Cardiff Gate petrol station and services acquired for £10m

7 October 2020
  • Cardiff Gate petrol station and services acquired by Cooke & Arkwright for Newcore Capital Management
  • Cardiff Gate petrol station and services acquired by Cooke & Arkwright for Newcore Capital Management

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Cardiff Gate Business Park has completed the sale of Cardiff Gate petrol station and services to Newcore Capital Management for £10 million. The sale price represents and net initial yield of 4.79%.

The asset which is located on South Wales premier business park on Junction 30 of the M4 is let to Shell and Welcome Break at an annual passing rent of £515,023.

Cooke & Arkwright advised Newcore Capital Management on the acquisition.  Nick Lawley, Investment Director at Cooke & Arkwright, commented “My client is delighted to have secured another social infrastructure asset in an off-market transaction, and we believe this combination of long income with asset management opportunities will provide attractive returns”

Andrew Bolt of TAND Advisory, Development Manager of Cardiff Gate Business Park commented: “Having combined together the two properties four years ago, we created a well-located asset with a strong long-term income, that is attractive to the current investment market.”

Ross Griffin, Investment Director at Savills Cardiff, comments: “We are pleased to have advised Cardiff Gate Business Park on its disposal of Cardiff Gate petrol station and services. The prominent motorway service station is in a fantastic location and offered an attractive yield and income strip to the purchaser.”

Cooke & Arkwright have been providing rating valuation advice to The Welsh Rugby Union Limited (“WRU”) and Millennium Stadium plc for many years. They were recently successful in achieving substantial reductions in the assessments of the Millennium Stadium, covering both the 2005 and 2010 rating list. These negotiated reductions yielded savings of c.£3.5m which, crucially, allows the WRU to re-invest in rugby throughout Wales. They advise the WRU across the group portfolio including the National Centre of Excellence in the Vale of Glamorgan. The valuation issues across the WRU portfolio are complex requiring a high level of understanding of the funding and finances of professional sport in Wales. Cooke & Arkwright’s experience and understanding of these issues and application to the rating valuation have yielded these substantial negotiated reductions. The WRU and the Millennium Stadium entrust our work to organisations with the required levels in experience and expertise in dealing with these complex issues. I am glad to say we have this expertise in Wales. I would have no hesitation in recommending ratepayers making use of this Welsh based expertise.

The Welsh Rugby Union Limited, Welsh Rugby Union Group