business Center in Warsaw

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Rockspring Property Investment Managers (“Rockspring”) today announces the acquisition of the Atrium International Business Center in Warsaw, a major office building situated in a prime location within Warsaw’s CBD. The acquisition was on behalf of a separate account client.

Rockspring strengthens research team with appointment of Ben Lonsdale

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Rockspring Property Investment Managers (“Rockspring”) is pleased to announce that Ben Lonsdale has joined its research team as Senior Research Analyst, reporting to Jose Luis Pellicer, Associate Partner and Head of Research at Rockspring.

Rockspring invests £22 million into M25 office development

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Rockspring Property Investment Managers LLP (“Rockspring”) announces, that it has acquired a speculative office development at The Causeway, Staines, from Hammerson for £5.2 million on behalf of a pension fund client. This marks the second funding of an Exton Estates scheme by Rockspring, following the 105,000 sq.ft Velocity scheme in Brooklands, Weybridge.

Rockspring acquires student accommodation in Leeds

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Rockspring Property Investment Managers, (“Rockspring”), today announces the acquisition of Leodis Student Residences in Leeds, a significant student accommodation scheme, from the Evans Group, on behalf of a pension fund client. Rockspring acquired this asset in conjunction with its partner, The Mansion Group.

Rockspring secures new anchor tenant at Blaydon Shopping Centre

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Construction due on site in 2012 for 74,000 sq ft Morrisons superstore

Investing in a low-growth environment

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

With the right knowledge and information, investors can take advantage of the value differential without giving up the value preservation characteristics that core-plus property offers.

Rockspring makes Swedish debut with €34 million logistics warehouse

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Myren 6 & 8 in Greater Stockholm acquired off market from Deka Immobilien GmbH

Rockspring acquires Mole Business Park, Leatherhead for £38 million

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Acquisition on behalf of Hanover Fund follows £70 million raised from new investors

Rockspring's client increases stake in O'Parinor shopping centre to 75%

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Acquisition of a further 24% stake in major Paris shopping centre from Hammerson

Rockspring expands Client Services Team in the US, Asia and UK

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Team strengthened to support and develop blue chip global client base

Rockspring acquires major Central London student accommodation asset

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dashwood Studios acquired on behalf of separate client mandate for £34M

Rockspring appoints Ulf Christiansen as Transactions Manager in Germany

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Responsible for acquisitions across Germany, Switzerland and Austria

Rockspring acquires in Dortmund for €36.5M

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Retail warehouse acquired in Dortmund on behalf of the Rockspring German Retail Box Fund LP (“GRBF”)

Rockspring secures letting to Sainsbury's in Richmond

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Sainsbury’s take 3000 sq ft at The Gateway, The Quadrant, Richmond

Rockspring secures planning for major new City office scheme

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Speculative 80,000 sq ft development to be delivered in 2013

Rockspring secures major debt financing for O'Parinor Shopping Centre with Helaba and Aareal

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

€219m loan on attractive terms is one of the biggest financing deals in France this year

The Sovereign Debt Crisis

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Despite the sovereign debt crisis not yet being stable, the 17 euro zone governments are taking the first steps toward helping countries tame financial and/or liquidity problems.

Rockspring secures 90,000 sqft pre-let in Kingston

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Largest south east office letting this year and biggest in Kingston for 25 years

Rockspring and ECE acquire Czech Shopping Centre

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Olympia Shopping Centre in Brno acquired in 50:50 joint venture

Rockspring acquires Riverside House in Aberdeen for £11.5m

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Riverside House acquired in an off market transaction for £11.5m reflecting a net initial yield of 8%

A new era for clean energy as Rockspring completes UK's first solar park

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Phase One of 1.6 MW Solar Park opens at former WWII airfield in Buckinghamshire

Rockspring and The Other Retail Group secure 100,000 sqft of lettings at two UK shopping centres

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Marks & Spencer secured as anchor tenant in Gloucester and Wilkinson’s takes space in Falkirk

Rockspring achieves planning for 103,600 sq ft speculative development at Brooklands, Weybridge

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The development scheme, which has been named ‘Velocity’, will offer grade A office accommodation together with 370 car parking spaces.

Rockspring completes circa £20 million of transactions on behalf of its specialist UK Retail fund

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Retail Plus Property Trust acquires buildings in Leeds and Shrewsbury

Rockspring appoints Jose Luis Pellicer as Associate Partner and Head of Research

Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Pellicer rejoins Rockspring, previously research head between 2004 and 2007

Rockspring and Cushman & Wakefield achieve success on Anglo Irish Bank portfolio

Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Strategic approach leads to leasing of one third of units in vacant portfolio

Rockspring acquires three retail warehouse assets for €62.2 million for the Rockspring German Retail Box Fund

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Rockspring has acquired three retail warehouse properties in Neuss, Kassel and the Emspark in Leer, West Germany

Rockspring completes acquisition of Das Es! shopping centre in Esslingen

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Rockspring announces that it has made its latest investment in Germany on behalf of a segregated mandate

Rockspring acquires 22 retails units from Eroski for €45.5 million

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Eroski signs a 20 year lease on the entire portfolio

Rockspring secures 15,500 sq ft letting to Regus

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Rockspring Property Investment Managers LLP (“Rockspring”) announces that it has secured Regus as a tenant at No 1 Bell Street, its recently completed £5m Maidenhead development

Rockspring acquires City of London refurbishment project for £23.75 million

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

First acquisition on behalf of NPS Pan-European discretionary mandate

European market round-up 2010

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Despite GDP Growth varying across Europe during 2010 and the majority of investors remaining fixed on prime assets as a source of acceptable income, signs point toward secondary seams of assets piquing investors interests in 2011.

Rockspring buys South East office portfolio for £47.78 million

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Acquisition of five office properties from St Martins

Rockspring extends European platform with opening of Amsterdam office

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

€44.25 million acquisition of retail property adds to growing Dutch portfolio

Rockspring acquires two development projects for its UK Value Fund

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Speculative office development scheme in Weybridge and redevelopment project in the City of London acquired for £26.3 million

Rockspring strengthens fund management team with two appointments

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Rockspring Property Investment Managers LLP (“Rockspring”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mischa Davis as Fund Manager of the Rockspring Hanover Property Unit Trust and Charles Baigler as Assistant Fund Manager of the Rockspring PanEuropean Property Limited Partnership

PanEuropean Fund appoints three members to Advisory Committee

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

George Magnus, Robert Orr and Álvaro Portela appointed to Rockspring-managed fund

Rockspring re-enters Polish market with €47m acquisition in Konin

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Rockspring Property Investment Managers LLP (“Rockspring”) announces that it has acquired Ferio Shopping Centre in Konin, Poland from Raiffeisen Evolution for €47m on behalf of its TransEuropean Property Limited Partnership IV

Rockspring unveils plans to develop solar park

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Planning permission granted for first phase of 1.2MW solar park in Buckinghamshire

Planning secured for Rockspring's Southwark Street Development

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Moorevale Capital, acting as development manager for Rockspring Property Investment Managers, has secured planning consent for their office scheme at 65 Southwark Street

Rockspring acquires prominent M25 industrial estate

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Rockspring Hanover PUT, advised by Caisson Investment Management has purchased the freehold investment of Court Lane Industrial Estate in Iver, Buckinghamshire from Trehaven Group for around £12.6 million

Rockspring makes first entry into the student housing market

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

£14.2 million acquisition of asset in Edinburgh on behalf of the Rockspring UK Value Fund

Rockspring secures NPS $400m Pan-European Mandate

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

NPS European Real Estate Value Fund to invest up to $1 billion in European commercial property

The costs and benefits of investing in sustainable buildings

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Energy efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions are the driving force behind the growing trend of sustainable building design and upgrades. Commercial real estate investors will need to adapt to the changing marketplace or face obsolescence.

Rockspring exchanges on first continental European deal on behalf of NPS Real Estate Projects Limited Partnership

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

€223 million acquisition of 51% stake in O’Parinor Shopping Centre, Paris, from Hammerson

Eroski sells twenty one retail units to Rockspring for €45m

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Spanish food retailer Eroski has completed its fourth disposal of the year, with the sale and lease back of 21 neighbourhood grocery stores and stand alone units to Rockspring Property Investment Managers LLP (‘Rockspring’), on behalf of a single-client account for approximately €45 million

Rockspring acquires £74.8 million of property in the UK

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Rockspring Property Investment Managers LLP (“Rockspring”) announces that, on behalf of the Rockspring Hanover Property Unit Trust (“RHPUT”), the Cheshire Pension Fund (“CPF”) and Rockspring TransEuropean IV PLP, it has acquired four properties, totalling £74.8 million, in London’s Midtown (WC1), Shardlow (Derbyshire), Cardiff and Swindon

Rockspring closes £700M UK Value Fund

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Rockspring Property Investment Managers LLP (‘Rockspring’) announces the final closing of Rockspring UK Value Fund, a closed-ended English Limited Partnership focused on commercial property in the UK which offers scope for near term capital appreciation and income growth

The U.K. recovery and what comes next

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Valuations of United Kingdom property generally lead those of other markets, making the country a barometer for conditions elsewhere. Investors can use this knowledge to help make decisions about where and when to invest.

Rockspring promotes Hugh Elrington and Flavio Casero to Partner

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Further senior promotions announced across the UK and Europe

The evolution of consumer retail in Central and Eastern Europe

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Countries in Central and Eastern Europe have responded to the economic downturn differently, with some faring better than others. Consumer retail property opportunities reflect the resiliency of the home country’s economy.

Rockspring secures £66 million of transactions for its UK Value Fund

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

First acquisitions undertaken ahead of final fund close

Rockspring appointed to provide asset management consultancy advice on AIB portfolio in Hungary

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Rockspring Property Investment Managers LLP announces that it has been appointed to provide asset management consultancy for a portfolio in Hungary, comprising principally retail assets, on behalf of Anglo Irish Bank (“AIB”)

Rockspring announces first close of UK Value Fund

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£152 million raised to date with a final target equity raise of £400 million

Rockspring completes first London deals in excess of £265 million on behalf of NPS Central London Property Limited Partnership

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Acquisitions completed of 88 Wood Street, EC2 and a 50% interest in 40 Grosvenor Place, SW1

Rockspring enhances senior management team with the appointment of Edmund Craston as Partner and Managing Director

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Edmund will work alongside Robert Gilchrist, Chief Executive, on the ongoing strategic development and expansion of Rockspring’s fund management platform and the day-to-day running of the business

Rockspring secures mandate from the World's fifth largest pension fund

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Fund to invest in Central London trophy assets

U.K. property market update

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The United Kingdom was one of Europe’s first economies to falter in 2008’s market meltdown, and commercial property markets crashed soon after. Now that the severity of the economic storm has passed, the U.K. property market by virtue of deteriorating early is poised to recover faster than others, and investors are taking note.

Rockspring TransEuropean IV re-enters the UK Market

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A joint venture between Rockspring TransEuropean IV and First Alliance Properties has bought the Central and Rooksley Retail Parks in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, from the Henderson Retail Fund for £19.85m

Rockspring appoints Hugh Elrington as Head of UK Transactions

Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Hugh joins Rockspring from Pensus Fund Management LLP, where he was a Managing Partner

Another tough year for Europe

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The global financial crisis has left few economies unaffected. European property markets, however, have reacted differently across the continent — Germany and France should perform better than the UnitedKingdom and Eastern and Central Europe.

Rockspring appoints Richard Bains as Fund Manager

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Based in London, he will report to Fund Director, Neal Shegog

Rockspring appoints Felicity Holbrook as Client Services Manager

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Based in London, Felicity reports to Kathryn Dixon, Rockspring Partner and Director of Marketing, Sales and Client Services