Main achievements in 2014
Disposal of the Montoyer 14 building
April 2014: disposal of a 99-year long lease on the Montoyer 14
office building in Brussels for €13 million, above the investment
value determined by the real estate expert at 31.12.2013. The lessee
is an investment company acting on behalf of several institutional
investors.
Disposal of the shares of the company Galaxy Properties,
owner of the North Galaxy office building
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May 2014: sale of all shares of Galaxy Properties SA/NV, owner of
the North Galaxy office building, located in the Northern district of
Brussels. This building was constructed in 2005 and bought by
Cofinimmo the same year for €390 million. It is let to the Buildings
Agency (Belgian Federal State) and occupied by the Belgian
Ministry of Finance until 2031. It offers almost 105,000m² divided
between two towers.
ATP, the largest Danish pension fund, acquired 90% of the shares
of Galaxy Properties SA/NV and AXA Belgium the remaining 10%. The
value agreed for the building between the parties was €475 million.
The building’s internal rate of return over its ownership period by
Cofinimmo amounted to 14.9% per year. The transaction resulted in
a realised book loss for Cofinimmo of €24 million. This is due mainly
to the difference between the price received by Cofinimmo for the
shares of Galaxy Properties SA/NV and their book value and, inci-
dentally, from the cancellation of the writeback of lease payments
sold and discounted booked since 01.01.2014.
The operation implied the payment of registration rights for
€27 million.
Letting of the Livingstone II building
May 2014: the European Commission and Cofinimmo sign a
usufruct agreement relating to the entire Livingstone II building
in Brussels. The contract is for a 15-year term, indexed annually. It
began in August 2014, with an initial annual rent set at €2,715,000.
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See also our press release dated 13.05.2014, available on our website www.
cofinimmo.com.
Over 23% of the offices are let to the Belgian and
international public sector
86% of the offices are located in
the Brussels Region
Occupancy rate above the Brussels office market
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