WICKES A483 CARMARTHEN ROAD | SWANSEA SA5 8LD

RETAIL WAREHOUSE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY WICKES SITUATION TENURE, TENANCY, INVESTMENT LOCATION & TENANT FURTHER & RETAIL DESCRIPTION PLANNING & ASSET CARMARTHEN ROAD | SWANSEA SA5 8LD HIGHLIGHTS DEMOGRAPHICS COVENANT INFORMATION WAREHOUSING MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Swansea is the principal retail and • The subject property enjoys a prominent • Large site area of 5.88 acres and attractive We are instructed to seek offers commercial centre for South West Wales. and visible position on the A483 car parking ratio of 1:215 sq ft allowing for of £9,220,000 (Nine Million, Two Carmarthen Road, the main arterial route further development. • The city benefits from having an extensive linking between J47 of the M4, Carmarthen Hundred and Twenty Thousand catchment population of over 315,000 and the city centre. • Attractive unexpired lease term of around Pounds), subject to contract and people. 11 years, with a rent of £669,780 per exclusive of VAT. This reflects an • There is very limited DIY competition, annum, reflecting a relatively low level per attractive net initial yield of 6.75% • The lack of nearby towns with a comparable with there only being one other DIY store in sq ft of £12.88. (assuming purchaser’s costs of retail offer results in Swansea being a Swansea, which is unusual for a city of this 7.57%). dominant retailing destination, drawing size. • Asset management potential to include a from an extensive catchment area. pod development subject to planning. • The unit totals 52,000 sq ft and is let to the 5A1 covenant of Wickes Building Supplies Limited. WICKES SITUATION TENURE, TENANCY, INVESTMENT LOCATION & TENANT FURTHER & RETAIL DESCRIPTION PLANNING & ASSET CARMARTHEN ROAD | SWANSEA SA5 8LD HIGHLIGHTS DEMOGRAPHICS COVENANT INFORMATION WAREHOUSING MANAGEMENT

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Talgarth LOCATION & DEMOGRAPHICS Llandovery A40 Brecon A40 Swansea is the second largest city in Wales and is the principal retail 4 M503 and commercial centre for South West Wales. The city is located 190 Llandeilo Carmarthen miles west of London and 49 miles west of Cardiff. Port Talbot, one Brecon Beacons A40 A40 National Park A40 of the principal industrial locations within South Wales, is locatedA40 A48 Abergavenny 9 miles to the east of the city. Ammanford Merthyr Ebbw Vale Tydfil A40 The town benefits from excellent road communications, with the 49 M4 situated 6 miles to the north of the city centre accessed via the Resolven M448 Aberdare A483 Carmarthen Road. The city enjoys a direct rail service into Pontypool Llanelli 47 46 45 London Paddington and Cardiff Central with a fastest journey time 44 43 Neath Cwmbran of 2 hours 55 minutes and 53 minutes respectively. There are also 42 Chepstow scheduled flights between London City Airport and Swansea Airport. SWANSEA 41 2 40 14 26 25 24 1 Port 39 Pontypridd 27 23 Talbot Caerphilly Newport 21 Swansea benefits from having a large catchment population 38 28 M4 22 30 29 36 16 of 315,000 people, ranking the city 40th out of the top 200 PMA 37 32 17 35 M4 Retail Centres as a result of its easy accessibility and distance 34 33 19 Porthcawl Bridgend CARDIFF 18 1 from competing centres. There are 98,119 people living within a 19 2 3 10 minute drive time of the subject property, extending to 290,517 Clevedon M5 20 people within a 20 minute drive time. CARDIFF Barry BRISTOL Swansea has developed into the Weston- BRISTOL principal retail and commercial super-Mare 21 centre for South West Wales.

M4 motorway - 6 miles to the north Ilfracombe Burnham-on-Sea 22 of the city centre Minehead

London Paddington - 2 hours 55 mins Cardiff Central - 53 mins The city ranks 38th in terms of the volume of total retail centres in the UK at Swansea Bay which employs over 5,000 spend available within the Primary Retail Market Area, people, and many more at peak seasonal times. Public with total retail expenditure in 2018 being £1.619 million Services is the largest source of employment accounting for significantly above the PMA average of £1.269 million. around 27% of total employment, and this includes large Scheduled flights between London public organisations such as the Driver Vehicle Licensing City Airport and Swansea Airport The Admiral Group and BT are large employers in the city, Authority (DVLA), Swansea University and HM Land along with Amazon who have one of the largest distribution Registry. WICKES SITUATION TENURE, TENANCY, INVESTMENT LOCATION & TENANT FURTHER & RETAIL DESCRIPTION PLANNING & ASSET CARMARTHEN ROAD | SWANSEA SA5 8LD HIGHLIGHTS DEMOGRAPHICS COVENANT INFORMATION WAREHOUSING MANAGEMENT

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8 4 H A A 4 8 T A The Wickes unit sits in a prominent position with A 4 E D 8 C L A S N A E M O excellent visibility from the A483 Carmarthen Road. N T O R O R A L D This road forms the principal dual carriageway serving L A A E N S the western conurbation of the city, linking the city D N Y A F centre, approximately 1.8 miles to the south-east

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4 4 A A RETAIL WAREHOUSING A 4 8 4 IN SWANSEA R D 7 D D 1 E W Y N 2 D 4 D A Y The situation of the property on the A483 forms one N Y D C M B A A P PONTARDDULAIS of the main retail warehouse destinations in Swansea,

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R 7 Retail Park in close proximity. Fforestfach Retail Parc D 6 D P 0 TESCO EXTRA U E 4 totals 135,000 sq ft of accommodation and is anchored N A L T FFORESTFACH A R I G S B&Q - MORFA 7 by a 110,000 sq ft Tesco foodstore. The tenant line E 1 RETAIL PARC R T H 2 O SHOPPING PARK 4 D I L up includes H&M, The Works, Boots, New Look, A N A R L D R A L O L A N Poundland, River Island, Clarks, EE, Costa, Anytime I D G H N Y Fitness, DW Sports & Fitness and HomeSense.

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DESCRIPTION

The subject property provides a purpose built standalone retail warehouse unit let to Wickes, totalling 52,000 sq ft.

The car park is located to the front of the unit, providing 242 spaces, giving an attractive ratio of 1:215 sq ft. There is a large separately accessed service yard to the rear of the unit. The dual access allows for flexibility of the future site uses.

Internally, the property is fitted out to Wickes’ specification. There is a large area dedicated to a kitchen and bathroom showroom close to the entrance to the unit. The store has a first floor of around 2,000 sq ft containing offices and staff amenities. Therefore, there is sufficient eaves height within the unit to install a mezzanine, subject to planning. The unit also benefits from having an external project centre of circa 20,000 sq ft and a storage compound of around 10,000 sq ft.

There is a large site area totalling 5.88 acres (2.61 hectares), with a very low site cover of just 20%, allowing for further development, subject to planning.

The low site cover of 20% combined with a large site area of 5.88 acres allows for further development WICKES SITUATION TENURE, TENANCY, INVESTMENT LOCATION & TENANT FURTHER & RETAIL DESCRIPTION PLANNING & ASSET CARMARTHEN ROAD | SWANSEA SA5 8LD HIGHLIGHTS DEMOGRAPHICS COVENANT INFORMATION

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Garage ASSET MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES The property is situated in a prominent location with excellent visibility from the A483, as well as accessibility off it. Therefore, there is the potential, subject to planning and Wickes’ agreement, to develop a pod unit in the car park. There is sufficient space in the car park to do this and initial discussions with Wickes indicate they would be amenable to a pod development here. Line Of Posts The layout of the site, with a large amount of car parking and dual access combined with the subdivisable nature of the building provides flexible accommodation.

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TENURE The site, delineated above in red, is held freehold.

TENANCY The property is let on a full repairing and insuring lease for 25 years from 25 March 2005 to Wickes Building Supplies Limited. The lease expires on 24 March 2030, giving just under 11 years unexpired. The current rent is £669,780 per annum, reflecting £12.88 per sq ft. WICKES SITUATION TENURE, TENANCY, INVESTMENT LOCATION & TENANT FURTHER & RETAIL DESCRIPTION PLANNING & ASSET CARMARTHEN ROAD | SWANSEA SA5 8LD HIGHLIGHTS DEMOGRAPHICS COVENANT INFORMATION WAREHOUSING MANAGEMENT

RENTS TENANT COVENANT

The rent on the subject property looks comparatively low at £12.88 per sq ft when in context of the other Wickes was established in 1972 and has grown into one of the UK’s leading DIY retailers. The retail warehousing in Swansea. Rents on Pontarddulais Road Retail Park range from £18 per sq ft to £27.70 company was purchased by Travis Perkins plc in February 2005 and now has a portfolio of over per sq ft on the 16,765 sq ft Currys PC World store. On Fforestfach Retail Parc, rents are even higher with 230 stores across the UK, selling a wide selection of home improvement products. Wickes are in a some tenants paying up to £50 per sq ft on 6,000 sq ft. At Morfa Shopping Park B&Q pay a rent reflecting good shape compared with their competition and are pro-actively adapting to market conditions. £14.90 per sq ft on their 106,000 sq ft store. When reporting their 2018 results in February 2019, Travis Perkins reported that Wickes had “good momentum” and sales “improved in the fourth quarter”. Their key focus for 2019 is within PLANNING their kitchen and bathroom business and in particular promoting their own installation service, capitalising on B&Q ceasing its HomeFit installation offer. Planning was granted in August 2003 for the construction of a 52,050 sq ft DIY retail store with associated covered garden centre and storage compound. The property has a planning consent which permits the We set out below the most recent company accounts for Wickes Building Supplies Ltd. sale of DIY goods. There are no restrictions on subdivision of the unit.

TENANT YEAR ENDING SALES TURNOVER (000’s) PRE TAX PROFIT(000’s) NET WORTH (000’s) D&B RATING Wickes Building Supplies Limited 30/12/2017 £1,236,400 £56,000 £239,900 5A1 31/12/2016 £1,213,269 £65,403 £304,109 WICKES SITUATION TENURE, TENANCY, INVESTMENT LOCATION & TENANT FURTHER & RETAIL DESCRIPTION PLANNING & ASSET CARMARTHEN ROAD | SWANSEA SA5 8LD HIGHLIGHTS DEMOGRAPHICS COVENANT INFORMATION WAREHOUSING MANAGEMENT

The property is let to Wickes EPC Building Supplies Limited with The property has a B38 EPC rating. around 11 years unexpired. VAT

The property has been elected for VAT and therefore VAT is payable. However, we anticipate the transaction to be treated as a ‘TOGC’.

PROPOSAL

We are instructed to seek offers of£9,220,000 (Nine Million, Two Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds), subject to contract and exclusive of VAT. This reflects an attractive net initial yield of 6.75% (assuming purchaser’s costs of 7.57%).

CONTACT

Ellie Kirkby Paul Wilkinson T: 020 7317 3790 T: 020 7317 3799 M: 07764 241 898 M: 07770 585 313 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

Avison Young 22 Ganton Street London W1F 7FD

avisonyoungretail.co.uk

MISREPRESENTATION NOTICE. Avison Young give notice to anyone who may read these particulars as follows: 1. These particulars are prepared for the guidance only of prospective purchasers. They are intended to give a fair overall description of the property but are not intended to constitute part of an offer or contract. 2. Any information contained herein (whether in the text, plans or photographs) is given in good faith but should not be relied upon as being a statement of representation or fact. 3. Nothing in these particulars shall be deemed to be a statement that the property is in good condition or otherwise nor that any services or facilities are in good working order. 4. The photographs appearing in this brochure show only certain parts of the property at the time when the photographs were taken. Certain aspects may have changed since the photographs were taken and it should not be assumed that the property remains precisely as displayed in the photographs. Furthermore, no assumptions should be made in respect of parts of the property which are not shown in the photographs. 5. Any areas, measurements or distances referred to herein are approximate only. 6. Where there is reference in the particulars to the fact that alterations have been carried out or that a particular use is made of any part of the property, this is not intended to be a statement that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consents have been obtained and these matters must be verified by an intending purchaser. 7. Descriptions of the property are inevitably subjective and the descriptions contained herein are given in good faith as an opinion and not by way of statement of fact. Plans are published for convenience of identification only and although believed to be correct, their accuracy is not guaranteed and they do not form part of any contract. May 2019. Designed and produced by Creativeworld Tel: 01282 858200.