The Penthouse, Apartment 201 and 4 Units, Park Towers, Park Road, Hartlepool

Investment Opportunity For Sale

1,309 ft²

Guide price of £850,000

Key Features

Features
Freehold Investment opportunity
Mixed use including offices and residential
Rent £102,468.80 per annum (inc Ground Rent)
Offices Comprising 1,064.86 m2 (11,641 ft2)
2 Residential Flats 130.79 m2 (1,408 ft2)
Asset Management Opportunity
Gross yield 12.05%
Transport
0.1 miles from nearest bus stop
6 miles from A19
2 miles from Hartlepool Railway Station

Property Description

OPPORTUNITY

Bradley Hall is delighted to be appointed to market this prominent landmark building on Park Road, Hartlepool. The site is currently occupied on a multi let basis and provides both office and residential accommodation.

LOCATION 

The property is situated within the coastal town of Hartlepool within County Durham, North East England. The property itself occupies a prominent roadside position at the corner of Park Road and the A689, opposite Hartlepool College.

DESCRIPTION 

The subject property is a Grade ll Listed mixed-use building consisting of four ground floor retail/office buildings and 2 apartments. There are 50 residential apartments above, of which 48 have been sold on a long leasehold basis and produce a ground rent. Two flats have been retained on a freehold basis. Externally, there is car parking to the rear and within the basement, though the basement car parking is for the apartments that have been sold off on a leasehold basis.

One of the commercial units is of a shell specification. The other three are occupied and

fitted to the respective tenant’s own specification. As for the two flats retained Freehold, unit 201 has one bedroom and is situated on the second floor and the Penthouse is situated on the third floor with further accommodation within the clock tower this has two bedrooms.

There is an opportunity to refurbish vacant space to generate additional rental income and we understand that the ground rent is subject to index linked reviews on a 10 yearly basis.

ACCOMMODATION 

Part of the Property

Floor

Sq M

(Approx.)

Sq Ft

(Approx.)

Commercial Units 

Unit A (Atos)

Ground

301

3,239.96

Unit 3

(Department for Work and Pensions)

Ground

141.36

1,521.60

Unit C (Hospice)

Ground

396.50

4,266

Vacant Commercial Unit

Ground

226

2,432.68

Total (NIA)

 

1,064.86

11,460.24

Residential 

Flat 201

Second

47.77

514.20

Flat 310

Third and Fourth

83.02

893.62

Total (GIA)

 

130.79

1,407.82


TENURE 

The site is sold freehold.

TERMS 

We are instructed to invite freehold offers in the region of £850,000 for our clients freehold interest. Our client does not have to accept the highest nor any offer submitted to the agent.

VAT 

All rents, premiums and purchase prices quoted herein are exclusive of VAT. All offers are to be made to Bradley Hall on this basis, and where silent, offers will be deemed net of VAT.

LEGAL COSTS 

Each party is to bear their own legal costs involved in the transaction.

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONS 

In accordance with the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations we are required to verify the identify of the Purchaser/Tenant. We will do so based on name and address data provided but we may also require you to provide two forms of identification. We will require the Purchaser/Tenant to provide proof of the source of income.

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

The sale will be subject to Right of First Refusal Procedures in accordance with Part 1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (the 1987 Act).

TENANCY SCHEDULE

Tenancy Schedule 

Unit

Tenant

Commencement Date

Term

Break Date

Rent Review Date

Annual Rent

Unit A + 5 car parking spaces

Atos IT Services UK Limited 

1 August 2021

7 years

31 July 2024 and 2025

N/A

£39,800

Unit C + 2 car parking spaces

Hartlepool Hospice Limited

26 February 2021

5 years

26 February 2024

N/A

£30,000

Unit 3 + 2 car parking spaces

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government c/o Department for Work & Pensions

30 September 2017

10 years

28 September 2022

29 September 2022 – upward only to Market Rent

£21,360

Unit D

Vacant

-

-

-

-

ERV £15,000 pa subject to refurbishment

Flat 201

Private Individual

23 June 2020

12 months

N/A

N/A

£4,800

The Penthouse

Vacant

-

-

-

-

ERV £5,400

Flats 1-48

Park Tower RTM

c.2007-2010

125 years

-

10 yearly RPI Linked

£6,508.80

Total

 

 

 

 

 

£102,468.80

ERV

 

 

 

 

 

£122,868.80

 

TENANT COVENANT ANALYSIS

Covenant Analysis

Accommodation

Tenant

Credit Rating

Financial

Year

Turnover 

Profit 

Unit C

HARTLEPOOL HOSPICE LIMITED (THE)

98

2022

£3,820,053

-£140,302

2021

£3,711,070

£292,031

2020

£3,599,431

£11,798

 

Covenant Analysis

Accommodation

Tenant

Credit Rating

Financial

Year

Turnover 

Profit 

Unit A

ATOS IT SERVICES UK LIMITED

86

2021

£1,373,573,000

-£130,298,000

2020

£1,297,865,000

-£29,152,000

2019

£1,306,327,000

-£26,828,000


VIEWING & FURTHER INFORMATION

For all enquiries and viewing arrangements please contact Bradley Hall.

Tel: 0191 383 9999

Email: joseph.ianson@bradleyhall.co.uk


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