Tag: Heref Habaneras

Socimi Castellana Properties Buys Habaneras Shopping Centre for €80.6M

9 May 2018 – Eje Prime

A new retail operation has been closed in the world of the Socimis. Castellana Properties has completed the purchase of the Habaneras shopping centre in Torrevieja (Alicante), for €80.6 million, from the listed real estate investment company (Socimi) Heref Habaneras.

The shopping centre has a gross leasable area of 24,158 m2, spread over three floors and contains 70 stores, according to the purchaser, which has highlighted that the centre’s occupancy rate stands at 94%.

In a statement, the CEO of Castellana Properties, Alfonso Brunet, added that last year the Socimi acquired eleven retail parks in Spain worth around €300 million, making it “a strategic player in the real estate sector and, specifically, in the retail segment”.

Original story: Eje Prime

Translation: Carmel Drake

Paralysis In Trading Amongst The MAB’s Socimis

17 January 2017 – Idealista

The Alternative Investment Market (MAB) has become the catapult for many small Socimis – the real estate investment vehicles that are obliged to debut on the stock market to maintain the tax benefits that they enjoy.

Currently, this platform is home to 28 such companies, of which 17 debuted during 2016, however, not all of them are attracting the attention of investors. What’s more, one in five is trading today at the same price per share at which they debuted and some of them haven’t registered any movements in their share prices at all, which means that they are not being traded.

Examples include some of the most recent companies to debut. One of them is Inmofam 99, a Socimi that has 10 commercial and residential assets in its portfolio, which is owned by the Hinojosa family, the founder of the Cortefiel textile group. It debuted on the MAB on 21 December 2016 at a price of €17.60 per share and it is still trading at that price almost one month later, according to data from BME, the company that manages the Spanish stock market.

The same is happening with RREF II Al Breck, which debuted on the MAB on 30 November 2016, at a price of €5.40 per share, the same price at which it is currently trading. This Socimi, controlled by a company headquartered in Luxembourg, is the owner of almost 700 assets, mainly homes located in Madrid, although it also owns retail premises, one office and several storerooms, garages and basements.

Another Socimi that finds itself in the same situation is Euro Cervantes, a company that holds two investment stakes in its portfolio: one 30% stake in GMP, the owner of homes, offices and land, and one 49% stake in La Maquinista shopping centre, the largest in Barcelona. This vehicle is owned by the Government of Singapore and has been trading at €31 per share since 22 September 2016.

Corona Patrimonial and Heref Habaneras are also experiencing very similar situations. (…).

These five Socimis together have a combined market value of €353.8 million, a figure that increases to more than €900 million in we include Zambal Spain, which has also been having a tough time. This vehicle, which owns several offices and retail premises, whose tenants are giant businesses operating in Spain, has been trading for almost 14 months (it debuted on the MAB on 1 December 2015…). It is currently trading at €1.24 per share, the same level at which it debuted, although its shares have been traded significantly. During its first month on the market, the company moved 10,000 shares and €13,000, whilst during 2016 as a whole, it moved half a million in both shares and cash. (…).

Trading plummets during first fortnight of 2017

A certain degree of apathy is being observed amongst the Socimis on the MAB in these early stages of the year. Some other vehicles should be added to the list above, including Corpfin Capital Prime Retail, Fidere Patrimonio, GMP Property, Hadley Investments, Inversiones Doalca and Mercal Inmuebles. In fact, of the 28 Socimis trading on this platform, only five have been traded, to a greater or lesser extent, during the first fortnight of January.

The most liquid of all of them is Entrecampos Cuatro, the first Socimi to debut on the stock market (back in November 2013) and whose portfolio mainly contains homes, premises, offices and land. In two weeks, this vehicle has seen 188,000 shares traded for €350,000.

The second most liquid has been Trajano Iberia…with 9,000 shares traded for €91,000. It is followed by the office specialist Autonomy Spain Real Estate (3,000 shares traded for €51,000); Vbare Iberian Properties (2,000 shares traded for €32,000); and Optimum RE (€3,000 traded). The latter two hold homes in their portfolios.

As such, and despite the fact that investors do not normally back Socimis on the MAB (because they are smaller entities with less liquidity…), it is true that we have found some companies that have managed to increase their value by double digits since they debuted on the platform, such as Entrecampos and Optimum, which are amongst the few that have seen movement in their shares during the first two weeks of the year.

Original story: Idealista (by Ana. P. Alarcos)

Translation: Carmel Drake

5 Socimis Have Debuted On The MAB So Far In 2016

10 June 2016 – Expansión

Silvercode, which owns the Castellana 200 complex, is the latest Socimi to have joined the MAB, on 2 June 2016.

Since the beginning of the year, the following Socimis have all debuted on the MAB: Corpfin Capital Prime Retail III, Heref Habaneras, Inversiones Doalca, Jaba I Inversiones and Silvercode. In 2015, eight Socimis listed on the stock market in total.

In addition to the 17 Socimis listed on the MAB, four other companies of this type – Merlin, Lar, Hispania and Axiare – are listed on the main stock exchange.

Merlin is the only Socimi in the Ibex 35. The firm, chaired by Ismael Clemente, which has been listed on the reference index since the end of last year, debuted on the stock market on 30 June 2014 and was the third Socimi (after Lar and Hispania) to list on the main stock market.

Original story: Expansión

Translation: Carmel Drake