Insight

Trimont on grappling with global uncertainty

Trade tensions and shifting geopolitics are reshaping the risk landscape for European CRE, driving heightened scrutiny, slower dealflow and a renewed focus on asset quality, warns Rebecca Percossi, Trimont’s head of international.

How debt advisers can make the pieces fit

Debt advisers are playing an increasingly vital role in helping to restructure stressed capital situations.

First Growth on firefighting to financing in real estate debt

European real estate lenders are shifting gears as origination returns, but financing remains selective, argues First Growth’s Francesca Galante.

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Real estate lenders tighten focus as refinancing crunch hits

Five factors that are shaping lending strategies in a resurgent but fragmented market.

How advisers became essential guides to real estate debt

In a market shaped by shifting dynamics, debt advisers have become critical partners for sponsors seeking execution certainty, better terms and creative solutions.

Loans in focus: ICG Real Estate issues data centre loan; ING arranges £290m for London’s Sea Containers; Värde underwrites Swedish residential

ICG Real Estate provides financing to support the delivery of a hyperscale data centre in East London; ING, SMBC, BayernLB issue £290 million (€334 million) for Sea Containers, an office and hotel asset; Värde Partners underwrites Swedish multifamily properties with SKr1.7 billion (€150 million) loan; the latest additions to the Real Estate Capital Europe lending database; and more in our round-up of European loan deals from the past week.

ICG provides financing for £750m London data centre project

The loan is the first to be deployed through the manager’s seventh real estate debt fund.

Mid-market lenders step up as maturity wall looms

A rise in ventures targeting programs of less than $100m a loan should be viewed as a barometer for broader commercial real estate financing markets.