Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has confirmed the appointment of Madeleine McDougall as its new head of commercial real estate.
2 min read · 08 August 2017
Bain Capital Credit has acquired a portfolio of non-performing loans (NPL) with a nominal value of €385 million from the Italian bank Banco Mediocredito del Friuli Venezia Giulia, according to Real Estate Capital’s sister title, Private Debt Investor.
2 min read · 04 August 2017
Berlin Hyp has underwritten a senior loan of €54 million to finance the Airport Plaza building in Brussels, which was acquired by Canada’s Dream Global REIT for €95.9 million last May. The Canadian investor is in negotiations to place the long-term mortgage financing for a term of up to seven years and an interest rate […]
1 min read · 31 July 2017
Allianz Real Estate has provided a €290 million loan to German pension fund BVK Bayerische Versorgungskammer for the financing of Ireland’s Liffey Valley shopping centre. The insurer acted as sole lender, providing a seven-year fixed-rate loan “at an attractive all-in rate and a conservative LTV”, Allianz said. It declined to provide further details of the […]
2 min read · 27 July 2017
Allied Irish Bank has provided a €155 million loan to refinance the Jervis Shopping Centre in Dublin, Real Estate Capital has learned. AIB Real Estate Finance gave the loan to JSC Properties, a company owned by Northern Ireland property developers Padraig Drayne and Paddy McKillen. The retail park was opened in 1996. The seven-year whole […]
2 min read · 26 July 2017
Allianz Real Estate has made its first debt investment in the Italian market, participating in the financing of a mixed-use property in central Milan, arranged by French bank Natixis.
2 min read · 19 July 2017
German real estate debt fund manager Caerus Debt Investments, led by Michael Morgenroth (pictured), has reached a second close on its senior and whole loan fund, raising an additional €47 million of capital mainly from a German insurer.
2 min read · 12 July 2017
Bain Capital Credit has taken its first step into the Portuguese market with the acquisition of real estate loans that have a total outstanding balance of €476 million from a local bank, as well as loans from a Spanish bank at a par value of €489 million.
2 min read · 12 July 2017
Spain and Portugal look set to feature prominently in the European real estate loan sales market during the second half of 2017, with investment banking firm Evercore reporting €44.1 billion of live sales in Iberia at the mid-year point.
3 min read · 12 July 2017
LaSalle Investment Management has written its first loan in the Spanish market, financing the purchase of a student housing portfolio for sector specialist GSA.
2 min read · 11 July 2017
