Western Europe

DekaBank appoints new UK head as Bennett departs

Chris Bennett is to join Cushman & Wakefield as head of London office capital markets.

DWS taps into stabilisation finance demand for H1 dealflow

The manager announced three loans for freshly completed schemes, including a Manchester office building.

Apollo provides UK’s ‘largest IOS portfolio financing’ to date with £80m-plus loan

The loan is secured against Centerbridge and Modal’s £200m industrial outdoor storage platform.

Maslow provides largest loan yet with £500m UK PBSA development financing

Borrower Fusion Group says the deal represents one of the largest single-lender debt packages for UK PBSA.

Two £400m logistics RCFs signal bank lender appetite for the sector

L&G and Tritax secure refinancings for their respective industrial strategies.

CapMan’s majority stake purchase in Caerus marks entry into real estate debt

It is expected CapMan will allocate a portion of capital to Caerus’s eighth fund.

Germany’s pbb in talks to buy manager, confirms US withdrawal

The bank has outlined its future strategy, including an exclusive focus on Europe.

L&G enters cold storage financing market through £500m facility

The insurer is diversifying its loan book in an increasingly competitive market.

Mitsubishi Estate acquires majority stake in Patron Capital

Around €100m of seed capital will be invested in the firm’s fledgling debt business.

Heyford Park: A new era for a former military airbase

How a wartime airfield has gone from RAF to residential.