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70 York Street Glasgow 70 YORK STREET GLASGOW A Prime City Centre Office Investment Opportunity with Immediate Asset Management Initiatives Predominantly Let to The Scottish Ministers INVESTMENT SUMMARY Offers in excess of • A rare opportunity to acquire a core office building occupying a prime position within Atlantic Quay, in the heart of Glasgow’s International £14,250,000 (Fourteen Financial Services District Million, Two Hundred and • 4 Atlantic Quay comprises a modern, refurbished office building extending Fifty Thousand Pounds to 73,323 sq ft with 33 car parking spaces (1:2,222 sq ft) Sterling), exclusive of VAT are invited. This reflects a • 4 Atlantic Quay is currently 64% occupied and is let to the exceptionally strong covenants of The Scottish Ministers (occupancy – 46%) and BDO net initial yield of 5.59% Stoy Hayward (occupancy - 18%), with a WAULT of 6.69 years (based on the contracted • Current passing rent of £846,730 per annum, reflecting a low average rent), assuming purchaser’s office rent of £17.78 per sq ft (excluding car parking) standard acquisition costs • Irrecoverable costs in relation to the vacant space equate to of 6.23% and a low capital £356,764 per annum gross. Assuming this full deduction provides a rate of £194 per sq ft. net operating income of £489,966 per annum. • Clear asset management initiative to let up the remaining space • Ideally situated for Glasgow’s transport links, being only a few minutes’ walk away from Glasgow Central Railway Station and Glasgow Queen Street Station • Atlantic Quay is going through a transformation, with numerous significant developments having been announced recently or already on site. It is quickly becoming the “go-to” location for Government occupiers in Glasgow with the GPU, Scottish Courts and other Government Departments committing to c. 400,000 sq ft in the past 6 months • The property is held on a Heritable title (the Scottish equivalent of English Freehold) 4AQ GLASGOW / PAGE 2 SUPERB LOCATION Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and the third largest in the UK. The city is known for its cultural, shopping and academic prowess and is fast becoming one of Europe’s most vibrant cities. Glasgow is known for its retailing and is the top shopping location in Scotland and second only to London in the UK, with over half a million square metres of retail space and a shopping population of circa 2 million. The colloquially named ‘Style Mile’ is focused around Buchanan St, Argyle St and Sauchiehall Street and the Merchant City is a fashion hub, while the West End has a boutique offer. Glasgow is one of Europe’s most dynamic cities to degree level. Glasgow maintains a robust skills with over £4.85bn of comparison goods spend pipeline and a talented, multilingual workforce available in the catchment area and is featured with over 130,000 students from 135 different in the top 20 super league of major European countries. shopping destinations by commercial expenditure. Furthermore, there are c. 2.3 million tourists drawn Finally, Glasgow’s conference facilities are best to Glasgow every year, which increases footfall in class. It is home to the Scottish Event Campus and spending. (SEC) which is the UK’s largest integrated conference and convention centre. The SEC has Glasgow has an excellent reputation for education, generated in excess of £1 billion through business with 5 universities and 3 super colleges. The tourism. In addition, the Scottish Hydro Arena University of Glasgow is the fourth oldest was completed in 2013 and hosts around 140 university in the English speaking world and events every year and is currently in the top three Glasgow Caledonian University is number 2 in worldwide arena venues based on annual ticket the UK for student satisfaction. The city has a sales. graduate level workforce above almost all major UK cities, with 46.3% of the workforce educated 4AQ GLASGOW / PAGE 3 Glasgow is the economic powerhouse of Glasgow has recently benefited from Scotland and generates £19.3 billion GVA significant investment into initiatives such as THRIVING per annum – the largest of any Scottish the International Financial Services District city and representing 16% of Scotland’s (IFSD) and the Technology Innovation output. It is the fastest growing major city Centre. This has further strengthened ECONOMY economy in the UK with growth significantly Glasgow’s service sector, which is a major outperforming all other core cities in recent part of Glasgow’s economy. The IFSD has years. The City’s GVA per capita is £32,308 become one of the largest financial districts per person compared to the UK average of in the UK and has been successful in £25,351. The most recent global financial attracting an impressive line-up of occupiers services index (March 2017) confirmed this such as AXA, JP Morgan, NFU Mutual, by putting Glasgow in the top 20 European Barclays Wealth, RBS, Lloyds Banking financial centres (ranked 16th) above other Group, Tesco Personal Finance and major cities such as Brussels, Madrid and Morgan Stanley. Edinburgh. CITY DEAL The Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Deal is an agreement between the UK Government, Scottish Government and the 8 local authorities across Glasgow and Clyde Valley to invest in the area in order to stimulate economic growth. The scheme will involve £1.13 billion being invested in infrastructure across the area, supporting growth in the life sciences sector, setting up programmes to help the unemployed and helping small to medium size enterprises grow and develop. 4AQ GLASGOW / PAGE 4 Road Four main motorways give Glasgow high speed UNRIVALLED road access to cities throughout the UK. The M8 motorway provides direct access into the city via six junctions located on the periphery CONNECTIONS of the CBD and lies at the heart of Scotland’s integrated motorway network, connecting directly to Edinburgh. It links with the M74 and the M73 motorways at Junction 4, offering access to Carlisle and Northern England. It also provides access to Stirling and Northern Scotland through its connection to the M80 / A80 at Junction 13. A84 M90 Rail Glasgow benefits from having two main railway stations; M9 Glasgow Central Station and Glasgow Queen Street. In A811 A92 addition to providing local services throughout Central A82 STIRLING Scotland, these stations provide regular intercity transport FIRTH OF to all major cities throughout the UK. Glasgow Central CLYDEBANK FORTH Station operates regular services to most major cities in M9 GLASGOW M80 England, whilst Glasgow Queen Street Station provides AIRPORT GREENOCK M8 LIVINGSTON EDINBURGH services to major Scottish cities such as Edinburgh, EDINBURGH Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness. Glasgow is also served AIRPORT M8 by a subway and a local rail system which links the city A71 A68 A78 GLASGOW centre to the outlying suburban areas, making it very A737 A7 accessible for commuters. EAST M77 A721 KILBRIDE Air A71 Glasgow benefits from having three international airports A72 within 45 minutes of the city centre (Glasgow International, FIRTH OF KILMARNOCK CLYDE A77 M74 A702 Prestwick and Edinburgh) linking Glasgow to all major PRESTWICK UK, European and International destinations. Glasgow AIRPORT International, only 15 minutes’ drive from the city centre, offers regular domestic, European, Far East and Trans- AYR Atlantic flights. Glasgow is the eighth busiest airport in the UK, with over 7.4 million passengers and 104,000 aircraft movements recorded each year. 4AQ GLASGOW / PAGE 5 WELL PLACED T T FOR BUSINESS T T T 4 Atlantic Quay is situated at 70 York Street, in the heart of the highly successful Atlantic Quay development which is located in the International Financial Services District (IFSD). T T The building is ideally placed for access to public T transport, with both Glasgow Central and Glasgow T T Queen Street Stations being only a few minutes’ walk away. It also benefits from an extensive range of bus services which run along nearby Argyle Street. Furthermore, St Enoch subway station is situated within a 5 minute walk of the property providing routes to the ST ENOCH north, south and west of the city. SUBWAY The first phase of the new ‘Fastlink’ has now been delivered and provides a regional Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system linking major transport hubs, events, venues, local attractions and the new South Glasgow Hospital. The route runs along the Clyde Front via the IFSD. For further information visit: www.spt.co.uk/corporate/about/projects/fastlink TAXI RANKS T CAR PARKS 6 MINUTE WALK FAST LINK BUS ROUTES MAJOR BUS ROUTES AIRPORT BUS PICK UP AIRPORT BUS DROP OFF 4AQ GLASGOW / PAGE 6 The IFSD was initially launched in 2001 and the city deliver best in class leading extended to approximately 1km2 between standards for securing of service, value INTERNATIONAL St Vincent Street and the River Clyde. for money, future proofing and fast Following its successful growth over the reliable connectivity. In addition, a further past 15 years, the district has expanded to £50m has been invested in the public FINANCIAL SERVICES cover a wider area of Glasgow City Centre. realm, creating a high quality business Over 3 million sq ft of high quality Grade A environment. office accommodation has been developed DISTRICT (IFSD) in the IFSD since 2001. Companies such as Esure and Morgan Stanley have moved into the district and existing employers such as Barclays and BNP Paribas have expanded their The International Financial Services District (IFSD) is a project operations substantially. This has led to driven by a partnership between both the private and public positive job creation with over 15,500 new sectors. To date, over £1 billion of investment has been secured jobs within the district. – 90% of which is private sector funding.
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