Le mie ricette per la real estate communityBMO Real Estate Partners (BMO REP), the pan-European property investment and asset management specialist that is part of Canada’s BMO Financial Group’s £217 billion Global Asset Management business, has completed the acquisition of two newly developed Travelodge hotels. The two pre-let developments funded by BMO REP on behalf of a UK segregated mandate client for £20 million, reflecting a blended net initial yield of 5%.
The vendor, the Hinton Group, undertook the construction of the two Travelodge hotels, which will operate on long term-term leases of 25 years. Both schemes also comprise Costa Coffee drive-thru outlets, each let on 15 year leases.
Both hotels which are strategically located to cater to a variety of commercial, leisure and transient demand drivers. One is situated between Oxford and Cheltenham, in the historical Cotswolds market town of Witney, and comprises 63 bedrooms as well as 71 parking spaces, with the Costa Coffee unit integrated into the main building. The second hotel is located in Emersons Green, a strategic and growing commercial district north of Bristol city centre, which is in close proximity to key transport interchanges. It comprises 90 bedrooms, a restaurant and 129 parking spaces, alongside a separate Costa Coffee drive-thru unit.
Source : Company