Toby Carvery and Travelodge site changes hands in £5m deal

Lucrative post-Brexit deal completes busy quarter with transactions totalling £47m

27 October 2016

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Cooke & Arkwright has acted to secure a key purchase in North Cardiff, with the £5million acquisition of the Travelodge and Toby Carvery premises at Tyn y Parc Road in Whitchurch. The transaction was brokered between M&G Real Estate and Cognitive Properties Ltd. The £5m deal will provide Cognitive with an initial return of 6.25%, with the fixed rental increases in the lease set to provide an attractive ongoing yield.

Graham Davies, investment director at Cooke & Arkwright, said: “We’re delighted to have completed another lucrative post-Brexit deal on terms that are commercially beneficial to both vendor and purchaser.

“This is another example of being able to put together willing sellers and proven purchasers to structure deals.”

Cooke & Arkwright’s work with Cognitive Properties and affiliate companies extends beyond Wales. It recently secured the £4m purchase of two distribution units totalling 65,000ft at Gilcar Way in west Yorkshire on behalf of a sister company of Cognitive Properties.

The site is one of the leading distribution locations in the north west of England, offering exceptional access to the north west and north east of England and south to the midlands.

These purchases, alongside the £37million acquisition of House of Fraser for a Gulf-based investor in August, represent a busy quarter for Cooke & Arkwright, with total transactions brokered for the three months to the end of September totalling more than £47million.

Cardiff Waterside is a significant property holding for Aviva Investors at almost 500,000 sq ft. Our experiences show the benefit of working with a regional specialist where occupational markets can be unlocked with a good team with excellent local contacts. Ben Bolton and his team have done this for us for many years and been fundamental to our success and a very low void rate in Cardiff.

Matthew Leach, Arriva Capital Waterside