Press releases

AEW UK acquires two wholesale warehouses for £8 million

AEW UK Real Return Fund (AEW) has acquired two wholesale warehouses, located in Barnsley and Leicester, for a combined total of £8 million at a blended yield of 7%. The sites are fully let to Booker Limited, the UK’s largest food wholesale operator.

AEW RRF acquires five supported living sites

AEW UK Real Return Fund (AEW) has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of five supported living schemes for a combined total of £16.7 million, reflecting its strategy of increasing its weighting towards less cyclical assets that meet demographic and social need. 

AEW UK acquires two new units on Peascod Street and brings new tenants to Windsor Yards Shopping Centre

AEW UK Investment Management (AEW) announces that it has acquired 113-115 Peascod Street for £1.95m for its Urban Real Estate Fund (UREF). Peascod Street adjoins Windsor Yards shopping centre which AEW bought in March this year. The units in Peascod Street cover 14,240 sq ft over basement, ground, first and second floors and are currently occupied by River Island and Superdry

AEW outline application for redevelopment of Hengrove Leisure Park approved by Council

AEW UK Core Property Fund (AEW) is pleased to announce that its outline application for the proposed redevelopment of Hengrove Leisure Park has been approved by Bristol City Council. 

AEW UK Real Return Fund acquires four London pre-school nurseries for £13.7m

AEW UK Real Return Fund (AEW) is pleased to announce the acquisition of a portfolio of four London preschool nurseries for a total of £13.7m, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.25%.

AEW completes hat trick of lettings with Wakefield warehouse

The speculative development strategy’s portfolio is now fully let
AEW UK Investment Management LLP (AEW) is pleased to announce it has agreed a five-year lease with a major online retailer for its 512,500 sq ft logistics warehouse development located near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The development is part of the Allianz Real Estate segregated account managed by AEW launched in February 2019. It focuses on develop-to-core opportunities in prime locations in the UK. The unit is currently under construction, on time and on budget, with completion expected in June 2021. Once complete, the venture’s portfolio of three sites will be fully let.

AEW UK Core Property Fund asset management transactions deliver strong returns

AEW UK Core Property Fund (AEW) is pleased to announce the sale of two industrial properties for a total of £9.4m in Batley, West Yorkshire, and Newbridge, Edinburgh. The sales are the culmination of the long term business plans for each site. AEW Core has also made an acquisition of a prime retail location in Bristol city centre for £2.32m and has secured planning permission to develop industrial units in Grazebrook, Dudley, West Midlands. 

AEW UK announces acquisition of Windsor shopping centre

AEW UK Investment Management (AEW) announces that its Urban Real Estate Strategy (UREF), has acquired Windsor Yards shopping centre in Windsor.

AEW UK Core Property Fund makes two acquisitions in the South East of England for £20m

AEW UK Core Property Fund (AEW Core) is pleased to announce the acquisition of an industrial estate in Stanton, Suffolk and a Chelmsford department store for a combined total of just in excess of £20m.

AEW completes site assembly in Bristol City Centre

AEW UK Core Property Fund (AEW Core) is pleased to announce the acquisition of four adjacent mixed-use assets located at the heart of Bristol’s bustling city centre. The adjoining assets, alongside two properties previously acquired by AEW Core, all form part of a site assembly strategy implemented over the past year. Collectively, the assets provide the opportunity for a significant longer-term redevelopment and repurposing of a prime location in the heart of Bristol city centre.