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REGIONAL HQ OFFICE INVESTMENT LET TO THE FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS ■■ Located on the A59 ring road and opposite the Queen’s Shopping Park ■■ Excellent car parking ratio of 1:337 ■■ Preston is the administrative centre of approximately 30 miles ■■ Current passing rent of £565,000 per annum northwest of ■■ Unexpired lease term of 6.5 years ■ ■ Freehold ■■ Tenant has recently removed break option showing commitment to the site ■ ■ Let to the undoubted covenant of The First Secretary of State ■■ Seeking offers in excess of£5,825,000 (Five Million Eight Hundred and Twenty ■■ The property serves as an HMRC administrative hub with staff from other local Five Thousand Pounds), subject to contract and exclusive of VAT. A purchase government offices consolidating in the subject property over the last 3 months at this level would reflect anet initial yield of 9.10% after allowing for ■■ 58,327 sq ft (NIA) of office space split across 2 x three-storey buildings purchaser’s costs of 6.62% including a secure 173 car park ■■ Low capital value of circa £100 per sq ft

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A565 A6033 SOUTHPORT PWC and the thinktank Demos, which used a range of measures HUDDERSFIELD M61 ROCHDALE A1 including employment, workers’ pay, house prices, transport, the M6 M66 M62 M1 A570 A59 environment, work life balance and inequality, found that Preston BOLTO A629 has improved the most across the United Kingdom. M58 OLDHAM

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40.2m buildings is accessed via St Mary’s Street and provides 165 parking spaces The site extends to circa 2.48 acres (1 hectare), with a low site cover of Car Park plus an additional 8 disabled parking spaces equating to a ratio of 1:337 sq ft approximately 20%. 0m 10m 20m 30m

© Crown Copyright,Ordnance SurveyES ©100004106. Crown Copyright 2019. All rights For reserved. identification Licence number 100022432. Plottedpurposes Scale - 1:1250 only. ST MARK’S & ST MARY’S HOUSE ST MARY’S STREET, PRESTON, PR1 4AT REGIONAL HQ OFFICE INVESTMENT LET TO THE FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE

ACCOMMODATION TENANCY The property has been measured professionally by Lane & Frankham The property is let on two co-terminus FRI leases to The First and provides the following areas (NIA): Secretary of State expiring 23rd June 2025 (6.5 years unexpired) at a current rent of £565,000 per annum (£9.69 psf). St Mary’s House St Mark’s House The tenant has recently removed the break clause from the Floor Area (Sq Ft) Floor Area (Sq Ft) original lease demonstrating its commitment to the site. Reception 674 Reception 743 GF 8,345 GF 10,489 COVENANT 1F 8,394 1F 10,644 The First Secretary of State represents an undoubted covenant 2F 8,394 2F 10,644 being the Sovereign UK Government. Total 25,807 Total 32,520 St Mary’s House and St Mark’s House act as a regional HQ property for HMRC. Other Government operations in the nearby The overall area (NIA) of the property is 58,327 sq ft. area are consolidating in the subject property.

TENURE Freehold. EPC VAT PROPOSAL St Mary’s House – D (78) The property is elected for VAT and St Mark’s House – D (77) it is anticipated that the sale will be treated as a transfer of a going We are instructed to seek offers in excess of£5,825,000 (Five Million Eight concern (TOGC). Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand Pounds), subject to contract and DATAROOM exclusive of VAT. A purchase at this level would reflect a net initial yield For access to the Allsop Dataroom please use the following link: https://datarooms.allsop.co.uk/register/Preston of 9.10% after allowing for purchaser’s costs of 6.62%

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