Hansteen Holdings joint chief executives, Morgan Jones and Ian Watson, said although they “remain cautious about the current macroeconomic and political risks”, they have “not seen any negative impact” on the industrial group’s occupational or investment markets “so far in 2019”.
The duo added: “The pace of activity by our regional asset management team has continued with over 200 lease events at headline rents that are in excess of the portfolio average and we have been able to continue selling individual assets at good prices”.
The comments were included in a Q1 update which confirmed Hansteen completed 201 new lettings and lease renewals at an average contracted rent of £4.56 per sq ft, up on an average contracted rent on the total portfolio at 31 December 2018 of £4.03 per let sq ft.
