Deal is Helaba’s second in Paris in quick succession
2 min read · 22 October 2014
Greystone announced that it will sell loans under Freddie Mac’s new Small Balance Loan (SBL) offering, which the government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) is calling a “game changer” for the small loan market. The new platform offers fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage loans ranging from $1m to $5m on multifamily acquisitions or refinancings. “This designation enables Greystone […]
2 min read · 21 October 2014
New share issue will help company fund European growth
2 min read · 21 October 2014
Capital One Bank has provided Toronto-based RioCan REIT with a $60.5m loan for the refinancing of Alamo Ranch, a 465,000 sq ft shopping center in San Antonio, Texas. The five-year, interest only, non-recourse loan is fixed through a hedge at 3.45%, according to CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team, which arranged the deal. The new […]
1 min read · 20 October 2014
Brookfield Asset Management has provided a $158m loan to The Koll Company for the refinancing of the Airport Business Center, an office industrial park in Irvine, California. The five-year, fixed-rate, interest-only loan carries an interest rate in the low 5% range, according to CBRE’s Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance team, which arranged the deal. […]
1 min read · 17 October 2014
Legal & General has agreed a £260m refinancing of the F&C Commercial Property Trust. The 10-year fixed rate loan will see the listed trust repay £230m of secured bonds, which paid 5.23% per annum interest and which mature on 30 June 2015. A separate £30m bank loan which matures on the same day will also […]
3 min read · 16 October 2014
The developers of the newly-crowned tallest residential tower in the western hemisphere at 432 Park Avenue have drawn an additional $50m in financing from an affiliate of The Children’s Investment Fund. Harry Macklowe of Macklowe Properties and Los Angeles-based CIM Group have now called upon $160m of the total $400m that Talos Capital Limited agreed […]
2 min read · 15 October 2014
Situs has appointed investment bank Raymond James to find a buyer for the business. The loan servicing, real estate advisory and asset management firm is aiming to find a suitor by the year-end. The business is currently owned by Ranieri Partners, Brookfield Investment Management, the South Carolina Pension Fund and members of the Situs management […]
1 min read · 14 October 2014
Aeriance Investments has appointed a new director of origination to expand its lending into the UK regions. Chris Tessler will join the debt platform, which has been focused predominantly on providing development finance for high end residential properties in London. Aeriance is now aiming to originate a greater number in “strong residential markets across Greater […]
1 min read · 14 October 2014
Fund manager AEW Europe has hired a new head of debt funds to oversee its existing real estate finance business and raise new funds. Thibault Chauvin is moving over from Colony Capital, where he was managing director for real estate debt strategies and origination in Europe; before that, Chauvin headed international real estate finance at Crédit […]
1 min read · 14 October 2014
