Portfolio Highlights

Valuation by sector
 
Group
£m
Funds/JVs1
£m
Total
£m
Portfolio
%
Uplift2
%
Retail          
Shopping centres 2,001 480 2,481 16.9 4.2
Superstores 1,378 202 1,580 10.8 5.4
Retail warehouses 1,714 1,373 3,087 21.1 2.2
Department stores 680 135 815 5.6 8.1
High street 384 32 416 2.8 7.1
All retail 6,157 2,222 8,379 57.2 4.3
Offices          
City 3,908 214 4,122 28.1 6.0
West End 653 39 692 4.7 6.0
Business parks & provincial 261 9 270 1.9 9.3
Development 370 4 374 2.6 10.5
All offices 5,192 266 5,458 37.3 6.1
Industrial and distribution 169 73 242 1.6 1.4
Residential 302 1 303 2.1 1.3
Leisure 257 12 269 1.8 2.5
Total 12,077 2,574 14,651 100.0 4.9
  • 1 Group's share of properties in Funds and Joint Ventures
  • 2 including valuation movement in developments, purchases and capital expenditure, and excluding sales

Total assets under management £18.3 billion, including all of Funds and Joint Ventures.

Current reversions
 
(excluding developments)
Annualised
net rents1
£m
Reversionary
income2
(5 years) £m
Current
yield3
%
Reversionary
yield3
(5 years) %
Retail        
Shopping centres 123 19 5.0 5.7
Superstores 83 2 5.3 5.4
Retail warehouses 129 34 4.5 5.7
Department stores 40 5 4.8 5.5
High street 21 2 5.2 5.6
All retail 396 62 4.9 5.6
 
Offices        
City 210 39 5.1 6.1
West End 36 3 5.2 5.6
Business parks & provincial 14 2 5.2 5.8
All offices 260 44 5.1 6.0
 
Industrial and distribution 11 1 5.6 6.0
Residential 14 0 4.6 4.6
Leisure 15 2 5.6 6.3
Total 696 1094 5.0 5.7
  • 1 net rental income under IFRS will differ from annualised net rents which are cash based, due to accounting items such as spreading lease incentives and contracted future rental uplifts, as well as direct property costs
  • 2 includes rent reviews, expiry of rent free periods, lease break/expiry and letting of vacant space at current estimated rental value (as determined by external valuers)
  • 3 gross yield to British Land
  • 4 £62 million (57%) contracted under expiry of rent free periods and minimum rental increases
Long lease profile
(excluding residential1 & developments)
Weighted average lease term,
years to first break
Vacancy rate
%
Retail    
Shopping centres 13.8 5.92
Superstores 21.5 0.0
Retail warehouses 14.8 3.42
Department stores 31.6 0.0
High street 12.9 0.6
All retail 17.5 3.22
 
Offices    
City 11.6 5.2
West End 9.9 0.6
Business parks & provincial 8.2 1.8
All offices 11.2 4.3
 
Industrial and distribution 13.2 10.2
Leisure 27.5 0.4
Total 15.4 3.72
  • 1 predominantly let on short leases
  • 2 65% of vacancies in shopping centres and retail warehouses have been initiated by us under asset management projects, reducing the effective underlying vacancy rate for all retail to 1.1% and the total portfolio vacancy rate to 2.4%
Security of income
from 30 September 2005
% of income remaining
(to first break)
5 years 99
10 years 78
15 years 56
  • assumes no re-letting after first break or expiry, includes contracted rental increases


Development programme
 
 
 
Net area
000 sq ft1
Rent
(est) pa
£m
Construction
cost
£m
Cost to
complete
£m
Completed 1,050 2.5 19.6  
Committed 1,198 40.0 337.3 203.8
Development prospects 4,833 158.6 1,377.0 1,327.0
  • areas are shown at 100%

Data includes share of Funds and Joint Ventures, unless otherwise stated.