Cottesloe Syndicate

540 %

Total Return (Net of Equity Invested)

16 %

Average Annual Income Distributions to Investors

16.8 %

IRR (Internal Rate of Return)

Overview

Established in 2004, the Cottesloe Syndicate presented our clients with the opportunity to invest in a newly developed, purpose-built Medical Centre on Stirling Highway in Cottesloe, Western Australia. The Syndicate’s primary goal was to provide investors with ongoing passive income, targeting a distribution of 8.7% per annum.

Fund Timeline

While the Centre benefitted from a strong anchor tenant in IPN – a subsidiary of global healthcare provider, Sonic Healthcare – our team identified several opportunities over the holding period to further enhance capital potential while supporting consistency of distributions.
These included diversifying the ground-floor tenancy mix to minimise risk and enhance income consistency, improving fit-outs to maximise foot traffic and increase Centre activation, and resetting leases to support an uplift in the Centre’s weighted average lease expiry (WALE).
The combination of these improvements, along with robust growth in WA’s medical sector, resulted in the decision to extend the Syndicate for an additional two terms due to strong performance.
With the Syndicate approaching the end of its third term and all leases re-set, our team seized the opportunity in early 2023 to capitalise on the Centre’s success and deliver returns to investors through the asset’s sale.

Outcome

With a strong response from prospective buyers, Westbridge secured the sale of the Centre in May 2023, achieving a sales price of $11.8 million – 143% above its initial purchase price. During the Syndicate’s holding period, Westbridge investors received average income distributions of 16% per annum. Factoring in the capital growth realised upon sale, investors received a total return of 540% on their investment (excluding initial equity invested).

*Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance

As a result of an initial $100,000 investment, investors realised $540,000 in distributions and capital gain over the 19-year period, exclusive of their initial investment.

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