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INVESTMENT SUMMARY • Reading is an important and affluent,regional retail centre with an extensive primary • Total rent of £233,673 pax. catchment population of 692,000 and total catchment of over 2.3m people. • 82% of income secured to retail tenants, Skipton Building Society and Louche London • Located on the busy prime, pedestrianised Queen Victoria Street, between The Oracle, Broad Limited (t/a Joy). Street and Reading Station Hill Development. • Potential to re-develop upper parts in the future (subject to planning). • National retailers in close proximity include Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, Starbucks, Flight • Average Weighted Unexpired Lease Term (AWULT) of 6.8 years to expiry. Centre, Thorntons, WH Smith, Lloyds, Primark and Boots. • Offers in excess of £3,288,000 (Subject to Contract & exclusive of VAT) which reflects a • Freehold. blended net initial yield of 6.67%, allowing for usual purchasers costs of 6.48% at this level.
LOCATION Reading is a popular regional retailing destination and a major commercial and administrative centre for the Thames Valley Region. It is home to numerous British companies and the UK offices of many MAIDENHEAD foreign multi-nationals. The town is strategically located 41 miles (66km) west of Central London, 25 LONDON miles (41km) south east of Oxford and 80 miles (130km) east of Bristol. READING BRACKNELL The town benefits from excellent transport links. By road, the town is easily accessed via Junctions NEWBURY 10,11 & 12 of the M4 Motorway which connects London to South Wales and gives Reading easy access to the M25 and wider Motorway networks. By Air, Heathrow Airport is some 29 miles (47km) WOKING to the east.
Reading Railway Station is a 2 minute walk from the property and provides services into London BASINGSTOKE Paddington in less than 30 minutes. With the extension of Crossrail to Reading in 2019, passengers GUILDFORD will be able to travel into, and beyond Central London without the need to change at Paddington, providing direct links to the City and West End.
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DEMOGRAPHICS Reading has a total population within its primary catchment of 692,000 and an estimated shopping population of 401,000, ranking the town 18th of Promis centres on this measure. Reading’s affluence is reflected in the significantly above average proportion of the most affluent AB social group and an under-representation of the least affluent C2 and D&E categories. This affluence is further supported by the estimated £4bn on retail and leisure spend within a 30-minute drive time.
Reading is projected to see above average growth in population over the period 2015-2020. RETAILING IN READING Reading has a total town centre retail floorspace of1.83 million sq.ft, above the Regional centre average and ranking the town 19th of Promis centres on this measure. There is an annual catchment expenditure of £710m ranking 23rd in the UK (CACI 2013). Prime retailing is centred on The Oracle Shopping Centre anchored by Debenhams & House of Fraser and the pedestrianised Broad Street where M&S, John Lewis, Primark, Gap and H&M amongst others, are represented. Queen Victoria Street acts as an important, strategic link road within the town’s core shopping area between Reading Train Station and Broad Street. As a result, the street benefits fromstrong levels of footfall. 24/28 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET READING RG1 1TG 24/28 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET READING RG1 1TG