Sale of King Edward Court, Windsor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 December 2013 LONDON & ASSOCIATED PROPERTIES PLC: SALE OF KING EDWARD COURT SHOPPING CENTRE FOR £104.7M REFLECTING NET INITIAL YIELD OF 5.6% London & Associated Properties PLC ("LAP" or "the Company"), the specialist retail focussed property investor, today announces it has exchanged contracts to sell its King Edward Court shopping centre in Windsor to Scottish Widows Investment Properties for a total cash consideration of £104.7m, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.6%. Proceeds of the disposal will be used to further reduce the Company's borrowings. Acquired by LAP in 2002 for £45m, the Company has invested a further £24m in the centre as part of an intensive asset management programme that created major units for tenants including Waitrose, Zara, H & M, Top Shop, and New Look as well as a 113-room Travelodge. Today King Edward Court generates annual net rental income of £6.2m from a broad range of tenants that also includes Fenwick, Next, Timberland and Cotswold Outdoor. In total the centre has 35 retail units, a supermarket, hotel and Windsor's principal car park. John Heller, Chief Executive of LAP, said: "King Edward Court has been a strongly performing investment for us and we felt that, with increasing interest in shopping centres from investors, this was an ideal opportunity to realise a profit on the centre. The sale will enable us to further reduce borrowings as well as look for other investment opportunities." Ends. Contact: London & Associated Properties plc Tel: 020 7415 5000 John Heller, Chief Executive Robert Corry, Finance Director Baron Philips Associates Tel: 020 7920 3161 Baron Philips
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