Balanced Commercial Property Trust, formerly BMO Commercial Property Trust, is a large

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dedicated to investments in commercial properties. Established in 2005, the company, which was formerly known as F&C Commercial Property Trust, is listed on the

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and is a constituent of the

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is Martin Moore.

History

The company was established as F&C Commercial Property Trust in Guernsey in 2005. Having launched near the top of the market, following the market downturn in 2007–2008, a merger with UK Commercial Property Trust, a fellow FTSE 250 property company was proposed in 2010. This was narrowly rejected by 50.07% of shareholders. It restructured as a

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in April 2019 and rebranded as BMO Commercial Property Trust in June 2019. It changed its name from BMO Commercial Property Trust to Balanced Commercial Property Trust in June 2022.

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