LONDON (Reuters) - The country's biggest property company, Land Securities , has sold its Portman House retail and office building on London's Oxford Street to a Libyan state-backed investor for 155 million pounds.
The multi-let 146,550 square foot (13,615 square metre) building in the heart of the West End shopping district has been bought by Kinloss Property Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Libyan Foreign Investment Company (LAFICO).
The asset generates a total rent of 11.5 million pounds a year and is held on a long lease from The Portman Estate on a term expiring in 2152.The purchase price reflects an annual income yield of just over 7 percent.
The acquisition of Portman House comes about six months after the Libyan Investment Authority agreed to buy a 172,000 square foot office building in London's City financial district for 120 million pounds.
London is fast becoming a favourite destination for sovereign wealth fund capital after a near-45 percent fall in average property prices since June 2007.
(Reporting by Sinead Cruise; Editing by Andrew Macdonald)
(See www.reutersrealestate.com for the global service for real estate professionals from Reuters)
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