Retrenchment among the big domestic banks that dominate the French market has created opportunities for debt funds – when sponsors are willing to pay the price.
10 min read · 02 June 2021
The property investment arm of German insurer Allianz has acquired two office buildings in Paris as a demonstration of confidence in what many regard as a highly uncertain sector.
4 min read · 22 September 2020
€650 million was raised for the project by an investor pool including Icawood and BNP Paribas
2 min read · 20 August 2020
The current crisis is testing the strength of the country’s real estate debt and equity markets. It could also be an accelerant to change.
3 min read · 11 June 2020
Market metrics show banks remain the largest providers of property finance in France.
1 min read · 08 June 2020
Participants in our first virtual roundtable predict lenders in France will reprice property debt and reduce leverage as the market copes with covid-19.
10 min read · 08 June 2020
French commercial real estate had record investment volumes in 2019. But lenders are likely to downgrade their ambitions for 2020.
5 min read · 08 June 2020
The €205m refinancing facility for Northwood Investors was described by DWS’s Oswatitsch as having a ‘defensive nature’.
2 min read · 03 June 2020
Raphael Smadja, head of origination in France for alternative asset manager Cheyne Capital, shares his experience of the country’s non-bank lending market.
5 min read · 02 March 2020
The French capital overtook London as 2019’s best-performing European city market, and debt providers were keen to get involved.
2 min read · 02 March 2020
