A commercial property is available for a price of £25.5 million and a developer is interested in purchasing it in order to turn it into a rental property. The developer estimates that the total refurbishments costs will amount to £3.1 million, which will be incurred exactly three months after purchase. A potential tenant company has agreed to occupy and rent out the property six months after the date of purchase. The lease agreement states that the company will rent the office block for 15 years and will then purchase the property at the end of the rental period for £28 million. It is further agreed that rents will be paid quarterly in arrears and will be increased every 3 years at the rate of 3.5% per annum compound. The initial rent has been set at £2.7 million per annum with the first rental payment is due exactly three months following the date of occupation. Calculate the net present value of the profit from this investment assuming that the developer earns a rate of return of 9% per annum effective.

Essentials Of Investments
11th Edition
ISBN:9781260013924
Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1PS
icon
Related questions
Question
A commercial property is available for a price of £25.5 million and a developer is interested
in purchasing it in order to turn it into a rental property. The developer estimates that the total
refurbishments costs will amount to £3.1 million, which will be incurred exactly three months
after purchase.
A potential tenant company has agreed to occupy and rent out the property six months after
the date of purchase. The lease agreement states that the company will rent the office block
for 15 years and will then purchase the property at the end of the rental period for £28
million. It is further agreed that rents will be paid quarterly in arrears and will be increased
every 3 years at the rate of 3.5% per annum compound. The initial rent has been set at £2.7
million per annum with the first rental payment is due exactly three months following the date
of occupation.
Calculate the net present value of the profit from this investment assuming that the
developer earns a rate of return of 9% per annum effective.
Transcribed Image Text:A commercial property is available for a price of £25.5 million and a developer is interested in purchasing it in order to turn it into a rental property. The developer estimates that the total refurbishments costs will amount to £3.1 million, which will be incurred exactly three months after purchase. A potential tenant company has agreed to occupy and rent out the property six months after the date of purchase. The lease agreement states that the company will rent the office block for 15 years and will then purchase the property at the end of the rental period for £28 million. It is further agreed that rents will be paid quarterly in arrears and will be increased every 3 years at the rate of 3.5% per annum compound. The initial rent has been set at £2.7 million per annum with the first rental payment is due exactly three months following the date of occupation. Calculate the net present value of the profit from this investment assuming that the developer earns a rate of return of 9% per annum effective.
Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps

Blurred answer
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Essentials Of Investments
Essentials Of Investments
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013924
Author:
Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:
Mcgraw-hill Education,
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013962
Author:
BREALEY
Publisher:
RENT MCG
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Finance
ISBN:
9781337909730
Author:
Brigham
Publisher:
Cengage
Foundations Of Finance
Foundations Of Finance
Finance
ISBN:
9780134897264
Author:
KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William
Publisher:
Pearson,
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Finance
ISBN:
9781337395250
Author:
Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Finance
ISBN:
9780077861759
Author:
Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education