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Yarbrough said he believes the market is coming closer to bottoming out and this creates strong investment opportunities

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing was also a part of the group that funded the loan for sponsor Bridge Industrial.

The financing is notable given the paucity of capital allocated to the office sector as well as a decline in construction lending over the past year to 18 months.

JPMorgan has originated a $500m senior loan to help build the mixed-use development One Beverly Hills.

CBRE IM and Hillwood will use the funding for Phase 1 of speedway conversion into a 6.6 million-square-foot industrial complex.

The future of New York Community Bank’s commercial real estate debt portfolio remains unclear even though a Steve Mnuchin-led $1 billion bail-out adds stability; Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Property Trust keeps up its real estate debt efforts after originating a $118 million refinance for Scott Rechler’s RXR Realty; MIPIM sentiment teeters toward the positive as lenders and borrowers show more appetite to ramp up transactions; and more in today’s Term Sheet, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

The optimism comes as the commercial real estate debt markets gear up for an estimated $930bn of refinancing.

As banks seek to address commercial real estate exposure, alternative lenders are stepping in to acquire or help restructure loans.

Today’s market requires a lot of creativity because a lot of solutions that sponsors are looking for on assets that have capital needs are not necessarily available.

The firm expects rates to stay higher for longer, bringing more creative financing opportunities over the next 18 months and beyond.