Developer and contractor McAleer & Rushe has exchanged contracts to sell the Brinell Building in Brighton. The company is selling the speculative office development for £39 million, reflecting a yield of 4.75%, to Orchard Street Investment Management, who has purchased it on behalf of St James’s Place Property Unit Trust.
The Brinell Building is due to complete in Q2 2019 and will comprise 65,253 sq ft of Grade A office accommodation across seven floors. The development is fully pre-let to three tenants, Unity Technologies, Diversified and Dehns, which will all relocate from within Brighton city centre. The Brinell Building achieved record rents for the city with each pre-let transaction, topping out at £32.00 per sq ft, with all of the leases agreed for a minimum of 10 years.
Angus Monteith, Property Development Director at McAleer & Rushe, said:
“We are delighted to have exchanged contracts on the Brinell Building, which has proved extremely popular to both occupiers and investors. The fact that it has been entirely pre-let eight months before completion illustrates not only the quality of the property itself but also of the wider Brighton office market, which continues to go from strength to strength.”
Tom Chadwick, Partner at Orchard Street, added:
“The Brinell Building is a prime addition to the portfolio and upon completion of the development the property will present a fantastic Grade-A office. We are very confident in the prospects for the Brighton office market given the extremely favourably supply demand conditions as illustrated by the 100% pre-let nature of the building.”
Knight Frank acted jointly with Steerforth Partners for McAleer & Rushe and JLL acted for Orchard Street Investment Management.
