A premium commercial property owner to buy now

This commercial property owner includes the likes of Tesco and Sainsbury's amongst its tenants - and it's tax-efficient too. A long-term buy, says Paul Hill.

British Land (LSE: BLND), rated a BUY by Jefferies

Mention commercial property at any dinner party, and many investors turn white during the 2008/9 credit crunch, real-estate prices plummeted 40%. However, there's been a mini renaissance sine then. According to Investment Property Databank, the average value of stores, offices and warehouses has jumped around 30% over the past 26 months. And factoring in rental income of 7% a year gives an annual yield of 8.7%. That beats cash returns hands down.

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Paul gained a degree in electrical engineering and went on to qualify as a chartered management accountant. He has extensive corporate finance and investment experience and is a member of the Securities Institute.

Over the past 16 years Paul has held top-level financial management and M&A roles for blue-chip companies such as O2, GKN and Unilever. He is now director of his own capital investment and consultancy firm, PMH Capital Limited.

Paul is an expert at analysing companies in new, fast-growing markets, and is an extremely shrewd stock-picker.