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Listed property company Urbus Properties Ltd today posted an after-tax profit of $13.6 million for the six months to September 30, up 12 per cent on the previous corresponding period.
Urbus' profit was achieved on operating revenue of $24.98m, slightly up on last year, the company said in a statement to
the NZX.
Urbus said a lease surrender payment made by supermarket operator Foodtown for their lease at Waitakere Plaza was a contributing factor in the profit increase.
Urbus chairman Denis Thom said the company would pay a partly imputed interim dividend of 4.32 cents, up from 3.62 cents last year. The dividend record date is November 19.
The company said it had completed the final stages of rationalising its property portfolio by selling four properties for $15.54m against book values of $14.35m.
It also purchased a Ponsonby office property for $6.86m and began a $9.5m redevelopment for Bunnings Warehouse in Mt Wellington during the period.
Since September 30 the company had purchased another three properties worth a further $20.8m.
Urbus shares closed at $1.05 yesterday.
- NZPA
