Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (Aviva), has acquired Aurora, a Grade A office building in Ealing, West London, from Moorfield Real Estate Fund III, managed by Moorfield Group (Moorfield).
Aurora is the third office acquisition in Ealing by Aviva Investors, following the acquisition of Ealing Gateway in 2017 and Ealing Cross in 2014. Aurora is situated prominently on Uxbridge Road and was extensively refurbished in 2017. All three offices are set to benefit from the opening of Crossrail in 2019.
Aurora consists of five floors, comprising 51,791 sq ft and 77 parking spaces and is currently let to Spaces (Regus) and Synchronoss. 13,419 sq ft is currently vacant, arranged over the 3rd and 4th floors.
Charles Ferguson-Davie, Chief Investment Officer – Moorfield, says: “We acquired a number of assets in MREF III, including Aurora, Ealing, to take advantage of major infrastructure improvements such as Crossrail. We completed a successful refurbishment of the whole building, with our JV partner XLB, and were able to lease the majority of the building at record rents for Ealing.
Kimmre advised Aviva Investors and ACRE advised Moorfield/XLB.