Insight

Loans in focus: Kennedy Wilson and Affinius’s Jersey team-up; Peachtree’s Nashville note; Northwind’s Brooklyn belay

Kennedy Wilson and Affinius are fueling more development in Jersey City with a $384m senior loan and preferred equity package; Peachtree Group is adding to Nashville’s skyline with a $130m construction loan for Vastland’s planned 25-story mixed-use tower; Northwind Group is backing the development of a Brooklyn office building into a 51-story mixed tower; and more in our round-up of stateside loan deals from the past week.

Blackstone participates in first European CMBS as a lender

The US manager, which is typically a sponsor of European commercial real estate securitisations, has participated in the Vanir Logistics Finance CMBS.

BREDS lends €100m to German self-storage pioneer Lagerbox

The loan will support the platform’s expansion in a fast-growing market.

Loans in focus: KKR provides €300m for easyHotel portfolio, Aareal deploys €250m into European hotels, £200m loan finances ‘Can of Ham’ purchase

KKR provides €300 million for Tristan Capital Partners’ easyHotel platform; Aareal Bank issues a €250 million loan to refinance a pan-European hotel portfolio; Santander and CaixaBank finance the acquisition of London’s ‘Can of Ham’; 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.

Term Sheet: Can of Ham gets meaty loan, Cheyne’s five-star financing, Active Lenders unpacked on our podcast

Two banks back the purchase of London’s ‘Can of Ham’ office building in a significant deal for the resurgent sector; Cheyne Capital finances an upscale Spanish resort; REC Europe’s Active Lenders list is examined on the latest episode of The PERE Podcast; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Inside the deal: Trocadéro Paris represents a rare lending opportunity

The office building, subject to a €530m financing, has only been sold twice since it was built in 1913.

Loans in focus: TPG’s Greenpoint bet; Wells Fargo’s lending boost; JPMorgan’s Brooklyn upgrade

TPG Real Estate Credit is putting its latest opportunistic strategy to work with a $285m bridge refinancing of Madison Realty Capital’s Greenpoint Central; Wells Fargo is backing an Artemis Real Estate Partners’ industrial acquisition with a $515m balance sheet loan; JPMorgan is upscaling a previous bridge loan to a $450m permanent financing for Brooklyn waterfront new-build; and more in our round-up of stateside loan deals from the past week.

Santander and CaixaBank provide £200m acquisition financing for Can of Ham

The loan represents one of the largest central London office financings of the year.