Acquisitions
During 2014, Cofinimmo invested €73.0 million in new acquisitions,
of which €72.4 million in the healthcare real estate segment and
€0,6 million in the MAAF insurance agencies network.
Extensions and redevelopments
Moreover, Cofinimmo invested €25.1 million in extensions and rede-
velopments of healthcare real estate.
Renovations
Cofinimmo also carried out renovations amounting to €40,0 million,
mainly in the office and the Pubstone cafés/restaurants portfolios.
Divestments
Under its strategy of asset rotation, Cofinimmo sold assets, mainly
offices and healthcare assets, for a net total price, after deduction
of transaction costs and fees, of €303.5 million. Each transac-
tion resulted in a gain or was realised at a price in line with the
investment value determined by the expert. Moreover, the overall
weighted average gain on these disposals, excluding the sale of
the shares of the company Galaxy Properties, owner of the North
Galaxy building, which resulted in a realised accounting loss of
€24 million, reached 0.6%.
Asset management for third parties
Since 2013, the Cofinimmo Group started an Asset Management
activity for third parties (see also the chapter “Risk factors” of this
Annual Financial Report).
This activity is exercised on an ancillary basis by Cofinimmo
Investissements et Services (CIS), a subsidiary of the Group, and
is in compliance with the thresholds set in Article 6 of the Law of
12.05.2014 regarding RREC:
•
the subsidiary’s pre-tax result cannot exceed 10% of the public
RREC’s consolidated pre-tax result and the fair value of the
properties and the financial assets and liabilities (i.e. 0% at
31.12.2014);
•
the total assets under management cannot exceed 10% of the
public RREC’s consolidated assets (i.e. 1% at 31.12.2014).
Moreover, its contribution does not exceed the materiality threshold
of 10% of the net revenues and gains of CIS before taxes (i.e. 1% at
31.12.2014).
At 31.12.2014, CIS managed a portfolio of four healthcare assets in
Belgium.
Fire station, Antwerp (BE)
Les Lubérons, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade (FR)
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