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Lynn Hautekeete ...
  • Wim Lewi

Real Estate Report December 2024

BE-REITS suffer from macro-worries (logistics) and post-Trump knee-jerk reaction. We believe that especially money flows are pushing stocks down as interest rate fears resurfaced in the US. Our top-picks are Shurgard, WDP and Xior. SHUR and WDP have ample headroom on their balance sheet to continue their growth track record. WDP is also very cheap on cash earnings metrics vs. peers. Xior can grow and fix its balance sheet at the same time through contributions in kind.
Underlyings
Aedifica SA

Aedifica is a property company, which is specialized in residential real estate. Co.'s portfolio has a superstructure of more than 225,911 sq. m as of June 30 2010. It owns: residential or mixed buildings in Belgian cities with classical leases; buildings with furnished apartments buildings in the heart of Brussels with shorter term leases; senior houses and serviceflats with very long term and triple net leases; and hotels. Co. invests: in existing and already leased buildings; and in projects with future completion. Co.'s activities can be divided into four segments: Residential or mixed buildings; Furnished apartments buildings; Senior houses; and Hotels and others.

Argan SA

Argan SA designs, builds, develops, owns, leases, and manages logistical bases and warehouses in France. Co. is also involved in land development and management, delivering turnkey projects to its customers. Co divides its activities among two categories of clients: Shipper and Logisticians. It serves shippers, manufacturers or distributors. In addition, Co. serves logisticians, operating the logistics of shippers, including Alloga, Arvato, Daher, Dartess , FM Logistic, Geodis, Kuehne & Nagel, Movianto, Neovia logistics, and XPO Logistic. Co.'s portfolio amounts to more than 1,600,000 mA2, made up of 50 logistics platforms and 9 couriers, making a total of 59 buildings.

Ascencio SCA

Ascencio SCA is a Belgium-based real estate investment company. Its investments are mainly focused on properties in the retail and warehouses sector and the food industry in Belgium and France. The majority of its holdings are situated in Wallonia Region of Belgium, also in Flanders, in Brussels and in France. The Company's clients include Carrefour, Champion, Decathlon, Delhaize and others. Ascencio SCA has several wholly owned subsidiaries, such as Etudibel SA, SCI Candice Brives, SCI Echirolles Grugliasco, SCI Harfleur 2005, SCI Kevin, SCI La Pierre de l'Isle, SCI Mas des Abeilles, SCI ZTF Essey les Nancy, SCI Cannet Jourdan, SCI De La Cote, SCI Du Rond Point, SCI Seynod Barral, SCI Clermont Saint Jean and Les Papeteries de Genval , among others.

ATENOR S.A.

Atenor Group is a holding company. Co., through its subsidiaries, is a real estate developer that specializes in large-scale, urban real estate projects that meet strict criteria in terms of location, economic effectiveness and respect of the environment including office buildings, mixed used and residential complexes. Co. has acquired diversified know-how which it uses to design and build projects in Belgium and other countries throughout Europe.

Care Property Invest SA

Care Property Invest NV. Care Property Invest NV, formerly Serviceflats Invest NV, is a Belgium-based real estate investment company that builds and finances housing for pensioners. The Company specializes in premises equipped with technologies ensuring safety and comfort of elderly people. In addition, Care Property Invest designs, builds, supervises the progress of a number of construction works, monitors the budget and finances projects in the long term. Care Property Invest NV cooperates mainly for public health care center in Antwerp -Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welziijn (OCMW), including Berchem. The Company focuses its activities on the Belgian market. It operates through a number of subsidiaries, such as Ter Bleuk NV, Siger SA and Konli BVBA and VSP Wolvertem bvba.

Cofinimmo SA

Cofinimmo is a fixed capital real estate investment trust. Co. specializes in rental property. Its core investment segments are office property and nursing and care institutions. The portfolio also includes a Distribution property networks segment. Most of Co.'s assets are in Belgium. The foreign part consists of nursing homes/ clinics and the MAAF agencies network in France and the Pubstone portfolio in the Netherlands. Co.'s operations are organized into four segments: Offices, Nursing homes/Clinics, Distribution property networks, and Public-Private Partnerships.

Compagnie Immobiliere de Belgique SA

Compagnie Immobiliere de Belgique SA (Immobel) is a Belgium-based company active in the real estate development sector. The Company operates in three lines of business in Belgium, Luxembourg and Poland, such as office properties, the residential sector and land banking. Its clients include: the state, the European Union (EU) and/or institutional investors for office complexes; private clients for residential property and land purchases, as well as private clients looking to invest in housing. The Company's main projects in Belgium include Belair, Black Pearl, Parc Seny, Gateway, Bella Vita and Chastre Rue Du Chene. Its main projects in Luxembourg include Westside Village, Green Hill and Galerie Kons. Finally its main projects in Poland include Cedet, CBD One and Okraglak.

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Leasinvest Real Estate SCA

Leasinvest Real Estate is a real estate investment trust. Co. invests in retail buildings, offices and logistics buildings, in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and in Belgium. As of Dec 31 2013, Co.'s real estate portfolio is composed of 34 sites (including the assets held for sale & the development projects) with a total surface of 429,579 m2, of which 18 are located in Luxembourg and 16 in Belgium. Co. rents its properties to tenants across various business sectors, such as services, retail and wholesale, financial services, transport and distribution, government and non-profit, industry, medical and pharma, and ICT.

Montea SCA

Montea Comm VA, formerly Montea CVA, is a Belgium-based real estate investment trust specialized in logistics and semi-industrial real estate in Belgium, the Netherlands and France. The Company's property portfolio represents approximately a surface of 584,694 Square meters (m2) across 37 sites. Its group companies include, among others, Montea Management NV, Montea Comm. VA, Acer Park NV, Montea Nederland NV, Montea Almere NV, Montea Rotterdam NV, SCI Actipole Cambrai, SCI Sagittaire, SCI Saxo, SCI Sevigne, SCI Socrate and SCI 3R. In addition, the Company also partners with Decathlon.

QRF Comm

Qrf Comm VA. QRF Comm. VA, formerly known as Qrf CVA, is a Belgium-based Real Estate Investment Trust. The Company is specialized in the niche market of retail properties. QRF Comm. VA invests in commercial real estate throughout Belgium and the Netherlands.

Retail Estates NV

Retail Estates is a niche fixed-capital real estate investment fund that invests in retail properties located on the periphery of residential areas or along access roads to urban centers. Co. buys properties from third parties or builds and markets shop premises for its own account. The outlets have a built on surface areas of between 500m2 and 3,000m2. A typical retail property has an average surface area of 1,000m2. As of Mar 2010 Co. had 399 premises in its portfolio. The retail lettable area amounted to 398,754m2.

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VGP NV

VGP NV is a Belgium-based real estate development company that constructs and develops industrial real estate and ancillary offices, which are rented out to clients on long term lease contracts. The Company operates in three business segments: the Development activities segment is focused on the identification and acquisition of the land and development of the infrastructure, the design of buildings, the coordination of architectural and engineering aspects, the administration to obtain the necessary permits, the tendering and coordination of the construction works, including site management, and the facility management of the real estate portfolio; the Property Management and Leasing services segment is responsible for managing the operation of the buildings, and the Facilities Management services segment is responsible for managing the operation of the buildings and performs all actions, such as maintenance services, waste management services and maintenance greenery, among others.

Warehouses De Pauw SCA

Warehouses De Pauw and its subsidiaries are engaged in investment in the Belgian semi-industrial property market. Co. is a closed-end property investment company which specializes in: development of storage and distribution premises; customized projects in line with the user's request; acquiring premises for customers who wish to engage in sale and leaseback transactions.

Warehouses Estates Belgium S.C.A.

Warehouses Estates Belgium SCA is a Belgium-based real estate investment trust, mutual fund. It mainly invests in commercial, office, semi-industrial and industrial buildings. The Company has rental agreements with public administrations, international and national companies. Warehouses Estates Belgium SCA has a property portfolio in Anderlues, Berchem, Binche, Charteroi, Couillet, Courcelles, Eupen, Fleurus, Gosselies, Jumet, Leuze, Lodelinsart, Marchienne-au-Pont, Nalinnes and Naninne, Jette and Ypres. The Company's tenants are Media Markt, Cedicora, Rackstore, Tractebel Engineering, Forever Products, Michelin Belux, Intercarrelages, Eupener Karting, Tercel Oilfield Products Belgium and Hainaut Caravaning Center, among others.

Xior Student Housing N.V.

Xior Student Housing NV is a Belgium-based company active in the field of residential Real Estate. The Company's offer is mainly for students and it includes several types of rooms for rent, including a student house in Leiden.

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Lynn Hautekeete

Wim Lewi

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