Capital & Regional
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| LSE: CAL | |
| Industry | Property |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
Key people | Hugh Scott-Barrett, Chairman Lawrence Hutchings, CEO |
| Revenue |  £59.0 million (2023)[1] |
 £9.5 million (2023)[1] | |
| £3.7 million (2023)[1] | |
| Website | www.capreg.com |
Capital & Regional plc is a large British manager of property assets - mainly shopping centres - for funds in which it has a significant stake.
History
[edit]The company was founded in 1979 as Capital & Regional Properties. It was floated on the Unlisted Securities Market in 1986. In 1993 it acquired the Trinity Shopping Centre in Aberdeen[2] and in 1994 the Eldon Garden Shopping Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne.[3] In 1997 it went on to buy the Sauchiehall Shopping Centre in Glasgow[4] and in 1998 the Pallasades Shopping Centre in Birmingham.[5]
In 2001 it established the Mall Fund and the Junction Fund with Morley Fund Management and in 2008 the company commenced negotiations for extra funding for the Mall Fund.[6]
Structure
[edit]The company has two divisions:
- Earnings business - property management
- Assets business - fund investing
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Annual Results 2023" (PDF). Capital & Regional. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ Connon, Heather (6 May 1993). "Capital & Regional buys Aberdeen shop complex". The Independent. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Capital and Regional buys shopping centre". Financial Times. 1994. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Capital & Regional takes asset hit". Citywire. 20 March 2001. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "£93.8m acquisition of the Pallasades Shopping Centre, Birmingham from Fordgate". The Lawyer. 13 April 1998. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Capital & Regional's Mall fund needs £300m". The Telegraph. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2018.