- Frasers Centrepoint Trust (SGX:J69U) provided a business update for 1QFY24. Its retail portfolio committed occupancy rate increased by 1.5 ppt y-o-y and 0.2 ppt q-o-q to a very high level of 99.9%. This does not include its Tampines 1 mall which is still undergoing asset enhancement initiative (AEI) works.
Continued resilient operating metrics
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- 1QFY24 rental reversions are tracking above that of FY23 (+4.7%), though management alluded that it is still only the first quarter of the financial year and some of the renewals could have been for smaller spaces.
Slight decline in tenants’ sales due to AEI works but current sales well above pre-COVID levels
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- Frasers Centrepoint Trust said that sales performance of the anchor tenants came in above expectations post-renovation. Tenants’ sales for the month of Oct, Nov and Dec 2023 were 20%, 15% and 21% above 2019 levels.
- On the other hand, portfolio shopper traffic rose 3.1% y-o-y in 1QFY24, but was 84-88% of pre-COVID-19 levels.
Aggregate leverage ratio declined to 37.2%; all in cost of borrowing increased to 4.3%
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