Loans In Focus

Loans in focus: GHIG’s debut Italian loan deal, Song Capital refinances healthcare platform, BNP Paribas-led club finances Spanish residential

Global Hospitality Investment Group issues its first loan deal in the Italian market; Song Capital provides €750 million of debt for German healthcare platform; BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB and Societe Generale provide a €191.5 million loan for a Spanish build-to-rent portfolio; 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.

Loans in focus: Standard Chartered issues a €238m loan in Dublin; Goldman Sachs provides a £420m facility to Blackstone; ING Real Estate issues £62m of debt for London’s Wembley Gardens

Standard Chartered issues a €238 million green financing backed by one of Dublin’s tallest buildings; Goldman Sachs provides a £420 million (€499 million) loan to New York-headquartered manager Blackstone and UK residential property company Regis Group; ING Real Estate issues a £62 million senior investment loan to refinance UNCLE Wembley Gardens; 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.

Loans in Focus: Urban Splash sources £50m for rental homes acquisition spree, Venn issues £75m to support affordable homes provider, EBRD subscribes to €350m bond issuance

UK developer Urban Splash sources £50 million (€59 million) of bank finance to fund its rental homes acquisition spree; Venn issues a £75 million facility to support an affordable homes provider; the EBRD subscribes to a Lithuanian property company’s bond; 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.

Loans in focus: Nuveen issues £151m for London PBSA, Investec leans into UK logistics, Puma Property Finance backs Kier Property

Nuveen Real Estate issues a £151 million (€179 million) loan to developer urbanest; Investec provides £44.2 million to Fiera Real Estate; Puma Property Finance issues Kier Property with a £21 million facility; 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.

Loans in Focus: ESR subsidiary funds UK housing, lenders back Fortress and Lion leisure acquisition, Nordea provides €160m for Finnish residential

Venn, part of Hong Kong’s ESR Group, issues a £200 million (€236 million) loan to developer Vivid Homes; OakNorth and other members of a lender club provide a £190 million facility to Fortress Investment Group and Lion Capital; Nordea Bank supports eQ Group with a €160 million loan secured by residential properties in Finland; 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.

Loans in Focus: JPMorgan issues €200m loan to Iberian lending platform; Blackstone deploys £260m into UK urban logistics; Eldridge backs major student accommodation scheme

JPMorgan issues a €200 million loan to Oaktree Capital Management’s new Iberian lending platform; Blackstone provides a £260 million (€304 million) facility backed by UK logistics; Eldridge Real Estate Credit’s £100 million loan backs major purpose-built student accommodation scheme; 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.

Loans in Focus: Starwood Capital deploys in Germany; SEGRO secures €1.6bn revolving credit facility; Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank finance Irish residential

Starwood Capital issues a €437 million loan secured by thousands of German residential units; SEGRO receives a €1.6 billion revolving credit facility; Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank provide Kennedy Wilson and AXA IM Alts with a $510 million refinancing facility secured by an Irish residential portfolio; the latest additions to the Real Estate Capital Europe lending database; and more in our round-up of European loan deals from the last two weeks.

Loans in Focus: Blackstone prices giant UK logistics CMBS amid market volatility; Leumi UK issues £62m hotel loan

There is a significant piece of news – and positive at that – from the capital markets, despite a quiet week for European real estate debt otherwise. US manager Blackstone today confirmed it has securitised €798 million of debt held in the UK Logistics 2025-1 DAC. Besides this deal, six loans totalling €144 million of debt capital were recorded by Real Estate Capital Europe in the past week and they were all in the UK. Loans included a £62 million hotel refinancing issued by Leumi UK. Find out more about these loans below, plus the other latest additions to the REC Europe lending database in this week’s round-up of lending activity.

Loans in Focus: CBRE IM sources €1bn of fund-level finance; another hotel loan for Aareal Bank; pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank finances four Polish logistics properties

Six loans totalling €1.89 billion of debt capital were recorded by Real Estate Capital Europe in the past week. They included: €1 billion of fund-level finance provided to support a fresh strategy for a vehicle managed by CBRE Investment Management; another sizeable loan by Aareal Bank in its favourite sector; and pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank’s €120 million financing of a Polish logistics portfolio. Find out more about these loans below, plus the other latest additions to the REC Europe lending database in this week’s round-up of lending activity across the European market.

Loans in Focus: CTP issued with €185m ‘samurai’ loan, Warehouse REIT’s £300m refinancing, JPMorgan backs Istanbul retail

Welcome to the first edition of Real Estate Capital Europe’s weekly loans newsletter, which rounds up the latest lending deals in European real estate. REC Europe tracked loans totalling €850 million in the last week. Among the newest debt deals is a ¥30 billion (€185 million) loan issued to European logistics manager CTP via the yen-denominated, cross-border syndicated loan market. Also included, is a £300 million (€360 million) refinancing to London-listed Warehouse REIT issued by an HSBC-led club. To see our full collection of loans transactions, go to the REC Europe lending database.