Winchester Road, Basingstoke, Rg22 6Hn

WINCHESTER ROAD, BASINGSTOKE, RG22 6HN

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OPEN A1 RETAIL WAREHOUSE INVESTMENT SITUATED IN BASINGSTOKE’S ESTABLISHED OUT OF TOWN RETAIL LOCATION HOME INVESTMENT LOCATION CATCHMENT AERIAL SITUATION & RETAIL DESCRIPTION TENANCIES PLANNING, ERV & PROPOSAL, EPC, HIGHLIGHTS & DEMOGRAPHICS WAREHOUSING IN BASINGSTOKE & TENURE TENANTS’ COVENANTS VAT & CONTACT BACK | NEXT

Basingstoke is an economically vibrant town in Hampshire, The park is let to Hobbycraft and Axminster Tools & Machinery, Investment 48 miles south west of London. providing an attractive WAULT of 7.7 years. Highlights The town is one of the most affluent in the country, ranking 16th The current passing rent is £307,480 per annum reflecting out of the top 200 PMA Retail Centres. a low average rent for the town of £17.31 per sq ft.

The subject property is located in a prominent and easily Axminster Tools & Machinery have a fixed uplift in August 2017. accessible position, fronting the A30 Winchester Road. Unrestricted open A1 planning consent including food. The scheme forms part of the prime retail warehousing pitch for Basingstoke.

We are seeking offers in excess of £4,810,000 (Four Million, Eight Hundred and Ten Thousand Pounds). A purchase at this level reflects an attractive net initial yield of 6.00%, increasing to 6.20% in August 2017, assuming purchaser’s costs of 6.58%.

HOBBYCRAFT AND AXMINSTER TOOLS & MACHINERY | WINCHESTER ROAD, BASINGSTOKE, RG22 6HN HOME INVESTMENT LOCATION CATCHMENT AERIAL SITUATION & RETAIL DESCRIPTION TENANCIES PLANNING, ERV & PROPOSAL, EPC, HIGHLIGHTS & DEMOGRAPHICS WAREHOUSING IN BASINGSTOKE & TENURE TENANTS’ COVENANTS VAT & CONTACT BACK | NEXT

Location

Basingstoke is the largest town in Hampshire, located 30 miles north east of Southampton, 19 miles north east of Winchester, and 48 miles south west of London.

The town benefits from excellent road links by virtue of its proximity to Junctions 6 and 7 of the M3, which connects to London and the M25. Rail links are also excellent with regular trains to London with a journey time of 45 minutes. As a result, the town is a popular place with commuters.

Heathrow Airport is located 35 miles to the north east and Gatwick Airport lies 60 miles to the east of the town.

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Catchment & Demographics

Basingstoke has become a vibrant and important economic centre, partly through its connectivity to the UK and Europe, and consequently is home to the UK headquarters of De La Rue, Sun Life Financial, The Automobile Association, ST Ericsson, GAME, Motorola, Barracuda Networks, Eli Lilly and Company, BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions (the leasing arm of BNP Paribas in the UK) and Sony Professional Solutions. Other industries include publishing, IT, telecommunications, insurance and electronics.

Due to its excellent road links, Basingstoke benefits from a primary catchment population of over 227,000 people, extending over 15 miles northwest and 21 miles south on either side of the M3. The estimated shopping population (PMA) is over 208,000 people. There are 87,420 people living within a 10 minute drive time of the subject property, extending to 144,896 people within a 20 minute drive time.

Basingstoke benefits from having one of the most affluent catchment populations in the UK, ranking 16th out of the top 200 PMA Retail Centres. The relative affluence of the town is demonstrated as follows:

Affluence Indicator Basingstoke PMA Top 200 Basingstoke Centre Average Rank (Top 200 PMA Centres) M4 M4 READING Per capita in-store comparison retail expenditure 2011 £2,980 £2,655 13 Bucklebury A33 M4 Cold Ash A329(M) BRACKNELL Per capita retail warehouse expenditure 2011 £612 £549 n/a NEWBURY Thatcham Burghfield WOKINGHAM Forecast growth in retail expenditure 2016-2021 (% p.a. real) 2.4% 2.1% 36 A322 Aldermaston A33 A34 Crookham Beech Hill Crowthorne % of population within AB Social Group 32% 22% n/a Bagshot Burghclere Tadley Eversley Sandhurst % of population within DE Social Group 17% 26% n/a M3 Ecchinswell Bramley Sherfield A339 on Loddon Mattingley Gross weekly wages 2016 £531 £438 14 Frimley A33 Hannington M3 Claimants as % population aged 16-64 Dec 2012 0.6% 1.2%* 31 FARNBOROUGH Litchfield Hook Fleet A34 BASINGSTOKE Average house price Q3 2016 £345,700 £343,900 41 A331 Church Crookham Oakley ALDERSHOT Households with 2+ cars 46% 33% n/a Overton M3 Upton Grey Crondall A31 Whitchurch South * GB population Herriard Warnborough FARNHAM North Waltham A31 Elstead Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council are keen to further promote and grow the town. The Local Plan

Sutton Binsted adopted in May 2016 provides for 15,300 new homes to be built between 2011 and 2029, mostly around Scotney Bentworth Frensham Micheldever Alton the immediate Basingstoke connurbations. Notably 3,400 new homes are planned on a 2,000 acre site in Kingsley Churt A34 Medstead A3 Manydown, Basingstoke, 2 miles north of the subject property. Bordon Headley Four Marks M3 New A31 New Selbourne Airesford East Tisted

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9 W with Reading being the town’s main retail competitor, a 30 minute drive to the north. Retail warehousing space is also fairly limited with a number ILL WAY W CHURCH of occupiers unrepresented in the town and hence unsatisfied demand

D remains. R R S E Y T M3 A S E W H G C IN IN R W 0 3 GWAY S 6 A RIN The main retail warehouse pitch for Basingstoke focuses around Brighton Hill Roundabout, where the dominant scheme is Brighton Hill Retail Park.

P AC K L AN E Other retail warehousing in proximity includes a standalone Homebase

HATCH WARREN RETAIL PARK D R R E T S unit, a two unit scheme let to Maplin and Halfords and a standalone Home E H C IN W BRIGHTON HILL RETAIL PARK 0 3 Bargains unit. B&Q also have a solus unit close by. The main schemes in the A town are as follows:

1. Brighton Hill Retail Park (LaSalle Investment Management) This is the dominant bulky goods scheme in Basingstoke anchored by Currys

D R R E T S PC World, DFS, and Toys ‘R’ Us. Further occupiers include Carpetright, E H C IN W 0 Harveys, Staples, Pizza Hut and McDonald’s. 3 A

M3 2. Hatch Warren Retail Park (South Yorkshire Pension Fund) 7 This scheme totals 42,000 sq ft and is let to Pets at Home, Dreams, Argos, Bensons and Poundstretcher. In close proximity is an 85,000 sq ft Sainsbury’s and 2 units occupied by Mothercare and American Golf. Situation 3. Gaston Wood Retail Park (various) This is a collection of units occupied by Dunelm (22,700 sq ft), Lidl The property is situated in the heart of the main retail warehouse pitch for the town, with (13,500 sq ft ), The Range (55,000 sq ft) and Go Outdoors (54,000 sq ft Brighton Hill Retail Park, attracting the main focus of retail warehousing. Retailers in close across 2 units). proximity include Halfords, Maplin, Home Bargains, Toys “R” Us, DFS, Currys PC World, Homebase and Harveys. 4. Chineham District Centre (Legal & General) This is a 171,000 sq ft district centre anchored by Tesco. There are 4 retail The subject property also benefits from being situated on the main Brighton Hill Roundabout warehouse units occupied by M&S Simply Foods, Boots, Poundland and and has good prominence and visibility from the A30 Winchester Road. Matalan. In addition there are several smaller retail units let to occupiers including Iceland, Subway, Natwest, Greggs and Superdrug. Access to the scheme is from Brighton Hill Roundabout directly off Winchester Road. There is a former Smiths Industries site to the rear of Brighton Hill Retail Improvements are being made to the A30 Winchester Road which are due to be completed Park, where the developer, Area Estates, is proposing to submit a planning Summer 2017. These include widening the roundabout on the approach road to ease heavy application for a bulky goods development, anchored by an Aldi store. traffic flows. Planning was however previously refused at appeal for a 63,000 sq ft Tesco supermarket.

Description

The subject property comprises a purpose built single The units have a steel portal frame with metal profile clad Customer car parking is located to the front and to retail warehouse unit which has been subdivided into elevations. The elevations to the rear and side of the units the eastern side of the scheme, providing a total 2 units occupied by Hobbycraft and Axminster Tools & can easily be seen from the Winchester Road and Brighton of 88 spaces, equating to an attractive ratio of Machinery, totalling 9,900 sq ft and 7,972 sq ft respectively. Hill Roundabout, and both clearly display the respective 1 : 202 sq ft. tenants’ signage. Servicing is to the rear side of the Axminster Tools & Internally, both the units are fitted out to each individual Machinery unit. A service corridor at the rear, links the tenant’s specification. Hobbycraft benefits from having a Hobbycraft unit with the service yard. mezzanine floor used for sales, and the Axminster Tools & Machinery unit has a storage mezzanine. The site area extends to approximately 1.52 acres, giving a low site cover of 27%.

Tenancies

The scheme is fully occupied to Hobbycraft Trading Ltd and Axminster Tool Centre Ltd on FRI leases. Hobbycraft have had their break option recently removed, providing an attractive income weighted unexpired lease term across the scheme of 7.7 years.

Unit Tenant GIA Lease Start Lease Expiry Next Rent Current Rent Rent Comments (sq ft) Date Date Review (per annum) (per sq ft)

1 Hobbycraft 9,789 13/08/2010 12/08/2025 13/08/2020 £198,000 £20.23 Service corridor is not rentalised. There is a rent review cap of £229,536 at review in Trading Ltd August 2020.

2 Axminster Tool 7,972 30/08/2013 29/08/2023 30/08/2018 £109,480 £13.73 Fixed uplift to £117,300 per annum (£14.71 per sq ft) from 30 August 2017 until Centre Ltd 29 August 2018, reviews upwards only to open market rental value thereafter. Lease guaranteed by Styles & Brown.

Total 17,761 £307,480 £17.31

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In 2012, a Certificate of Lawful Use was granted, giving the scheme an unrestricted Founded in 1995, Hobbycraft are the largest arts and crafts retailer in the UK with over open A1 planning consent, thereby allowing the sale of all open A1 retail goods 85 stores nationwide. The company was bought by investment group Bridgepoint in including food. 2010, who have invested heavily into the retailer, revamping the stores and opening new units across the country.

Axminster Tool Centre Ltd are a family business which has been in operation for over 40 years. The company has 8 stores across the UK but has also established itself as a market leader in the mail order tools and machinery industry, catering for trade professionals ERV and businesses to amateur DIY and hobby enthusiasts.

The current lettings were undertaken in 2010 and 2013 to Hobbycraft and Axminster Styles & Brown Ltd are lease guarantors and is the parent company to Axminster Tool Tools & Machinery respectively. The later letting was carried out at a particularly Centre Ltd. The majority of their revenue comes from the Axminster Tool Centre Ltd challenging time for the retail warehouse market, which has significantly improved business. since. In particular, South-East located schemes, have seen rents increase and incentive levels reduced. Both tenants are profitable and have a low risk of business failure being rated ‘A1’ by D&B. A summary of the most recent tenant accounts are as follows: Opposite the subject property, Halfords pay a rent reflecting £21.46 per sq ft on their 11,700 sq ft unit and Maplin at £21.86 per sq ft on their 4,354 sq ft unit. Tenant Year Ending Sales Pre-Tax Net Worth D&B Turnover Profit (000’s) Rating Rents on Brighton Hill Retail Park are in excess of £24.00 per sq ft on 15,000 sq ft (000’s) (000’s) units. There is no available space on this scheme, but we understand, an offer was recently made for a 10,000 sq ft unit here at a rent of £30.00 per sq ft, well in excess Hobbycraft 21/06/2016 £151,760 £4,721 £53,877 5A1 of the current passing rents across the scheme. Trading Ltd 22/02/2015 £141,073 £457 £50,004 Axminster Tool 30/04/2016 £40,810 £1,222 £5,463 If the proposed redevelopment of the former Smiths Industries site is granted 2A1 consent, this should also help establish a new rental tone for Basingstoke. We Centre Ltd 30/04/2015 £35,471 £357 £4,556 understand retailers are agreeing terms at rents between £25.00-£28.00 per sq ft, Styles & Brown 30/04/2016 £40,828 £1,303 £5,475 depending on unit size. 2A1 Ltd 30/04/2015 £35,471 £470 £4,487

Proposal

EPC Contact

Unit 1 (Hobbycraft) has an EPC rating of C61. Ellie Kirkby Unit 2 (Axminster) has an EPC rating of C60. T: 020 7317 3790 M: 07764 241898 E: [email protected]

VAT Wilkinson Williams Heathcoat House, 20 Savile Row The property is elected for VAT and we would expect the transaction to be treated London W1S 3PR as a Transfer of a Going Concern. www.wilkinsonwilliams.co.uk

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