28 October 2024
REGIONAL
REIT Limited
("Regional REIT", the "Group" or the "Company")
Solar Panel JV with Sunbird
Solar
Regional REIT Limited (LSE: RGL),
the regional property specialist, is delighted to announce that it
has entered into a joint venture with leading Pan-European solar PV
developer, Sunbird Solar International Limited ("Sunbird"), to install solar panels on a
number of the most suitable properties within the Company's
portfolio, making the properties more attractive to potential
tenants.
Phase one of the installation
programme will encompass 19 properties with an aggregate portfolio
generation capacity of 4,173 kW and is expected to be completed
within a year. Regional REIT will invest alongside Sunbird in the
joint venture company called Sugarbird SolarCo (UK)
Limited.
The joint venture will enhance the
EPC credentials of the respective buildings, supplement and provide
on-site green electricity to common parts and continue the ongoing
momentum of reducing CO2 emissions by some 713 tonnes across the
portfolio.
The annual solar electricity output
of this first phase is equivalent to reducing the electricity usage
of 1,270 average UK households, further demonstrating our
commitment to long term sustainability that will deliver real
impact at scale.
Sunbird is a leading Pan-European
solar PV developer led by an experienced team of Commercial and
Industrial solar specialists with decades of experience in
developing, financing, designing, constructing, and maintaining
solar and battery energy storage assets.
Stephen Inglis, Head of ESR Europe LSPIM, Asset Manager
commented:
"We are delighted to be working with Sunbird on this important
programme that reflects the Company's significant ambition to
deliver meaningful environmental enhancements. This important
programme will reduce our portfolio's carbon footprint and enable
the properties to benefit from both lower maintenance and energy
costs."
Dave Colley, Director at
Sunbird, commented:
"We're really pleased to be working with Regional REIT on this
exciting joint venture of improving the energy efficiency of the
portfolio to the benefit of the properties, to the other
stakeholders and the benefit of the environment.
Sunbird is able to bring its global experience in developing,
engineering, installing and managing rooftop solar plants that are
built to the highest standards to deliver green electricity for
decades to come."
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Enquiries:
Regional REIT Limited
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Press enquiries through Burson
Buchanan
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ESR Europe Private Markets
Limited
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Tel: +44 (0) 203 831 9776
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Investment Adviser to the
Group
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Adam Dickinson, Investor Relations,
Regional REIT Limited
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ESR Europe LSPIM Limited
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Tel: +44 (0) 141 248 4155
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Asset Manager to the
Group
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Stephen Inglis
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Burson Buchanan
Communications
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
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Financial Communications
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Charles Ryland, Henry Wilson, Samuel
Adams
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About Regional REIT
Regional REIT Limited ("Regional
REIT" or the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "Group") is
a United Kingdom ("UK") based real estate investment
trust that launched in November 2015. It is managed by ESR
Europe LSPIM Limited, the Asset Manager, and ESR Europe Private
Markets Limited, the Investment Adviser.
Regional REIT's commercial property
portfolio is comprised wholly of income
producing UK assets and comprises, predominantly of
offices located in the regional centres outside of the M25
motorway. The portfolio is geographically diversified, with 132
properties, 1,305 units and 832 tenants as at 30 June 2024, with a
valuation of c.£647.9m.
Regional REIT pursues its investment
objective by investing in, actively managing and disposing of
regional Core and Core Plus Property assets. It aims to deliver an
attractive total return to its Shareholders, targeting greater than
10% per annum, with a strong focus on income supported by
additional capital growth prospects.
The Company's shares were admitted
to the Official List of the UK's Financial Conduct
Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange on 6 November
2015. For more information, please visit the Group's website
at www.regionalreit.com.
ESMA Legal Entity Identifier
("LEI"): 549300D8G4NKLRIKBX73