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Orion Becomes Neinor’s 2nd Largest Shareholder with an 11.1% Stake

29 May 2019 – Eje Prime

The French fund Orion European Real Estate has doubled its stake in Neinor Homes in just two months to 11.1%, despite the profit warning issued by the property developer in April.

As such, Orion is now Neinor’s second-largest shareholder, after the Israeli fund Adar Capital, which owns 28.7% of the shares. Other shareholders include Bank of Montreal (5.2%), Julius Baer (6.2%) and King Street Capital (4.1%).

Based on the current share price, Orion’s package of 8.8 million shares in Neinor is worth €95 million.

Original story: Eje Prime 

Translation/Summary: Carmel Drake

Julius Baer Acquires 3% of Metrovacesa and 8.14% of Neinor

17 April 2019 – Voz Pópuli

The Swiss bank Julius Baer has been increasing its stakes in the main Spanish property developers. The company now owns 3% of Metrovacesa through its Sicav Kairos and 8.14% of Neinor Homes, of which 6.55% is held indirectly.

As such, the Swiss bank is the second largest shareholder of the property developer created by Lone Star, behind the Israeli firm Adar Capital, which controls 28.6%.

The share purchase by Julius Baer comes a week after Neinor’s board approved the replacement of Juan Velayos as its CEO, in an environment of maximum uncertainty in terms of the achievability of the objectives set by the Spanish property developer.

Neinor’s share price has fallen by 17% so far this year, and as such, each share is worth around €10, well below its stock market debut price of €16.98.

Nevertheless, the group’s results for 2018 were strong, with revenues of €382 million, up by 70% YoY and an EBITDA of €56 million, which was almost seven times higher than in the previous year. Moreover, the property developer has already pre-sold 80% of the units it plans to deliver in 2019 and 30% of those due in 2020.

Original story: Voz Pópuli (by David Cabrera)

Translation/Summary: Carmel Drake

Juan Velayos: “Spain Needs to Create a Large Rental Player”

22 October 2018 – Eje Prime

Neinor Homes is going to reach “cruising speed” in 2019. The listed property developer is working to close the year with the delivery of almost 1,000 homes, half the number planned for next year. In the growth plan for the real estate company for the next few years, its CEO, Juan Velayos, does not rule out selling entire developments to a large rental home manager, a type of player that “Spain needs to create”, assured the director at a breakfast meeting held yesterday in Barcelona.

Velayos recognises that, for the time being, there are not any real estate companies specialising in rental “with such a large volume that would allow them to offer us an attractive margin, but we would be delighted to negotiate with any of them”.

The possibility of expanding its portfolio of clients through agreements with large asset managers could prove attractive for one of the property developers with the largest land bank in Spain and which forecasts starting to hand over 4,000 homes per year from 2020 onwards.

In total, the listed company has buildable land on which to construct 13,500 homes spread over 180 developments all over the country. The external valuation of this portfolio amounts to €1.813 billion, according to sources at Neinor.

“The company has already started to hand over homes and generate a positive cash flow and result”, highlights Velayos. The property developer currently has cranes at sixty developments, which will introduce 5,000 homes onto the market. Following the latest purchases of land in Bilbao, Sevilla and Madrid, “we have the land bank covered until 2021”, confirms the director.

In financial terms, Neinor recorded revenues of €78.9 million during the six months to June. That figure reflects a lot of activity in the marketing area. As at 30 September, the property developer had pre-sold 3,000 of the 7,000 homes that it had on the market, resulting in revenues of more than €1 billion for the company controlled by the Israeli fund Adar Capital.

“We will reach cruising speed in 2019”.  

Velayos trusts that the increase in productivity this year will allow Neinor to reach “cruising speed in 2019”. Next year, the listed company will have more than 120 developments underway, with a percentage of pre-sales that already exceeds 75%.

On this roadmap to lead the Spanish residential segment, Neinor trusts “wholeheartedly” in Cataluña, confirmed Velayos. It represents the firm’s current “star” location, as proven by the fact that 50% of the 5,000 homes that the property developer currently has under construction in Spain are located in this region and, primarily, in the metropolitan area of Barcelona.

“We are working on quite a few operations in the first ring”, said the director. In terms of the profile of the property developer’s buyers in Cataluña, young couples stand out, accounting for 39% of its customers, ahead of families with children (33%). In this sense, it is worth noting that 15% of its clients are investors, a percentage that exceeds Neinor’s average at the national level (11%).

Regarding the moratorium that Ada Colau is planning to launch in Barcelona, and which will oblige 30% of all new developments to be reserved for social housing, Velayos is clear: “That measure will not affect us because we won’t buy land in Barcelona” (…).

Original story: Eje Prime (by Jabier Izquierdo)

Translation: Carmel Drake

Neinor Backs Costa del Sol with Construction of 1,500 Homes

2 July 2018 – Eje Prime

Neinor Homes is joining the wave along the Costa del Sol. The residential property developer has plans to construct a dozen promotions in the area, comprising 1,504 homes, which will be built over the next few months.

Estepona will be the nerve centre of the commitment on the Costa del Sol made by the listed real estate company led by Juan Velayos. With a mix plan, which will see the firm promote first and second homes for mainly international clients, Neinor will build up to 486 homes in the Estepona municipality.

Casares, with 134 homes; Vélez-Málaga, with 104 homes; Marbella, with 49 homes; and Benahavis, with 45 homes, are the other towns where Neinor Homes will be active along the Costa del Sol. Moreover, the property developer will build 558 new primary residence homes in the capital, Málaga, spread over three projects, according to Cinco Días.

Beyond the Málagan province, the real estate company led by Velayos will build another second residence project in Mojácar (Almería), where it will construct 96 homes. The director, who recently expressed his optimism about the future of the Spanish residential market, has the Israeli fund Adar Capita as its main shareholder, with 28.7% of the shares.

Neinor Homes has a plan underway to hand over 1,000 homes this year; another 2,000 in 2019; 4,000 homes in 2020 and another 8,000 between 2021 and 2022. In total, it will invest more than €1.5 billion in the purchase of land, as revealed by Eje Prime. Through its offices in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia, Málaga and Córdoba, the property developer has 48 projects under construction at the moment.

Original story: Eje Prime 

Translation: Carmel Drake

Spain’s Large Property Developers Own Land to Build 1,500 Homes in Valencia

16 May 2018 – Levante EMV

The four Spanish property developers backed by investment funds that make up the Big Four have acquired large batches of land in Valencia and now own plots on which to build 1,500 homes over the next few months.

The property developers in question are Neinor, Aelca, Aedas and Vía Célere, and they share financial muscle in common, which has allowed them to outperform the competition. The key is that the four firms are listed or are aspiring to make their debuts on the stock market and so they need to quickly grow their portfolio of homes to attract investors. The latest major operation has just been closed by Aelca, which is going to invest €7.5 million in the construction of 62 homes on the PAI de Moreras.

Sources in the sector warn that there is hardly any buildable land left in Valencia and they lament the fact that this is going to result in a “reheating” of prices. The same sources state that land in Patraix, which cost around €200/m2 two years ago is now being sold for €450/m2 due to the voraciousness of the large property developers. “Aelca purchased land in Patraix for €425/m2 and is now costs €450/m2. The large property developers have driven up prices because they need to take positions ahead of their stock market debuts”, say the experts.

In other areas, such as Malilla, Neinor paid €600/m2 for a plot with capacity for 400 homes, and the US fund Harbet Management Corporation (HMC) and its local partner Momentum Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) purchased 30,000 m2 of land in Nou Campanar and Alfahuir for €800/m2. The problem is the impact that this is going to have on the final prices of those homes, given that, according to the experts, they will have to soar above €2,000/m2 to be profitable. “We are going to see homes costing upwards of €220,000. Who can pay those prices in Valencia? What happens to permanent employees who are 40-years old and who can only be granted mortgages of up to €160,000?” ask the same sources.

Aelca – 368 homes

Aelca is a property developer founded in Madrid in 2012. Four years later, a fund from Minneapolis (USA), Värde purchased 75% of that firm. The company arrived in València with two developments comprising 192 homes in Patraix (own) and Nou Campanar (owned by Sareb). Now it is building 44 homes in Malilla (on Calle Isla Formentera), 70 homes in Nou Moles (on Calle Brasil) and 62 homes in the PAI de Moreres. Aelca is also preparing its stock market debut.

Vía Célere – 22 homes

Vía Célere is another property developer linked to the fund Värde that is also preparing to debut on the stock market. Its first development in València is a 22 home building with a swimming pool at number 55 Avenida de la Petxina. The cheapest home there costs €310,900 (€348,703 including costs).

Aedas – 399 homes

Aedas is a listed property developer, controlled by the US fund Castlelake. The firm currently has three developments underway in València where it is going to build 399 homes. The company is going to construct an urbanisation containing 220 homes on a plot on Avenida Maestro Rodrigo (…). In addition, it is building 59 homes in Quatre Carreres. Also, the company has just acquired another plot on Avenida Antonio Ferrandis to build 120 homes (…).

Neinor – 713 homes

Neinor arrived in València in March 2017 and has become the largest landowner in the city with a portfolio for the construction of 713 homes. The property developer, whose main shareholder is the Israeli fund Adar Capital, is currently marketing a 49-home development in Malilla and another 216-home development in Nou Benicalap. It is also working on a 416-home development in Malilla (…) and a 100-home development on Avenida Antonio Ferrandis in Quatre Carreres.

Original story: Levante EMV (by Ramón Ferrando)

Translation: Carmel Drake

US Fund King Street Capital Acquires 3.92% of Neinor Homes

5 April 2018 – Eje Prime

King Street Capital is knocking at the door of Neinor Homes. The US fund has purchased a 3.92% stake in the Spanish property developer, a percentage that, at current market prices, is worth €45.6 million, according to the records held by Spain’s National Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV).

The US investment fund is acquiring a stake in the listed real estate company at a time when the company led by Juan Velayos is undergoing significant changes. In a shareholding dominated by overseas institutional investors, Adar Capital stands out with 27.8% of the share capital. The Israeli fund increased its stake in Neinor from 5.2% to almost 30% in a matter of weeks, the threshold that would oblige the company to launch a takeover bid for the entire firm.

In the last week, another foreign fund, in this case from Luxembourg, Alken Fund, has acquired 3.11% of the property developer, whose main secondary shareholders are Bank of Montreal, with a 5.20% stake; Invesco, which also controls 5.2%; Wellington Management Group, which holds 4.9%; and Norges Bank, owner of 4.5%.

Currently, Neinor Homes has 71 housing developments underway in Spain, comprising 5,470 homes, after launching five new developments with 528 homes in the third quarter of last year. The property developer’s plans involve investing more than €1.5 billion over the next five years to hand over up to 15,000 homes.

Original story: Eje Prime

Translation: Carmel Drake

Adar Increases Its Stake in Neinor Homes to 27.8%

27 March 2018

The Israeli fund continues to increase its participation in the real estate developer, approaching the 30% limit that would oblige to launch a takeover bid for the full 100%. The developer had recently agreed to give the fund two positions on its board of directors.

Adar Capital is on the verge of a takeover bid for Neinor Homes. The Israeli fund has once again raised its participation to 27.79%, compared to the 26.07% it owned a few days ago, it reported to the National Stock Exchange Commission (CNMV).

The real estate company led by Juan Velayos, which will celebrate one year as a publicly listed company on Thursday, will propose the appointment of two directors on behalf of Adar Capital at a shareholders meeting that will take place on April 18.

Last month, the fund requested a seat on Neinor’s management board after it increased its position in the company from the 5.2% it had at the beginning of last February to the current 27.797%.

Adar increased its holdings in the real estate company and cemented its position as the firm’s principal investor, surpassing Lone Star, the American fund that founded the company.

Original Story: EjePrime

Translation: Richard Turner