Market players should help tackle the UK’s housing shortage in 2018, writes Randeesh Sandhu, CEO of residential development finance specialist Urban Exposure.
3 min read · 29 December 2017
Aviva Investors has completed two commercial real estate finance transactions to Lazari Investments totalling £145 million (€163 million).
1 min read · 22 December 2017
St Modwen Properties, the UK real estate investor and developer, has sourced a £475 million (€538 million) unsecured revolving credit facility from a syndicate of banks.
1 min read · 20 December 2017
Patrizia’s supersonic year of growth finishes with the €7.8 billion capture of the London-based pan-Europe-focused private equity real estate firm.
3 min read · 19 December 2017
UK-based property company Regional REIT has signed a £165 million (€188 million) secured loan with Scottish Widows, through its partnership with Lloyds Bank’s Bank of Scotland, and Aviva Investors.
1 min read · 14 December 2017
The firm’s Europe debt head Jim Blakemore (pictured) says fundraising for the regional vehicle was ‘a lot easier’ than it was for its first UK debt product thanks to investors being more comfortable with the strategy nowadays.
3 min read · 13 December 2017
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, through its partnership with group insurer Scottish Widows, has provided a £40 million loan (€45.27 million) to UK real estate investment trust LXi REIT.
1 min read · 12 December 2017
Aviva Investors has written a £54.16 million (€61.44 million) loan to refinance the acquisition of four retail warehouse parks by UK REIT Ediston Property Investment Company (EPIC).
1 min read · 12 December 2017
The European CMBS market has worked on a slow burn this year even by its own standards, with the first public deal creeping in just weeks before the end of 2017.
5 min read · 08 December 2017
Barclays Corporate Banking has reshuffled its real estate team following the retirement of two senior bankers.
1 min read · 07 December 2017
