Ares Management has won a $700m commercial real estate debt mandate from a large North American specialty life insurer to originate US commercial mortgage loans. AresAres will use the funds to originate and service floating and fixed rate US commercial mortgage loans across a variety of property types, focusing on two- to 10-year senior debt. The loans will typically range between $15m and $50m and go up to a 70% loan-to-value on stabilized properties — or those with a light transitional element — across major US markets, sources said.
2 min read · 15 January 2015
Starwood Capital has agreed a deal with NAMA to buy four “apart-hotels” and a residential development in London for £206m. The deal for the assets previously managed by Think Apartments saw Irish bad bank NAMA’s debt paid back in full.
2 min read · 15 January 2015
Summit Germany, the AIM-listed property company, has refinanced €268m of its €309m of debt with two banks. HSH Nordbank and DG Hyp have provided a seven-year loan with a 3.14% interest rate.
1 min read · 15 January 2015
Blackstone’s real estate portfolio company, Invitation Homes, has issued its fourth securitization collateralized by single-family homes with a loan-to-value that is seven percentage points higher than the average for the asset class. The transaction, Invitation Homes 2015-SFR1 (IH 2015-SFR1), is collateralized by a single $540.9m floating rate loan originated by JPMorgan Chase Bank and secured by mortgages on 3,072 income-producing single-family homes across 10 states. The two-year loan carries an interest rate 263 basis points above the one month libor rate.
2 min read · 14 January 2015
IVG has opted for a refinancing of its The Squaire project in Frankfurt following an unsuccessful sales process that saw bidders fail to hit the company’s €700m reserve price. Bank of America Merrill Lynch has provided a €470m, five-year loan, which at IVG’s valuation would be a 67% loan-to-value.
2 min read · 14 January 2015
Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) has provided a $247.5m acquisition loan on 180 Maiden Lane, a 1.2m sq ft downtown Manhattan trophy tower that MHP Realty Services and Clarion Partners purchased this week for $470m, Real Estate Capital has learned. Up to $350m in funds will be made available to the joint venture as it leases up and renovates the property following the departure of anchor tenant American International Group (AIG).
1 min read · 14 January 2015
There will be no let-up in the capital, particularly equity from Asia and North American opportunity funds, flowing into European real estate in 2015, according to Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe, a forecast published jointly by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PwC. The report – an annual one, based on surveys and interviews with more than 500 major real estate players – found 70% of investors expect more equity and debt will flow into their markets this year. “It is easier to get capital than to find good deals,” said one of the survey’s respondents. Almost two-thirds think core assets are overpriced, and that they will need to take on more risk to achieve required returns in 2015.
2 min read · 14 January 2015
Allianz Real Estate of America has provided a $95.5m loan to RED Development and its equity partner BIG Shopping Centers USA for the refinancing of the Village Pointe Shopping Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The 447,279 sf shopping center — built in 2004 and set across 78 acres — includes 13 buildings, more than 60 distinct tenant spaces […]
1 min read · 13 January 2015
Lloyds has hired Ab Shome as director in its loan markets corporate real estate team. Shome replaces Rupert Gill, who left in the summer last year to join Hatfield Philips as managing director and head of debt and management advisory.
1 min read · 13 January 2015
Ballymore has struck a deal with a Malaysian investor that will see it recoup £428m and allow it to pay back a substantial amount of its debt to NAMA, as tipped by Real Estate Capital.
3 min read · 13 January 2015
