ASX-listed Scentre to sell remaining 100%-owned NZ malls 24 Feb 2015
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ASX-listed Scentre Group to sell remaining four 100%-owned shopping malls in NZ
By Fiona Rotherham
Feb. 24 (BusinessDesk) - Scentre Group, the Australasian shopping centre owner, is selling its four remaining 100 percent-owned shopping centres in New Zealand. The move follows its $2.1 billion deal, announced in November, to sell 49 per cent sale of its other five Westfield malls to the Singaporean Government Investment Corporation.
The GIC deal involved four Auckland malls; Albany, Newmarket and St Lukes, which have all been earmarked for development, and Manukau, plus Riccarton in Christchurch. The remaining four malls now involved in the sales process are WestCity and Glenfield in Auckland, Chartwell in Hamilton, and Queensgate in Lower Hutt, the Australian parent said in a statement.
The ASX-listed Scentre Group today posted a net profit of A$1.3 billion for the six months ended Dec.31, which included revaluations of A$648.9 million, and in a statement the company signalled improved retail trading conditions.
The group, which operates 47 malls in Australia and New Zealand and has A$40.9 billion worth of assets under management, was set up at the end of June 2014 following the merger of the Australian and New Zealand operations of Westfield Group with the Westfield Retail Trust and comparisons, therefore, can’t be made with the previous year.
The group has been singled out in a video released by Islamic terrorist group, Al-Shebab, urging its supporters to attack Westfield malls around the world. The group murdered around 63 people in a September 2013 attack in a Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Westfield management said there was no evidence of an imminent threat to its shop but will take steps to keep them safe.
Funds from Operations (FFO), the preferred measure for the retail property industry, was A$578 million, which represents 10.88 Australian cents per security, in line with guidance. The forecast for the 2015 full-year indicated expected improved FFO growth of 3.5 percent.
Distribution per security was 10.2 Australian cents, also in line with the 2014 financial year forecasts, and it is forecasting increased distribution of 20.9 cents per share this financial year.
Chairman Frank Lowy said he was pleased with the success of the merger and with the full-year operational results, in particularly with comparable specialty store sales in Australia which were up 3.6 percent, both for the quarter and the 12 months. New Zealand speciality sales were up 2.3 percent.
“We believe the portfolio will generate strong long term growth and risk adjusted returns,” Lowy said.
As at the end of December, comparable net operating income across Australia and New Zealand increased 2.2 percent.
Settlement of the GIC deal, New Zealand’s largest property sale last year, is expected in the first quarter of this year and will deliver the group around NZ$1.036 million in gross proceeds. It will leave the group with debt gearing of 34.9 percent and with A$1.9 billion in New Zealand assets.
(BusinessDesk)
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