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National Auction of Commercial Properties - Thursday 13th February 2025 (Entries Now Invited for 27th March 2025 Auction)
About the February auction
Our February auction features a wide range of investment & development grade assets. Sectors include a large & valuable ground rent investment in London’s Covent Garden, a portfolio of 7 industrial & trade counter investments in Nottingham (offered separately on behalf of Nottingham City Council), a prominent storage & distribution opportunity close to London’s Brent Cross, as well as other mixed-use & development, high street retail, office, and other investment opportunities.
Notable locations in the auction include Brent Cross (NW2), Catford (SE6), Clapham (SW11), Covent Garden (WC2), Hampstead (NW6), Nunhead (SE15) & Staines-upon-Thames (TW18) (all in London), as well as other national locations including Glasgow, Herne Bay, Leeds, Winchester & Wokingham.
The auction will be broadcast via livestream on our website and is open to remote bidding by telephone, internet and proxy.
The Acuitus team will be happy to answer any queries you may have and talk you through the bidding process. All bidders are required to register to bid prior to the auction for each lot they wish to purchase and registrations are required before 3pm on Wednesday 12th February 2025. Learn more about how to bid remotely and click here to register to bid .
Lots to include:
Lot 5
73-77 Endell Street, Covent Garden
London WC2H 9AJ
On Behalf of a Cambridge College. Long Let Geared Central London Freehold Office Investment. Entirely let to an International Design & Architects Practice until July 2081 (No breaks). Important rent review in 2027 & 5 yearly thereafter, geared to 60% of OMRV. 16,025 sq ft. Producing £270,000 p.a.x.
Freehold Motor Trade/Warehouse Investment with Index-Linked Rent Reviews. Let to Halfords Autocentres Limited until May 2036 (subject to option). 5 yearly CPIH rent increases compounded annually - next review May 2026. Long term redevelopment opportunity. Producing £51,000 p.a.x.
Guide £750,000 (GIY 6.8%)
Lot 15
Units 1-8 Gauntley Court, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG7 5HD
On Behalf of Nottingham City Council (being offered along with 6 other lots from Nottingham City Council). Freehold Industrial Estate/Trade Counter Investment. 8 fully let units. Tenants include Nottingham Trent University. Producing £178,860 p.a.x.
Guide £1.9m (GIY 9.41%)
Lot 6
6/6a Broad Street, Wokingham, Berkshire RG40 1AB
On Behalf of a Charity. Freehold Retail and Residential Investment. Fully let as two shops & four large flats, let on AST’s. In the same ownership for over 20 years. Producing £102,720 p.a.x.
Guide£1.2m (GIY 8.5%)
Lot 7
Ethan David House, 715 North Circular Road, Brent Cross
London NW2 7AH
Freehold North-West London Storage & Distribution Opportunity. 7,138 sq ft with parking. Close to Brent Cross Shopping Centre, Staples Corner & M1 motorway (J1). Of interest to owner occupiers, investors & developers. Vacant Possession.
Guide £1.45m (£200 psf CV)
Lots 11, 24 & 25
83 Evelina Road, Nunhead, London SE15;
13 Catford Hill, Catford, London SE6;
Herne Bay Judo Club, Station Road, Kent CT6
On Behalf of Network Rail. Three Freehold Development & Investment Opportunities (to be offered separately). All located close to Stations. Catford & Herne Bay both let. Nunhead offered vacant. Rents from £27,000 p.a.x to £35,500 p.a.x.
Guides from £200,000 to £500,000
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Guide Price / Reserve Price The guide price is an indication of the current minimum price at which, or if a guide price range is given, within which, the seller may be prepared to sell at the date the guide price is published. The reserve price is the minimum price acceptable to the seller and the price below which the auctioneer cannot sell. Both the guide price and the reserve price may be subject to change up to the time of the auction.The guide price does not include either VAT which may apply to the sale or other amounts the seller may charge . The seller’s Special Conditions of Sale and addendum if any, will state whether there are other seller’s charges and whether the seller has elected to charge VAT on the sale price.
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