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Tritax Big Box strikes takeover deal for UKCM to create £4bn warehouse giant

Warehouse giant Tritax Big Box has struck a deal to buy rival UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) for £924m (Chris Radburn/PA)
Warehouse giant Tritax Big Box has struck a deal to buy rival UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) for £924m (Chris Radburn/PA)

Warehouse giant Tritax Big Box has struck a deal to buy rival UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) for £924 million.

The combination of the two firms is set to make a real estate giant worth almost £4 billion.

It came after reports over the weekend by industry title React that Tritax Big Box had made an “indicative proposal” for an all-share merger between the London-listed rivals.

Tritax owns dozens of large warehouses, typically found near motorways, and has major tenants including Ocado, Amazon and B&Q.

UKCM, which is the much smaller of the two companies, has a portfolio investing in shopping centres, office buildings and distribution centres.

Bosses at Tritax said the deal will bring together a real estate portfolio worth around £6.3 billion focused on the logistics sector.

It said the deal will value UKCM at 71.1p per share, which Tritax said represents a 10.8% premium on its rival’s share price at the end of trading on Friday.

Tritax told shareholders the move will “bring together complementary logistics-oriented investment portfolios with a shared focus on resilient and growing income”.

It said it will also “enhance the overall customer offering through a high-quality logistics portfolio across a broader range of property sizes and tenant uses, from ‘Mega-Boxes’ to smaller, strategically located, logistics assets within key urban locations.”

Shares in UKCM lifted 4.7% in early trading on Monday, while Tritax was trading 2.1% lower.