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HOTEL INVESTMENT TRAVELODGE , COLHAM HOUSE, BAKERS ROAD, UXBRIDGE, UB8 1RG

28 YEAR UNEXPIRED UPWARDS ONLY UNCAPPED RPI REVIEWS Uxbridge Bus and Underground Stations

UXBRIDGE Investment Summary • A recently developed (2008), 121 bedroom, town centre hotel located in the centre of Uxbridge directly opposite the main station. • Strategically located in Uxbridge town centre, a well-established commercial area situated 17 miles west of and within 6 miles of Airport. • Let to Travelodge Hotels Ltd from 25th September 2008 with effectively 28.7 years unexpired amounting to 90% of the total income. • Upwards only uncapped Retail Price Index (RPI) linked rent reviews every 5 years. • Low passing rent equating to £4,956 per annum per room. • High average occupancy figures of over 77% year to date. • Ground floor units let to the and a Restaurant on leases with upwards only uncapped RPI rent reviews. • The average weighted unexpired lease term is approximately 27.31 years to expiries . • Total rent of £674,391 per annum . • Freehold . • We are seeking offers in excess of £12,141,000 reflecting a net initial yield of 5.25% , having allowed for purchaser’s costs of 5.8%. • Anticipated Reversionary Yield in February 2019 of 5.51%. LOCATION Uxbridge is a town in and is the administrative headquarters of Uxbridge has two shopping centres, and Intu Uxbridge (formerly the London Borough of . Uxbridge and Hillingdon have a population The Chimes). Much of the town centre is pedestrianised. of 26,027 and 273,936 people respectively (Census 2011). Located 15 miles The town centre comprises retail outlets and a number of office buildings, (24.1 km) west-northwest of , it is one of the major including the main European offices of several international companies metropolitan centres identified in the . It is a significant retail and including Canon, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Apple. Other employers in the comm ercial centre, and is the location of Brunel University and the Uxbridge area include General Mills, Coca-Cola and F Hinds. campus of New University. A

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SITUATION COMMUNICATIONS The property is in an unrivalled location in the centre of Uxbridge. Colham ROAD House is located on Bakers Road, directly opposite Uxbridge Underground The town has excellent road connections being equidistant from the M40 Station in the centre of Uxbridge Town Centre. Road (A4020) connects motorway (J1) and the M25 (J16) and the A40 Western Avenue. The main

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A 7 London to the east and the M40 to the north. 6 H D London 4 I G D which connects directly to B A H O R Uxbridge Hotel T S N the M25 at Junction 16. T O RAIL R M C EL E B H E I is the western terminus for the Metropolitan and B T P A P K E E R N Piccadilly lines of the London Underground providing direct access into central S R D D A L E London via London's Kings Cross and Liverpool Street stations with a fastest O W T X D A N F Y O A M journey time of 47 and 54 minutes respectively. O O E R R D

R R Denham, South and West Drayton Overground rail stations are located O A A T E S D approximately 4 miles from Uxbridge and can be reached in circa PR A40 O SS D K 10 minutes. These stations provide direct access into London IN A W Pavilions ShoppinEg Centre (23 minutes), London (29 minutes) and Reading (39 minutes). R Intu Shopping Centre B West Drayton will form one of the Stations set to open in 2018. B467 This will result in journey times to Court Road of circa 24 minutes.

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L G E N R 0 O 7 A 4 D DESCRIPTION TRAVELODGE UXBRIDGE TRADING HISTORY The property was built in 2008 and comprises a purpose built 121 bedroom The hotel has experienced an improved performance compared with 2013 with budget hotel with ancillary office and restaurant units on the ground floor. It is the revenue per annum per room up by £1.17 to £40.14. The rack rate per arranged over 9 floors, providing a total GIA of 43,050 sq ft (4,000 sq m) and room is up £7.88 to £51.85 year to date. In effect the hotel is selling each room has been constructed using an innovative prefabricated modular construction at a higher rate than last year. The hotel has a high occupancy rate of 77.4% in system which has since been replicated in a number of other locations in the the year to date. UK. The property has a mixture of brick cladding and rendered elevations interspersed with powder coated aluminium fenestration. The property has NEW DEVELOPMENT recently benefited from a full Travelodge refurbishment programme which Travelodge are rolling out across their portfolio following the CVA. The neighbouring property on Bakers Road, currently known as Norwich Union House has full planning permission to erect a 9 storey building comprising retail The ground floor houses the main entrance to the Travelodge hotel, as well as floorspace at ground floor level and 8 storeys of residential units (37 units) with a Brazilian style restaurant let to Nabrasa and an office let to the Metropolitan associated gym, access and parking arrangements. The planning reference is Police who operate the building as a community police station. 8218/APP/2011/1853. The image below provides an indicative elevation of the proposed development. SITE The property is on a site of approximately 0.25 acres (0.1 hectares).

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TRAVELODGE LONDON UXBRIDGE HOTEL BAKERS ROAD, UB8 1RG

TENANCIES The property is fully let on three leases in accordance with the tenancy The ground floor office is let to the Mayor’s Office, occupying the space as a schedule. The total rental income is currently £674,391 per annum and community police office, on full repairing and insuring terms until December provides a weighted unexpired lease term of 27.31 years to lease expiries. 2019 at a passing rent of £34,650 pa, equating to £9.63 psf. The tenant has not The hotel element is let to Travelodge Hotels Ltd on full repairing and insuring exercised their 2014 break option. terms for 35 years expiring July 2043 and incorporates 5 yearly uncapped, The ground floor restaurant is let to Nabrasa on full repairing and insuring upward only rent reviews linked to the Retail Price Index (RPI). The rent terms until February 2039 at a passing rent of £40,000 pa equating to £19 psf. passing is currently £599,741 pa which reflects a low room rate of £4,956 per The rent is reviewed 5 yearly, on an upwards only basis linked to the RPI index bedroom. The hotel accounts for 90% of the total income for the property. with no caps on the upper limit.

TENANT DESCRIPTION UNIT SIZE LEASE EXPIRY UNEXPIRED TERM PASSING RENT RENT PSF/PK RENT REVIEWS

Travelodge Hotels Ltd Hotel 37,350 (121 rooms) 31/07/2043 28.82 599,741 £4,956 5 yearly U/O RPI reviews Mayor’s Office Office 3,600 13/12/2019 5.18 34,650 £9.63 5 yearly U/O RPI reviews Nabrasa Restaurant 2,100 09/02/2039 24.35 40,000 £19 5 yearly U/O RPI reviews Totals 43,050 27.32 674,391

The current 5 year RPI Swap rate is 3.02%. Applying the actual RPI rates to Based on the above the total rent after the next rent reviews for all three date and the 5 year RPI Swap rate of 3.02% until the next review the tenants in 2019 is forecast to be £707,666 pa. Travelodge rent is forecast to rise to £620,283 in 2018. BUDGET HOTEL OCCUPATIONAL MARKET The subject property is let at an annual room rate of £4,956. The comparable evidence below highlights that the current passing rent of the subject property is considerably below market rental value for a property of this nature in this location.

DATE RENT PER ADDRESS TENANT EXPIRY ROOMS RENT PA COMMENTS OPENED ROOM Charles Street, Off Crossways Boulevard, Travelodge Hotels Ltd Aug-01 08/05/2049 65 rooms £417,207 £6,419 5 yearly RPI linked uncapped reviews. Dartford The Beehive, Beehive Ln, Gants Hill, Travelodge Hotels Ltd Sep-94 08/08/2039 32 rooms £250,000 £7,813 5 yearly RPI linked uncapped reviews. , Essex 21/23 Old London Road, 2015 - 2.5% annually compounded. Travelodge Hotels Ltd Sep-02 08/08/2049 72 rooms £519,729 £7,218 , London, Surrey Uncapped 5 yearly thereafter.

A40 Western Avenue, Acton Travelodge Hotels Ltd Apr-99 08/05/2049 64 rooms £408,427 £6,382 5 yearly RPI linked uncapped reviews.

BUDGET HOTEL INVESTMENT MARKET The hospitality market continues to attract investor demand for well let hotels. The development pipeline over the next 2-3 years is expected to support and underpin this value enhancement with the Greater London sub-market having become increasingly attractive to investors. Outlined below are some relevant investment transactions.

INVESTMENT COMPARABLES

PRICE TOTAL RENT ROOM ADDRESS DATE NIY ROOMS WAULT COMMENTS ACHIEVED (£) PASSING RENT PA 19-31 Piccadilly Gardens, Multi-let to Morrisons, Nando’s, ASK and u/o £23.1m 4.84% 175 rooms £1,183,650 pa £3,992 21.5 years Manchester Travelodge (60% of the income). RPI linked RR. Includes Bar Café. High Street, Stratford, London Oct-14 £18.2m 5% 188 rooms £963,500 pa £5,125 23 years 5 yearly uncapped RPI RR. Lumina Park, Great Jun-14 £10m 5.5% 132 rooms £519,849 pa £3,938 33 years 5 yearly uncapped RPI RR Road, Enfield, London TRAVELODGE LONDON UXBRIDGE HOTEL BAKERS ROAD, UB8 1RG

TENANT COVENANTS TENURE TRAVELODGE HOTELS LIMITED (0769710) Freehold. Travelodge opened their first hotel in 1985 and are now the second largest hotel brand in the UK, with over 500 hotels, 36,722 rooms and over 6,000 PLANNING employees in the UK, Ireland and Spain. More than 16.5 million people stayed The subject units benefit from Use Classes C1. with Travelodge last year and 85% of reservations are currently made online at www.travelodge.co.uk, which is one of the UK's top five most visited travel EPC websites, attracting over 1.1 million visits each week. The property benefits from an EPC rating of B - 40. On 12 October 2012, ownership of Travelodge transferred from Dubai International Capital to three of the company’s key investors; Golden Tree CAPITAL ALLOWANCES Asset Management, Avenue Capital and Goldman Sachs. The vendor will seek to retain all available capital allowances and as such none Under the terms of the financial restructuring, Travelodge’s net debt was will be available to the purchaser. reduced from £1,111m to £331m. In addition, £75m of new equity has been injected into the business, allowing for a major refurbishment and upgrade of VAT the estate. More than £55m of this equity is being invested in a major We understand the property has been elected for VAT which will therefore be refurbishment of the portfolio and at the end of 2013, a further £20m of funds chargeable on the sale price unless the transaction can be treated as a Transfer was allocated to increase the speed of the rollout with over 80% of bedrooms of a Going Concern (TOGC). to be refurbished by the end of 2014. The Travelodge business has improved significantly since completion of the PROPOSAL CVA. This has resulted in a significant overhaul of the estate with the majority We are seeking offers in excess of £12,141,000 for our client’s freehold of the hotels being refurbished. Occupancy is currently circa 80.3% which is a interest in the property subject to contract. A purchase at this price reflects a 4.70% increase from 2012. Turnover up until December 2013 was £426.4 net initial yield of 5.25% having allowed for purchaser’s costs of 5.8%. million which is an increase of 9% from the previous year. WEB ACCESS 31 DEC 2011 (£) 31 DEC 2012 (£) 31 DEC 2013 (£) www.cushmanwakefieldinvestmentsales.co.uk/cw/uxbridge Turnover 369,500,000 391,400,000 426,400,000 Profit before tax (26,900,000) (71,100,000) 37,300,000 Net Worth 735,600,000 616,400,000 673,800,000 www.cushmanwakefield.com

FURTHER INFORMATION: MIKE BURDEN NICK DUFEU ZAC BARNETT Tel: 0207 152 5086 Tel: 020 7152 5230 Tel: 020 7152 5091 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD LLP 43/45 Portman Square London W1A 3BG

November 2014

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD LLP

MISREPRESENTATION ACT 1967 Cushman & Wakefield LLP (and their joint agents if appointed) for themselves and for vendors or lessors of this property whose agents they are, give notice that: (1) The particulars are produced in good faith, are set out as a general guide only and do not constitute any part of a contract. (2) No person in the employment of the agent(s) has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property. (3) This property is offered subject to contract and, unless otherwise stated, all rents are quoted exclusive of VAT. (4) Nothing in these particulars should be deemed to be a statement that the property is in good condition or that any services or facilities are in working order. (5) Unless otherwise stated, no investigations have been made regarding pollution or potential land, air or water contamination. Interested parties are advised to carry out their own investigations if required. Photography, Print & Production by Plus Art Ltd 0115 972 4000