Legal & General leisure fund acquires Stafford leisure scheme

Legal & General is committed to transforming towns and cities across the country. As part of this approach, its dedicated Leisure Fund has deployed £90m alone this year into new leisure developments in areas where existing provision is lacking, creating new jobs and contributing to the growth of the local economy.

Formed in 2002, the Leisure Fund Limited Partnership has over £600m of assets under management, comprising 18 prime leisure assets occupying dominant positions across the UK and a major development scheme in York. The fund offers an attractive income profile, with a weighted average unexpired lease term of close to 15 years that is backed by strong covenants and with over 50% of the income benefiting from being inflationary linked or incorporating fixed uplifts as well as an extremely low void rate. In 2017, the Fund delivered a strong total return of 12.9% to its institutional investors, which compared favourably to the MSCI All Leisure Benchmark which generated 10.2%. The Fund is managed by Andrew Ferguson (Senior Fund Manager) and Louis Storrar (Senior Asset Manager).