ERES REIT Completes €116 Million in Strategic Portfolio Sales
July 15 2024 - 10:05AM
European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust
(“
ERES” or “
the REIT”)
(TSX:ERE.UN) announced today that it has closed on two dispositions
of an aggregate 530 residential suites in the Netherlands for
approximately €114.9 million in combined gross proceeds. ERES also
announced that it has closed on the sale of one office building in
the Netherlands for approximately €1.1 million. All amounts
disclosed herein exclude transaction costs.
In June 2024, ERES completed the sale of 66
residential suites for approximately €14.2 million, with proceeds
used in part to repay approximately €7.0 million in associated
mortgage principal outstanding. On July 15, 2024, ERES closed on
another sale of 464 residential suites for approximately €100.7
million, with partial proceeds used to repay approximately €62.8
million in associated mortgage principal outstanding. Also in July
2024, ERES completed the disposition of one office property in the
Netherlands for approximately €1.1 million, with net proceeds used
in full to pay down its associated portfolio of mortgage principal
outstanding. As at March 31, 2024, the associated mortgages
together had a weighted average term to maturity of approximately
3.9 years, and a weighted average interest rate of approximately
3.2%. Net proceeds from the transactions are intended to be used
for the repayment of amounts outstanding on the revolving credit
facility.
“We’ve been exploring various
liquidity-generating opportunities in order to sturdy the REIT’s
financial position and reduce its exposure to interest rate risk,
and these three strategic dispositions accomplish just that,”
commented Mark Kenney, Chief Executive Officer. “These transactions
have freed up capital that we can reallocate into the repayment of
our higher interest credit facility debt, which will reduce our
leverage, enhance our cash flows, and strengthen our balance
sheet.”
“Furthermore, we were able to complete these
sales at prices at or above IFRS fair values, reinforcing the high
quality of our property portfolio,” said Jenny Chou, Chief
Financial Officer. “We’ve also been surfacing capital through our
suite-by-suite privatization program, as we’ve completed the sale
of an additional 53 individual suites during the second quarter of
2024, which generated €14.2 million in incremental gross proceeds.
We’re pleased to be executing on our commitment to maximize
unitholder value through all possible means, and we remain focused
on this mission going forward.”
ABOUT ERESERES is an
unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust. ERES’s
units are listed on the TSX under the symbol ERE.UN. ERES is
Canada’s only European-focused multi-residential REIT, with a
current portfolio of high-quality, multi-residential real estate
properties in the Netherlands. As at March 31, 2024, ERES owned 158
multi-residential properties, comprised of approximately 6,900
residential suites and ancillary retail space located in the
Netherlands, and owned one commercial property in Germany and one
commercial property in Belgium. For more information about ERES,
its business and its investment highlights, please visit our
website at www.eresreit.com and our public disclosure which can be
found under our profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS REGARDING
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATIONCertain statements contained in
this press release constitute forward-looking information within
the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws which reflect
ERES’s current expectations and projections about future results.
Forward-looking information generally can be identified by the use
of forward-looking terminology such as “outlook”, “objective”,
“may”, “will”, “expect”, “intent”, “estimate”, “anticipate”,
“believe”, “consider”, “should”, “plans”, “predict”, “estimate”,
“forward”, “potential”, “could”, “likely”, “approximately”,
“scheduled”, “forecast”, “variation” or “continue”, or similar
expressions suggesting future outcomes or events. The
forward-looking information in this press release relates only to
events or information as of the date on which the statements are
made in this press release. Actual results and developments are
likely to differ, and may differ materially, from those expressed
or implied by the forward-looking information contained in this
press release. Any number of factors could cause actual results to
differ materially from this forward-looking information. Although
ERES believes that the expectations reflected in forward-looking
information are reasonable, it can give no assurances that the
expectations of any forward-looking information will prove to be
correct. Such forward-looking information is based on a number of
assumptions that may prove to be incorrect, including regarding the
intended use of proceeds from the transactions, the impact of the
transactions on ERES’s financial performance and metrics, and the
impact of higher interest rates and general economic conditions on
ERES. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking information.
Forward looking information in this press
release are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could
result in actual results differing materially from this
forward-looking information. Risks and uncertainties pertaining to
ERES are more fully described in regulatory filings that can be
obtained on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
Except as specifically required by applicable
Canadian securities law, ERES does not undertake any obligation to
update or revise publicly any forward-looking information, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after
the date on which the information is provided or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events. This forward-looking
information should not be relied upon as representing ERES’s views
as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
For more information, please
contact:
ERESDr. Gina
Parvaneh CodyChair of the Board(437) 219-1765 |
ERESMr. Mark
KenneyChief Executive Officer(416) 861-9404 |
ERESMs. Jenny
ChouChief Financial Officer(416) 354-0188 |
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