Offer Open date: 12 October 2016
Manager: Centuria NZ (formerly known as Augusta Funds Management Limited)
Following the oversubscription of Building A, 2-4 Graham Street, Bayleys Real Estate Limited marketed Augusta’s offer of Buildings B and C in this same substantial new complex.
The property is a newly built, 5 star green design rated, premium grade office building incorporating ground floor retail located on a high profile corner site in Central Auckland. The BDO Centre was awarded the “Best of the Best” Award at the 2016 Property Council New Zealand Rider Levett Bucknall Property Industry Awards, a prestigious acknowledgement of the property, its quality and functionality.
The property has new long term leases in place to several well-known tenants. These include NZME Limited, the unified radio, digital, E-commerce and print operation (includes New Zealand Herald, Newstalk ZB, Grabone) on a 15 year lease with 2 rights of renewal of 6 years each, final expiry 2042. Also Meredith Connell (Crown Solicitors) on 12 + 6 year lease, Kotahi Logistics (freight management partnership formed between Fonterra and Silver Fern Farms) on a 9 + 6 year lease and Maersk Line (the world’s largest container shipping company) on a 9 year lease. Furthermore there are various retail tenancies including Pita Pit, sushi and a full service bar. All leases provide for built in rental growth. The initial forecast pre-tax cash return to investors was 7.0%pa with forecast annual growth to reach 7.75%pa in year 5.
The total investor equity raised was $52.5 million (1,050 $50,000 units). This offer received overwhelming interest and closed with all units allocated.