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Page 1 Capital Quarter Cardiff | CF10 4BZ PRIME CITY CENTRE OFFICE INVESTMENT Capital Quarter Cardiff | CF10 4BZ Investment Summary Opportunity to acquire a prime new multi-let office investment in the heart of Cardiff city centre within close proximity to Cardiff Central Station, the prime retail core and flagship John Lewis store. Cardiff is Wales’ capital city and one of the major regional centres in the UK. Capital Quarter is a high profile, mixed use development located in the heart of the Cardiff’s prime office core. It forms an integral part of the Cardiff Central Enterprise Zone with Central Square and Callaghan Square. No 2 Capital Quarter is regarded as one of the “trophy buildings” in Cardiff, and has been built to a high specification and BREEAM Seeking offers in excess of £23,200,000 (Twenty Three Million, Excellent standard. Two Hundred Thousand Pounds), subject to contract and exclusive of VAT. A purchase at this level would reflect an attractive Net Initial No 2 Capital Quarter comprises 84,759 sq.ft. over 7 storeys with open plan, flexible floor plates, 18 car parking spaces on site and a Yield of 6.41%, after deducting standard purchasers costs of 6.75%, new private multi-storey car park (296 spaces) opposite. and a low Capital Value of £274 per sq ft. Multi let with two occupational tenants, Public Health Wales and Opus Energy, with a WAULT of 8.59 years to lease expiries (7.81 years to break options). Current rent of £1,586,506.05 per annum which equates to a low average rent of £19.34 per sq. ft. Prime rents in Cardiff are now established at £25 per sq. ft. making No 2 Capital Quarter look significantly reversionary. Subject to Contract & Exclusive of VAT A4232 TO M4 J 33 CARDIFF CITY FOOTBALL GROUND SWALEC CRICKET GROUND ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC & DRAMA PRINCIPALITY STADIUM P CARDIFF CASTLE CIVIC CENTRE HILTON HOTEL CENTRAL SQUARE CARDIFF CENTRAL STATION BRAINS BREWERY QUEEN STREET SHOPPING PRECINCT PARK PLAZA HOTEL P ST DAVID’S HALL P P MARRIOTT HOTEL CAFE QUARTER ST DAVID’S 2 P SHOPPING CENTRE RADISSON HOTEL JOHN LEWIS CALLAGHAN SQUARE CINEWORLD CINEMA ADMIRAL INSURANCE HQ P MOTORPOINT ARENA P QUEEN STREET STATION TO CARDIFF BAY CAR PARK Capital Quarter CAPITAL QUARTER Cardiff | CF10 4BZ DEVELOPMENT P UNIVERSITY NO 1 CAPITAL QUARTER OF SOUTH WALES SMART BRIDGE P ETAP HOTEL Location Cardiff is the Capital City of Wales and has a population of over 300,000 with a further 1.2 million within a 45 minute travel time of the City Centre. The City is strategically located approximately 150 miles (240km) west of London, 106 miles (171km) south west of Birmingham and 43 miles (69km) west of Bristol. Cardiff benefits from excellent road links and can be accessed from four junctions of the M4 Motorway (29-33). Cardiff International Airport is located 12 miles (19km) to the south west of Cardiff City Centre and offers scheduled flights to a number of European destinations. Cardiff Central Railway Station provides intercity rail services to London Paddington approximately twice an hour with a journey time of 2 hours and 3 minutes. Cardiff is one of the UK’s premier business locations attracting numerous national and global companies including Admiral Insurance, Eversheds, Zurich, Atradius, Legal & General, MotoNovo, Deloitte, BT and the BBC. Cardiff is a popular tourist destination attracting millions of additional visitors every year. There are numerous attractions including the iconic Principality Stadium, Cardiff Castle, Cardiff Bay and the Cardiff International Sports Village. Cardiff has an established retail core which includes major shopping centre, St.Davids 2, which was completed in 2009. This development, together with the original St Davids Shopping Centre, comprises a combined 1.4 million sq ft of retail space, including a 260,000 sq. ft. John Lewis store. This retail development has elevated Cardiff firmly into the top 10 of the UK’s retail hierarchy and has an estimated annual footfall of 35 million people. Capital Quarter - JR Smart SMART BRIDGE Capital Quarter Master Plan Finance Wales Alert Logic WSP Network Rail Home Office Kin & Ilk Coffee Shop Multi Storey Car Park STREET ARY 296 spaces EM N Ready S O Viridis September Viridis R Students 2017 Students John Street Capital Quarter 300,000 sq. ft. Office 80,000 sq.ft. Equiniti NORTH SOUTH PEDESTRIAN ROUTE Eastern 95,000 sq.ft. Office Courtyard Office / Western Residential Courtyard Apartments EAST WEST PEDESTRIAN ROUTE CANAL Ready ACCESS ROAD ACCESS Viridis Viridis September Brookfield Students Students 2017 Utilities UK Ready for Ready for ELLEN STREET Spring 2018 December 2018 100,000 sq.ft. 75,000 sq.ft. 82,000 sq.ft. Herbert Street Office Office Office 674 Student Beds Atlantic University of House Capital South Wales Law HERBERT ST Public Health Wales OPUS Energy TYNDALL STREET Key Completed Etap Hotel Under Construction Novotel Hotel Outline/Detailed Planning Atlantic Wharf Total Phase 2 Capacity 270,000sq.ft. Situation Capital Quarter has quickly established itself as one of the premier office addresses in the city and forms part Capital Quarter is situated on Tyndall Street in the heart of Cardiff city centre and forms part of the Cardiff of the prime office core with both Callaghan Square and Central Square within close proximity. There are Central Enterprise Zone. It comprises an exciting 10 acre mixed use development including Grade A offices, over 1,000 employees onsite and nearby occupiers include Eversheds, HSBC, WSP, Finance Wales, Admiral, student housing, residential and private multi storey car park. Network Rail, Home Office, Equiniti, Deloitte and Brookfield Utilities UK. It is strategically located within easy walking distance of Cardiff Central Railway Station, the main transport hub Following the letting success of Nos. 1 & 2 Capital Quarter, developers JR Smart are now in the process of in Cardiff. In addition the prime retail core, including the flagship John Lewis department store, and other city speculatively developing No 3 and No 4 Capital Quarter on the adjacent plot. No 3 will comprise a new centre amenities are just a few minutes walk away, accessed via the new £2.5m Smart Bridge which crosses the 75,000 sq.ft. Grade A office building with practical completion forecasted for early 2018. No 4 will comprise a main railway line. The Smart Bridge enhances the accessability of Capital Quarter to Queen Street station and new 100,000 sq.ft. Grade A office building with practical completion forecasted for December 2018. the Valley Lines network. In addition there is also significant student development taking place on site. Viridis are constructing 600 high quality beds, that will be delivered in 2017 and Fusion have just gone onsite to deliver 674 beds which are expected to be delivered in September 2019. Cardiff City Centre Infrastructure Initiatives Central Square – The commitment from Legal & General to Welsh Governments Acquisition of Cardiff Airport - Welsh Cardiff City Council and Welsh Government have acknowledged that the the Central Square regeneration scheme reflects the improving Government have acquired the airport in order to boost its profile future growth of the Welsh economy is dependent on a strong and vibrant confidence in Cardiff as a centre of growth and opportunity. The and increase the number of airlines and routes around Europe and Capital City. The Enterprise Zone is just one of numerous initiatives which scheme will have a potential capital value in the order of £400 internationally to further improve Cardiff’s domestic and global form part of a detailed Master Plan for the City which will vastly improve million when fully completed. The first phase of office development, connectivity. One Central Square was completed in Q1 2016 while the BBC the infrastructure and boost the economic profile of Cardiff to firmly International Convention Centre & Arena – Work is underway to Wales relocation of its 165,000 sq. ft. Headquarters Building, which consolidate its position as one on the major regional centres in UK. These construct a new Convention Centre at Celtic Manor Resort in Newport. forms the centre of this regeneration area, is under construction initiatives include: In addition sites in Cardiff have been earmarked as a potential location for with occupation targeted by 2019. Rents of £25 per sq.ft. are being a new state of the art arena with a capacity of 10,000+. Cardiff Capital Regional City Deal - In March 2016 Cardiff was one of achieved. 10 local councils to sign the Cardiff Capital Regional City Deal (CCR). The Academic Profile – Cardiff University, which is already within the Russell Electrification of the main intercity rail line - This will CCR is a regional investment vehicle aiming to bring together region wide Group, continues to grow and raise its global academic profile. Increasingly improve Cardiff’s connectivity via faster journey times to London infrastruture projects. With a gross value of £1.2 billion, projects include the secondary office buildings in the City Centre are being converted to with the work scheduled to be completed by 2019. electrification of the South Wales Valley rail network, a metro system worth student housing to accommodate the increasing number of students and £734 million, creation of 25,000 jobs in the region and a new innovation Investment in Cardiff Central Railway station - Plans to the increase in demand for this sector from investors. The City has a hub development. create new civic scaled public squares to the north and south of the resident population of approximately 350,000, which is swelled by over Cardiff Central Enterprise Zone - The established Cardiff Central station as high quality arrival spaces and “gateways” to the City. Work 75,000 full-time students from the City’s expanding higher education Enterprise Zone is centred on the Cardiff Central Railway Station and is has already been completed at the south side of the station.
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